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A review by gayathiri_rajendran
Odessa by Jonathan Hill
2.0
Thanks to NetGalley and Oni Press for a review copy of this book. The opinions below are my own.
Odessa is set in a post apocalyptic world which has been ravaged by earthquakes. This story follows Virginia and her two brothers as they go on a journey to find their mother who left home several years ago. Virginia receives a gift on her birthday from her mother which prompts her to undertake this journey.
I like the color palette for this graphic novel. The pink background works surprisingly well with blank and white. The art style is also good and it suits the post apocalyptic era. However, the pacing is so slow and the length of the book is kind of big for a graphic novel. It would have been better if it was around 200 pages. There were too many coincidences in the story and some were quite unbelievable.
The characters were flat and irritating and pretty much nothing interesting happens for a long time except for the last part which isn't enough to salvage the book. I'm disappointed that I didn't enjoy this book because I was really looking forward to reading a graphic novel after a long time.
Odessa is set in a post apocalyptic world which has been ravaged by earthquakes. This story follows Virginia and her two brothers as they go on a journey to find their mother who left home several years ago. Virginia receives a gift on her birthday from her mother which prompts her to undertake this journey.
I like the color palette for this graphic novel. The pink background works surprisingly well with blank and white. The art style is also good and it suits the post apocalyptic era. However, the pacing is so slow and the length of the book is kind of big for a graphic novel. It would have been better if it was around 200 pages. There were too many coincidences in the story and some were quite unbelievable.
The characters were flat and irritating and pretty much nothing interesting happens for a long time except for the last part which isn't enough to salvage the book. I'm disappointed that I didn't enjoy this book because I was really looking forward to reading a graphic novel after a long time.