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A review by ceena
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu
5.0
While I usually don't like books with monsters, I went into this one knowing it would be dark and gory, which helped.
Honestly, I was blown away.
The artwork is fantastic -- I would seriously stare at panels taking in the beauty of a scene.
The story is deep and interesting. I usually have a problem with pacing in comic books, but not with this one. Everything flowed really well and there weren't any weird chops. I also really want to know what is going to happen next.
I do think there were times when there were too many words on a panel, but considering how much we need to know about the background, it made sense.
This has become one of my favorite graphic novels and I cannot wait to read the next installment.
Merged review:
While I usually don't like books with monsters, I went into this one knowing it would be dark and gory, which helped.
Honestly, I was blown away.
The artwork is fantastic -- I would seriously stare at panels taking in the beauty of a scene.
The story is deep and interesting. I usually have a problem with pacing in comic books, but not with this one. Everything flowed really well and there weren't any weird chops. I also really want to know what is going to happen next.
I do think there were times when there were too many words on a panel, but considering how much we need to know about the background, it made sense.
This has become one of my favorite graphic novels and I cannot wait to read the next installment.
Honestly, I was blown away.
The artwork is fantastic -- I would seriously stare at panels taking in the beauty of a scene.
The story is deep and interesting. I usually have a problem with pacing in comic books, but not with this one. Everything flowed really well and there weren't any weird chops. I also really want to know what is going to happen next.
I do think there were times when there were too many words on a panel, but considering how much we need to know about the background, it made sense.
This has become one of my favorite graphic novels and I cannot wait to read the next installment.
Merged review:
While I usually don't like books with monsters, I went into this one knowing it would be dark and gory, which helped.
Honestly, I was blown away.
The artwork is fantastic -- I would seriously stare at panels taking in the beauty of a scene.
The story is deep and interesting. I usually have a problem with pacing in comic books, but not with this one. Everything flowed really well and there weren't any weird chops. I also really want to know what is going to happen next.
I do think there were times when there were too many words on a panel, but considering how much we need to know about the background, it made sense.
This has become one of my favorite graphic novels and I cannot wait to read the next installment.