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A review by rembrandt1881
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores by Brian K. Vaughan
5.0
I listened to a lot of podcasts from Nerdist.com and plenty of thimes I heard writers referring to this book series so I decided to go check it out. The story was pretty good and it wasn't necessarily the greatest but much like Star Wars it has great characters and connections. Brian Vaughn infuses the series with great humor throughout with the main character and while the ending was slightly surprising and possibly a bit of a let down it did fit. Yorick Brown's journey is a good one after all of the men on the planet other than himself and his pet monkey Ampersand.
Now the main mystery is just a vehicle to tell the journey of Yorick as he tries to find his girlfriend Beth, whom he was in the midst of proposing to when the world went to hell. There is definitely tragedy within the story but they are well thought out and not done just to surprise and give Vaughn a reason to add new characters who have the same traits. Rather when they are gone, they go for a reason and they aren't replaced. In terms of style, I love the way this is written with humor and that the different parts of the story are not directly in line. Time skips months at a time which allows the pace to keep moving and to have these moments that are referred to that only the characters know about which makes them real. We don't know everything that has happened at all times and it's just like real life. This is one of the things that gave me the most joy in reading this.
If you haven't read any graphic novels or comic series this is indeed an excellent way to get into the genre.
Now the main mystery is just a vehicle to tell the journey of Yorick as he tries to find his girlfriend Beth, whom he was in the midst of proposing to when the world went to hell. There is definitely tragedy within the story but they are well thought out and not done just to surprise and give Vaughn a reason to add new characters who have the same traits. Rather when they are gone, they go for a reason and they aren't replaced. In terms of style, I love the way this is written with humor and that the different parts of the story are not directly in line. Time skips months at a time which allows the pace to keep moving and to have these moments that are referred to that only the characters know about which makes them real. We don't know everything that has happened at all times and it's just like real life. This is one of the things that gave me the most joy in reading this.
If you haven't read any graphic novels or comic series this is indeed an excellent way to get into the genre.