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A review by nodalec
No Mercy, Volume 1 by Alex de Campi
2.0
So this review is heavily influenced by the fact that I bought this as a librarian for teenagers. Just fyi.
I really wanted to like this. I was hoping it would be a great addition to feed into the last Hunger Games movie crowd. The art in the previews looked good, and the summary was exactly what I was looking for.
Alas.
The pros:
*The art is great.
*The characters are interesting
*It's all survivalist-y which is what I was looking for...
*The first third is awesome. The second third is okay.
*Cute shoutouts to pop culture including animes! :) I like that stuff.
The cons:
*There is so much swearing. On a personal level, not a big deal, but I was under the impression this was only T+ and there is SO MUCH SWEARING. Like, "if-a-parent-complained-about-it-I-wouldn't-get-a-warning-I'd-get-fired" amount. My city (or at least the Decision Makers of it) lean fairly conservative, and if I had known about the amount of f-bombs in it (not mention all other words) I would not have ever gotten it.
*The brother/sister have a weird relationship. Like unbelievably hate-filled.
*It just...meh. I wish a little more was explained? It...I dunno. everything falls apart incredibly easily, and I feel the characters were incredibly underprepared for visiting a place in the middle of nowhere. I mean, it helps the plot but doesn't make sense for the ...level of smart that the characters are supposed to be.
tl:dr: Would not recommend for a teen library collection. I got too excited at the T+ and the fact that Bibz told me it was for teens and ignored the fact it was from Image.
Library collection aside, the art is great, but I just didn't find it that compelling. The brother (whose name i cannot remember for the life of me) REALLY freaking bothered me, as did his sister. And about 90% of the other characters. They were all so...ridiculously unlikeable. Which I guess is the point. Just wasn't my kind of book. =/
I really wanted to like this. I was hoping it would be a great addition to feed into the last Hunger Games movie crowd. The art in the previews looked good, and the summary was exactly what I was looking for.
Alas.
The pros:
*The art is great.
*The characters are interesting
*It's all survivalist-y which is what I was looking for...
*The first third is awesome. The second third is okay.
*Cute shoutouts to pop culture including animes! :) I like that stuff.
The cons:
*There is so much swearing. On a personal level, not a big deal, but I was under the impression this was only T+ and there is SO MUCH SWEARING. Like, "if-a-parent-complained-about-it-I-wouldn't-get-a-warning-I'd-get-fired" amount. My city (or at least the Decision Makers of it) lean fairly conservative, and if I had known about the amount of f-bombs in it (not mention all other words) I would not have ever gotten it.
*The brother/sister have a weird relationship. Like unbelievably hate-filled.
*It just...meh. I wish a little more was explained? It...I dunno. everything falls apart incredibly easily, and I feel the characters were incredibly underprepared for visiting a place in the middle of nowhere. I mean, it helps the plot but doesn't make sense for the ...level of smart that the characters are supposed to be.
tl:dr: Would not recommend for a teen library collection. I got too excited at the T+ and the fact that Bibz told me it was for teens and ignored the fact it was from Image.
Library collection aside, the art is great, but I just didn't find it that compelling. The brother (whose name i cannot remember for the life of me) REALLY freaking bothered me, as did his sister. And about 90% of the other characters. They were all so...ridiculously unlikeable. Which I guess is the point. Just wasn't my kind of book. =/