A review by rachfinke
The Panic #1: Coffin by Bis Stringer Horne, Neil Kleid

4.0

I loved this—the premise is very interesting and realistic, KIC our time. Two teens are going to a BLM protest and hop onto a train. Within pages, that train crashes and there aren’t very many survivors. As you might assume, the survivors band together and try to navigate an escape plan. It’s all very intriguing, but the writer places a lot of stock into making this a contemporary piece. There are so many times that the characters get caught up in political conversations that are exhausted in the real world. This series also takes place amid COVID-19, which again, so want add anything to the plot or higher stakes. They’re stuck underground with killer rats, for god’s sake.

I give it a 3,5 out of 5. I was definitely entertained and will read more but a little annoyed at the specific theatrics of 2020. It all felt very expected and raw.