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nerdyreferencelibrarian89 's review for:
The Faust Act
by Kieron Gillen
Ancient gods from a variety of pantheons come back every 90 years, but only get to live for 2 years. As the story starts it seems that every deity has become an extremely famous pop star, as the gods desire to be adored by fans.
As the story goes on we get to see glimpses of the gods' true powers, but they are largely self policed. There are allusions that the return of the gods can be halted by mortals, and that mortals can harm the gods, but not exactly how.
This first volume was a whirlwind following the path of a fan girl of the gods, who gets mixed up in their politicking.
The artwork was very cool, I also quite liked the personalities of some of the main gods highlighted. That said I found it difficult to truly get each gods powers, especially the ones I wasn't familiar with. I also thought that it seemed unclear if the same gods returned every time or if it is different gods. I also found it a little confusing how gods from different pantheons could interact, and what true influence they had on the mortal realm.
I found this interesting and intriguing, and will be giving the next volume a try, but it didn't completely blow me away.
As the story goes on we get to see glimpses of the gods' true powers, but they are largely self policed. There are allusions that the return of the gods can be halted by mortals, and that mortals can harm the gods, but not exactly how.
This first volume was a whirlwind following the path of a fan girl of the gods, who gets mixed up in their politicking.
The artwork was very cool, I also quite liked the personalities of some of the main gods highlighted. That said I found it difficult to truly get each gods powers, especially the ones I wasn't familiar with. I also thought that it seemed unclear if the same gods returned every time or if it is different gods. I also found it a little confusing how gods from different pantheons could interact, and what true influence they had on the mortal realm.
I found this interesting and intriguing, and will be giving the next volume a try, but it didn't completely blow me away.