A review by octavia_cade
Victor LaValle's Destroyer #6 by Victor LaValle

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

Normally when I give a story five stars, it's because I think it's outstanding and - not to put too fine a point on it - because I think there's nothing wrong with it. No points where I say to myself "I wish this had been different". That's not the case here. I continue to be uninterested in the original creature, and the death and partial assimilation of Akai's parents leaves me cold. HOWEVER. Josephine's motivations, and her explanation of these motivations, is just done so damn well that it overshadows everything else here for me. She's so absolutely sympathetic in her rage that I find myself rooting for her regardless: she's the driving force of this series, and just a fantastic character.