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orlandoreads's review
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
jmbz38's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
surfmonkey01's review
3.0
I’m basically reusing a review across this series, as it seems to hold as things go on. Overall it’s a bunch of highs and lows. Some books are consistently excellent (Marauders, X-Force, Wolverine, and it looks like X-Factor & Hellions will join that group) while some are middling to mediocre (Excalibur being the worst of the lot, plus Cable being so-so, and the main X-Men book varying in quality from one issue to the next). I’m still reading, so the overall whole is quality, and the whole setting that they’ve established is still unique and intriguing. It’s like a house of cards that we know is doomed to fall eventually, it’s just a question of when and how)
fbernardes's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
jammasterjamie's review
3.0
The X-Men stuff was entertaining, but did literally nothing to push the overarching narrative forward. Cable was fun, but I know I wouldn't have been reading that series if it wasn't part of the Dawn of X, so also not really a high-point for me. This volume has left me feeling that the wheels are spinning, but we're not really moving forward.
crookedtreehouse's review
2.0
The description of this book is way off. This book includes only two issues of Cable, one issue of X-Men, and the two Empyre X-Men issues.
The Cable storyline that leads into the upcoming Sword of X trade is fun, and features an appearance of King Deadpool.
I was excited for the first Hickman X-Men issue in several volumes, but it was quite a letdown. The story about Vulcan and two of the other members of the Brubaker retconned second X-Men team from [b:X-Men: Deadly Genesis|106060|X-Men Deadly Genesis|Ed Brubaker|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1528358551l/106060._SY75_.jpg|1632305] was dull, and connected to the upcoming Empyre event in a very shrugworthy way. It was the lowlight of the collection for me.
The actual Empyre storyline threw all sorts of madness, plant aliens, Genoshan zombies, the plant-obsessed grannies from the beginning of Hickman's X-Men run, and more censored swears than a Quentin Tarantino marathon playing on a Christian channel. It felt very haphazard and disconnected both the current X-stories, and the Empyre event.
I still think it's worth reading for the Cable story but it's otherwise a disappointing volume.
The Cable storyline that leads into the upcoming Sword of X trade is fun, and features an appearance of King Deadpool.
I was excited for the first Hickman X-Men issue in several volumes, but it was quite a letdown. The story about Vulcan and two of the other members of the Brubaker retconned second X-Men team from [b:X-Men: Deadly Genesis|106060|X-Men Deadly Genesis|Ed Brubaker|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1528358551l/106060._SY75_.jpg|1632305] was dull, and connected to the upcoming Empyre event in a very shrugworthy way. It was the lowlight of the collection for me.
The actual Empyre storyline threw all sorts of madness, plant aliens, Genoshan zombies, the plant-obsessed grannies from the beginning of Hickman's X-Men run, and more censored swears than a Quentin Tarantino marathon playing on a Christian channel. It felt very haphazard and disconnected both the current X-stories, and the Empyre event.
I still think it's worth reading for the Cable story but it's otherwise a disappointing volume.
astraea14's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
wanderlustlover's review
5.0
Spring 2020 (April);
Dawn of X (Vol. 11-16)
X of Swords (full)
Reign of X (Vol. 1-7)
** As a spoiler warning, do not read this review unless you've read all of the above issues, not just the volume where you've found this review. **
I did a massive multi-volume, multi-arc blitz recently and so I'm going to just drop a lot of what's hot here & going to be copying it down across a million books. My favorite thing literally is now and forever the Polycule going on in Summer House. I love his universe and am certainly very curious about the things still hiding in the shadows.
I'm glad Kitty found her way through that thing. I'm glad we didn't lose Betsy while we were in the other universe where death *sort of* sticks. Excalibur remains the most arrestingly gorgeous art. I'm still not interested in the one and only story comics know how to tell with Beast. I love the whole council and can't stop cooing over Erik as the Left Hand/Charles as the right (and even more so the bits where/how Jean & Scott are off to reform the X-Men #goodboy).
Jeanne & The Twins, in general, are back and I'm super duper in love with that. I really madly adore that there isn't any vast soap opera drama with any relationships or old bad blood that can't be given a new chance in Krakoa. There's such a breath of fresh air reading a lot of the choices Hickman and his writers have made.
Dawn of X (Vol. 11-16)
X of Swords (full)
Reign of X (Vol. 1-7)
** As a spoiler warning, do not read this review unless you've read all of the above issues, not just the volume where you've found this review. **
I did a massive multi-volume, multi-arc blitz recently and so I'm going to just drop a lot of what's hot here & going to be copying it down across a million books. My favorite thing literally is now and forever the Polycule going on in Summer House. I love his universe and am certainly very curious about the things still hiding in the shadows.
I'm glad Kitty found her way through that thing. I'm glad we didn't lose Betsy while we were in the other universe where death *sort of* sticks. Excalibur remains the most arrestingly gorgeous art. I'm still not interested in the one and only story comics know how to tell with Beast. I love the whole council and can't stop cooing over Erik as the Left Hand/Charles as the right (and even more so the bits where/how Jean & Scott are off to reform the X-Men #goodboy).
Jeanne & The Twins, in general, are back and I'm super duper in love with that. I really madly adore that there isn't any vast soap opera drama with any relationships or old bad blood that can't be given a new chance in Krakoa. There's such a breath of fresh air reading a lot of the choices Hickman and his writers have made.