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Saga, Vol. 9
by Brian K. Vaughan
Very few comic books — or even books! — have the ability to make me screech “WHAT?!??” out loud, or audibly gasp while reading, both of which I did during this volume! I also burst into sudden tears during this volume!! (I won’t say when, because uhh spoilers.)
It’s not even so much the pure basic fact of what happens, but it’s Hazel’s ever-present, backwards-looking, poignant narration. It’s the times when the writing has the restraint to just pull back and be completely wordless & silent, and just show you little visual snapshots instead.
Saga is, as always, the constant question of parenting and making the right choices for your child, and revenge and violence and whether or not you choose to enact violence. It’s an expansion on all the ragtag found family that have assembled by now; Squire and Hazel’s shared childhood together, especially, is one of my favourite things. And I kept occasionally having moments to be gobsmacked at how Hazel is so big now! She was so itty bitty at the start of this series! I love the slow, patient passing of time here.
But, ow. This book.
I’m just gonna quote my friend Ben's review tbh:
Everything hurts. It is still very good, and I’m not one of those people going “FUCK THIS SERIES!!” after this volume, but still — ow.
It’s not even so much the pure basic fact of what happens, but it’s Hazel’s ever-present, backwards-looking, poignant narration. It’s the times when the writing has the restraint to just pull back and be completely wordless & silent, and just show you little visual snapshots instead.
Saga is, as always, the constant question of parenting and making the right choices for your child, and revenge and violence and whether or not you choose to enact violence. It’s an expansion on all the ragtag found family that have assembled by now; Squire and Hazel’s shared childhood together, especially, is one of my favourite things. And I kept occasionally having moments to be gobsmacked at how Hazel is so big now! She was so itty bitty at the start of this series! I love the slow, patient passing of time here.
But, ow. This book.
I’m just gonna quote my friend Ben's review tbh:
Saga, Volume 9 takes any of the good, happy feelings you got at the end of the last volume and tears them to shreds, lights those shreds on fire, then scatters the ashes of those shreds to the four corners of the globe. Then it cancels your Netflix subscription and steals your identity, using that to go on a crime spree. Just for good measure.
Everything hurts. It is still very good, and I’m not one of those people going “FUCK THIS SERIES!!” after this volume, but still — ow.