A review by nharkins
East of West, Vol. 8 by Nick Dragotta, Jonathan Hickman

4.0

The pacing has noticeably changed in this volume. Instead of continually slowly building more and more of this mysterious world, they clearly decided it needs to wrap up soon, and there's just too many characters, especially protagonists we've been led to like, so some have to die. Which is ok (it's what makes Game of Thrones great), but the portrayal of the character seemed to change leading up to the death, i.e. once Hickman had decided who would die, he simply couldn't invest in them any longer by giving them any endearing airtime, relegating them to an extra in their own story. I'm still fascinated by this series, and think he really pushed himself as a creator, but this felt a little like he's getting tired of it.