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geekwayne's review against another edition
2.0
'A Walk Through Hell, Volume 1' by Garth Ennis with art by Goran Sudžuka is an apt description for reading this strange graphic novel.
Two cops respond to a crime call and find themselves in a labrynthine warehouse of horrors. But before that happens, we see a shooting at a mall and the twitter output that follows. Also involved in this story is a suspect involved in the disappearance and gruesome murder of several children. The cops can't decide if they have been drugged or are dead.
What I can't figure out is why this is happening, and why it is so difficult to be interesting. The plot elements would seem to be good, but the way they fit together feels stiff and disjointed. Maybe further down the series, it becomes clear, but this one was a puzzler. Which is sad because the art by Goran Sudžuka is pretty good.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Aftershock Comics, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
Two cops respond to a crime call and find themselves in a labrynthine warehouse of horrors. But before that happens, we see a shooting at a mall and the twitter output that follows. Also involved in this story is a suspect involved in the disappearance and gruesome murder of several children. The cops can't decide if they have been drugged or are dead.
What I can't figure out is why this is happening, and why it is so difficult to be interesting. The plot elements would seem to be good, but the way they fit together feels stiff and disjointed. Maybe further down the series, it becomes clear, but this one was a puzzler. Which is sad because the art by Goran Sudžuka is pretty good.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Aftershock Comics, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
ogreart's review against another edition
4.0
What I had, at first, taken for a psychological thriller took a dark and disturbing turn in to the macabre and creepy. I think I may need to read this one again to really understand all the nuances. I feel like I definitely need to find and read volume two as soon as I can manage it.
kellyvandamme's review against another edition
4.0
I liked the graphics, the colouring, the fonts. In terms of story, I found it a bit confusing, jumping back and forth like it did, and me not having a clue what was going on but it did make for a rather intriguing read that definitely held my attention. I'm still not quite sure what's happening but it does make me want to pick up the second volume. Actual rating: 3.5, rounded up to 4.
ellelainey's review against another edition
1.0
Nope. Sorry. I just didn't get it. I DNF'd 44 pages in, because I was just so confused. There was a lot of flashbacks, without admitting they were flashbacks, the first few pages alone were confusing to follow and understand, and I often felt like I'd stepped into a story halfway through. Not for me.
lintkaurea's review against another edition
3.0
Buf, qué duro. Te mantiene enganchado pero cuesta seguir el ritmo. Y Ennis no se corta un pelo, como siempre. Puro Aftershock.
darkcoffeelover81's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
panelparty's review against another edition
3.0
I hate that I'm considering reading Volume 2 just to figure out what happens, because this was kind of a slog for me. Every time I was /almost/ sucked into it, we flashed back to something else.
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
2.0
This mediocre horror comic about probably a pedophile who probably has supernatural comics probably would have been better if Ennis wasn't trying to Pulp Fiction it. He's always been an interesting writer, but he doesn't have the skill to pull off a series of narrative time jumps without including notations "Six months earlier" "now" "three months earlier" etc. The story is a jumbled mess of chronology about a story which, after the first issue, gets progressively less interesting.
If you're a die-hard horror comic or Garth Ennis fan, this might be to your taste, but I felt let down by Ennis's inability to live up to the premise he set up in the first issue.
If you're a die-hard horror comic or Garth Ennis fan, this might be to your taste, but I felt let down by Ennis's inability to live up to the premise he set up in the first issue.
carroq's review against another edition
4.0
Wow! I found another Ennis book that I don't hate. This one doesn't seem to suffer from the same elements present in his books that I didn't enjoy. Anyway, this follows two police detectives on an investigation, but will their actions during a recent case drive them to the brink of Hell?
This book is weird. Let's just get that out of the way. It may not make a ton of sense straight off and there are some weird transitions between past and present. Although I found the colorwork did an excellent job of indicating when something was happening in the past vs. the present. There are a lot of questions that get raised and not a lot that get answered. For some reason, this just piqued my interest in the story more, rather than making me feel isolated from what was going on.
If the second volume can clear up some of the confusing parts of the book, I think it would be well worth checking out.
This book is weird. Let's just get that out of the way. It may not make a ton of sense straight off and there are some weird transitions between past and present. Although I found the colorwork did an excellent job of indicating when something was happening in the past vs. the present. There are a lot of questions that get raised and not a lot that get answered. For some reason, this just piqued my interest in the story more, rather than making me feel isolated from what was going on.
If the second volume can clear up some of the confusing parts of the book, I think it would be well worth checking out.
vsbedford's review against another edition
3.0
Well-drawn, written, and paced - I'd recommend for horror fans even though this novel, in the end, wasn't my cup of tea. I think it's setting up a rich world, and it kind of reminds me (in tone) of the first season of True Detective where I was looking more for X-Files. Anyway, it's strong and probably a must-read for fans of this genre.