A review by the_banshee
Soon by Thomas Cadène, Benjamin Adam

4.0

This was a wonderful little read. It was insightful, clever, and beautifully illustrated. It's a little depressing, considering it discusses the potential future of humanity and our planet, but it was done extremely well. This short graphic novel focuses on humanity and space through the ages, and why the latter is necessary to giving us the lives we have now. And also why it may be our downfall. Space and technology has let humanity have everything we want at the touch of a button, with seemingly no consequences, regardless of the harm to the environment and the economy. We are entirely focused on instant connection, instant ordering, and connecting with the world at the press of a button on our smartphones. We are shown a world split into zones, one of which belongs to nature and is not fit for humans. We get to see into the radiation filled zones that are uninhabitable, and the glimpse of the future where sacrifices must continue to be made, for the benefit of humanity, no matter who agrees with it or who wants things to be as they were. As devastating as it turned out to be. The illustrations for the 'brief history of space' are stunning and flow so nicely. I thoroughly enjoyed this and would absolutely recommend it.

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