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A.D. After Death, Book One by Scott Snyder, Jeff Lemire

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sisanmo's review against another edition

3.0

Ambitious, and that’s why it gains three stars. I can’t stand the many grammar mistakes in the text and the fact that there’s no correspondence between the text and the illustrations in many passages...

qardasowsky's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

malenurrr's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

sandeeisreading's review against another edition

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3.0

If you know me, you probably know how much I love Scott Snyder's work (for those I've read at least, oh and except for American Vampire... that sucked). So when I see a work from him, it's an auto must read.

A.D After Death is just the beginning; you can easily tell. Why? Because nothing much happened here. It's a set up for what is to happen in the next books. The thing is, even as a set up, it should already give you a glimpse of what to expect in the next installments - this didn't give me that.

While I loved the writing, especially those parts where there are lengthy narration partnered with illustrations, I feel that it's still lacking. I want more. Unfortunately, there is just too little substance here. I could tell there is more to come though, so that's something at least.

The illustrations were good, at times. They just aren't what I prefer.

unladylike's review against another edition

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5.0

I found myself repeatedly poring over passages and pages from this book, photographing sections to reference later, and generally just really taken in and satisfied with this whole story. I realize now that it was released in 3 volumes, but the collected hardcover edition I just finished felt more like a true "graphic novel" than almost any comic book that's been marketed as such. Specifically, it felt like reading one of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s early novels or short stories with accompanying watercolor illustrations/paintings sprinkled throughout (If you've read much Vonnegut, you'll likely recognize his school of thought on creative writing here, as well as his way of incorporating little drawings in his published novels.).

I was already a big fan of both Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire before reading this, but A.D.: After Death takes my respect for them up to another category and level. I would definitely benefit from owning and re-reading this at some point.

The ending leaves something to be desired, but everything leading up to it was well-done enough that I can forgive them for not having a neat finish.

(Disclaimer: I was also quite high on cannabinoid THC for much of this reading, and noticed it affecting me, sometimes causing me to linger on a few pages and coming up with my own insights from sections of prose.)