A review by htoo
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A lot of book reviewers I follow recommended this comic and rated it highly. While I was blown away by the art, I can’t say the same for the story. I appreciate the topics that creators set out to explore at its relates to war and trauma but the plot was not plotting. I felt like I was dumped in the middle of the story with minimal clues to help me figure out what’s going on. The world building and cause of the conflict could be explained better. The dialogue could be better at times. Overall it was still a nice read (thanks to the art) but I probably won’t be picking on the next volume.