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A review by ashley_wankel
Icarus by Gregory A. Wilson
3.0
Thanks to NetGalley for providing me an eARC of this book in return for a fair and honest review.
This graphic novel introduces the story of Icarus and Jellinek. Jellinek is a prospector (scavenges for resources) with a lavadog-like companion named Rig. He meets Icarus, when Icarus falls from the sky knowing nothing about who he is. Together they travel to different parts of the planet and begin to uncover the secrets of who Icarus is and the history of the planet.
My thoughts:
First and foremost the artwork is amazing! It is beautiful and the colors add so much to the atmosphere of the world. The world is definitely intriguing. It seems to be a desert/volcanic planet with magisters that control magic, fire demons, salamander kings, among others.
I really enjoy Jellinek as a character. He kinda reminds me of Sam from LoTR because he's kinda grumpy but loyal and he has all these stories about the creatures/history of the world that he is invested in.
Icarus I'm not sure about yet. He arrives with no memories but remembers things as they become convenient it seems. This makes the plot feel very bland because there is minimal struggle for the characters.
However, this is the first volume in a series so the focus is introduction rather than explanation and for that purpose I think it did a good job and I'm interested in learning more about this world.
UPDATE:
The eARC was extended to include more content, so this is my updated review. The second section of Icarus introduces the main city of the world where our characters go to hopefully learn something about Icarus' history. The corruption of the magisters plays a role in the characters journey and in the end many of the reader's questions are answered.
I will say that there is still a lot of exposition and explanation that furthers the plot rather than actions but I am still looking forward to the next volume of this series.
Again, thanks to NetGalley for providing me an eARC of this book.
This graphic novel introduces the story of Icarus and Jellinek. Jellinek is a prospector (scavenges for resources) with a lavadog-like companion named Rig. He meets Icarus, when Icarus falls from the sky knowing nothing about who he is. Together they travel to different parts of the planet and begin to uncover the secrets of who Icarus is and the history of the planet.
My thoughts:
First and foremost the artwork is amazing! It is beautiful and the colors add so much to the atmosphere of the world. The world is definitely intriguing. It seems to be a desert/volcanic planet with magisters that control magic, fire demons, salamander kings, among others.
I really enjoy Jellinek as a character. He kinda reminds me of Sam from LoTR because he's kinda grumpy but loyal and he has all these stories about the creatures/history of the world that he is invested in.
Icarus I'm not sure about yet. He arrives with no memories but remembers things as they become convenient it seems. This makes the plot feel very bland because there is minimal struggle for the characters.
However, this is the first volume in a series so the focus is introduction rather than explanation and for that purpose I think it did a good job and I'm interested in learning more about this world.
UPDATE:
The eARC was extended to include more content, so this is my updated review. The second section of Icarus introduces the main city of the world where our characters go to hopefully learn something about Icarus' history. The corruption of the magisters plays a role in the characters journey and in the end many of the reader's questions are answered.
I will say that there is still a lot of exposition and explanation that furthers the plot rather than actions but I am still looking forward to the next volume of this series.
Again, thanks to NetGalley for providing me an eARC of this book.