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Lucifer Vol. 3: A Dalliance with the Damned by Peter Gross, Ryan Kelly, Mike Carey, Dean Ormston
rex_libris's review against another edition
5.0
In this third trade paperback A Dalliance With the Damned the momentum of this series begins to pick up. This collection addresses the concerns I raised after volume 2 that the supporting characters weren't getting enough room to develop with the stories here giving them that space.
In the trio of stories that make up the 'Triptych' arc we get the narrative moving for Mazikeen, Elaine and Lucifer's new creation. We begin to get a sense of their own motivations beyond Lucifer's thrall and where they sit in his own ongoing narrative.
'A Dalliance with the Damned' offers us a similar story. The denizens of hell who are the main players in this story suggestion that Lucifer isn't done with hell yet as hell isn't done with him. It is a captivating story that is almost completely uninvolved from any of the going-ons of Lucifer so far.
The collection ends with 'The Thunder Sermon' which returns us back to Lucifer's gate and new creation. Here the powers that have been circling make their moves, and Lucifer responds swiftly with cold and calculated premeditation, escalating the conflicts to heady new heights.
This collection gives a sense of forthcoming convergence, now that Lucifer has played his first move the rest of creation has to respond. The major players in this unfolding narrative are being given the room to begin to show what potential moves they have and how they might use them. This collection was compelling and captivating and could easily sit outside the the unfolding Lucifer story and still be an enjoyable read.
In the trio of stories that make up the 'Triptych' arc we get the narrative moving for Mazikeen, Elaine and Lucifer's new creation. We begin to get a sense of their own motivations beyond Lucifer's thrall and where they sit in his own ongoing narrative.
'A Dalliance with the Damned' offers us a similar story. The denizens of hell who are the main players in this story suggestion that Lucifer isn't done with hell yet as hell isn't done with him. It is a captivating story that is almost completely uninvolved from any of the going-ons of Lucifer so far.
The collection ends with 'The Thunder Sermon' which returns us back to Lucifer's gate and new creation. Here the powers that have been circling make their moves, and Lucifer responds swiftly with cold and calculated premeditation, escalating the conflicts to heady new heights.
This collection gives a sense of forthcoming convergence, now that Lucifer has played his first move the rest of creation has to respond. The major players in this unfolding narrative are being given the room to begin to show what potential moves they have and how they might use them. This collection was compelling and captivating and could easily sit outside the the unfolding Lucifer story and still be an enjoyable read.
virginiaduan's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting and sad. I love Mazikeen but I don't have high hopes for her. Sob.
henniebooks's review against another edition
4.0
Love the tv show!
Love the graphic novel!
What else can I say?
Love the graphic novel!
What else can I say?
thelaurakremer's review against another edition
4.0
So I was going to ding this for the middle section but the last line of Lucifer earned the stars for awesome.
cmiller0401's review against another edition
4.0
Every time I see that there is a section illustrated by Dean Ormston I feel a little annoyed and disgusted like I have to walk barefoot through grass where I know there are snails. There was a lot of him in this trade paperback.
I'm glad Mazikeen has her whole face now so that I don't have to guess at her gibberish (although she's not too happy about having flesh covering her entire skull).
I liked the bit with Elaine traveling through different realms, felt very Alice-in-Wonderland-y.
I think I enjoyed this trade a little less than the first two, but it's still solidly good. Perhaps the side story, "A Dalliance with the Damned" (after which this trade is named) was the focus for longer than it should have been. I'm glad that the trade ended with more of the main story arc; I'm really excited to see where it leads.
I'm glad Mazikeen has her whole face now so that I don't have to guess at her gibberish (although she's not too happy about having flesh covering her entire skull).
I liked the bit with Elaine traveling through different realms, felt very Alice-in-Wonderland-y.
I think I enjoyed this trade a little less than the first two, but it's still solidly good. Perhaps the side story, "A Dalliance with the Damned" (after which this trade is named) was the focus for longer than it should have been. I'm glad that the trade ended with more of the main story arc; I'm really excited to see where it leads.
acevons's review against another edition
3.0
I would have probably enjoyed this one more if I had known this wasn't the first. Things were a bit confusing most of the time.
But all in all this was still a good read. Shame that our library haven't got the rest of the series.
