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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
Loved it. Cannot wait to read the next volume and add the television show to my to-watch pile.
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very 80s, very subculture, very anti establishment, very dark. Main dude is a hispanic youth who is living on the streets when he gets recruited to join a school for assassins. He HATES the government and most societal structures. He blames them (and honestly is rather valid in blaming them) for his parents deaths and everything that befell him. His main assassin goal is to kill ronald ragean cause fuck that guy. Our little 14 year old protagonist is putting the president #1 on his revenge hitlist. The scene where they are in Vegas tripping HARD on acid is hilarious. Definitely gonna keep reading this series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood
A really well done graphic novel but it was just too dark and depressing for me personally.
I can't decide if I want to keep reading this or not. I've got the second volume at home, so I might, but I felt like this was only okay, though it was nice that most of the main characters aren't white. I am just not so into the violence for the sake of violence thing, and I prefer my female characters to be more nuanced than Easy-Sexy-Girl or Unattainable-Manic-Pixie-Dream-Girl.
adventurous
tense
One Bad Rat and Wanted had a baby, and I know that's a low energy review - but I'm low on energy.
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The storytelling lets the art down immensely. A beautifully crafted book with a half-baked plot. The gravity of copious death feels discordant rather than balanced with the petty high-school drama. Abrupt scenes of intense violence shift awkwardly into long, droning monologues about anxiety and trauma that could’ve been cut/pasted from an high school psychology textbook. A valiant attempt to bring the worlds of high school and high crime together, but it fails. It fails beautifully, though; I simply can’t stress enough how gorgeous the art is.
I really loved the artwork. The premise was something I was super into, a school for would be assassins. I did feel like this was lacking. I enjoyed the characters but I felt the plot was just meh. I will still get the second volume to see if it gets better. I enjoyed but overall wasn’t amazing or terrible just an ok book I read.