But all in all this was still a good read. Shame that our library haven't got the rest of the series.
hopeevey's review against another edition
3.0
Felt more like a bridge than it's own story, but still a good read with some excellent moments. I rather hope we get to see more of Christopher Rudd
sashaknits's review against another edition
4.0
The last of the re-reads...
Epic, as always. I do love Lucifer when he's angry! Can't wait to see what happens next...
Epic, as always. I do love Lucifer when he's angry! Can't wait to see what happens next...
xterminal's review against another edition
4.0
Mike Carey, Lucifer: A Dalliance with the Damned (Vertigo, 2002)
And now it all opens up. Well, at least, it opens up a whole lot of new cans of worms. All the threads from issues one and two tie themselves together, but in classic Sandman tradition, there are far more threads involved in this knot than we ever saw coming. That's one of the things that made Sandman so wonderful, and Carey continues on in the tradition: nothing exists solely to advance the plot, but every action a character takes, no matter how seemingly inconsequential, has an effect somewhere else. A lot like life, really. I'm really looking forward to volume 4 (which is sitting here waiting for me to read it, which will happen soon after I finish writing this). ****
And now it all opens up. Well, at least, it opens up a whole lot of new cans of worms. All the threads from issues one and two tie themselves together, but in classic Sandman tradition, there are far more threads involved in this knot than we ever saw coming. That's one of the things that made Sandman so wonderful, and Carey continues on in the tradition: nothing exists solely to advance the plot, but every action a character takes, no matter how seemingly inconsequential, has an effect somewhere else. A lot like life, really. I'm really looking forward to volume 4 (which is sitting here waiting for me to read it, which will happen soon after I finish writing this). ****
lordofthemoon's review against another edition
3.0
This volume of everybody's favourite anti-hero contains three apparently unrelated triptychs, a story of what's going on in Hell and a short after-story where Michael confronts Lucifer again.
This volume didn't really do an awful lot for me. The three triptychs were interesting, the first being being Mazikeen's story of trying to "fix" her face. After being an almost-illegible face in a mask for two volumes, it's nice to see her get fleshed out a bit, and her story is taken up again in the final segment of the volume. Elaine's story of trying to find her friend, a journey that takes her to Hell and back, was probably the least interesting of the three, while the final triptych showing Lucifer's Garden of Eden and the serpent that appears there had a marvellous irony to it.
The second story, showing a power-play going on in Hell seemed like a side-show, with no real purpose other than to fill space. I liked the conceit that in a particular region of Hell, the fashion amongst demons has become to take on the aspect of Humans of the Renaissance period, and what comes of that, but the central story seemed weak, even if Christopher Rudd was quite a cool character.
The final, short, segment shows us the petitioners who come to Lucifer to try and gain entrance to his new Creation and how he deals with them, while simultaneously showing us two young people who are drawn to it and sneak in. I'm sure their fate is symbolic, but I'm not sure what of, other than showing just how callous Lucifer can be.
I'll continue reading, as I find the arc plot interesting, but this volume of shorts seemed more like punctuation in the story rather than the next chapter.
This volume didn't really do an awful lot for me. The three triptychs were interesting, the first being being Mazikeen's story of trying to "fix" her face. After being an almost-illegible face in a mask for two volumes, it's nice to see her get fleshed out a bit, and her story is taken up again in the final segment of the volume. Elaine's story of trying to find her friend, a journey that takes her to Hell and back, was probably the least interesting of the three, while the final triptych showing Lucifer's Garden of Eden and the serpent that appears there had a marvellous irony to it.
The second story, showing a power-play going on in Hell seemed like a side-show, with no real purpose other than to fill space. I liked the conceit that in a particular region of Hell, the fashion amongst demons has become to take on the aspect of Humans of the Renaissance period, and what comes of that, but the central story seemed weak, even if Christopher Rudd was quite a cool character.
The final, short, segment shows us the petitioners who come to Lucifer to try and gain entrance to his new Creation and how he deals with them, while simultaneously showing us two young people who are drawn to it and sneak in. I'm sure their fate is symbolic, but I'm not sure what of, other than showing just how callous Lucifer can be.
I'll continue reading, as I find the arc plot interesting, but this volume of shorts seemed more like punctuation in the story rather than the next chapter.
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