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A review by jadejade
Shang-Chi by Gene Luen Yang Vol. 1: Brothers & Sisters by Gene Luen Yang
4.0
Okay for some reason I just had no idea who this character was? I guess I live under a rock. My local comic book store knew exactly which comic volume I was referring to and just popped it straight off the shelf.
Stuff I really liked:
*Sister Hammer's hammer makes a KRUSH sound lol
* Serious stuff regularly undercut by jokey dialogue: "I was really looking forward to that last bite!".
* The playing around with expectations like, is Sister Hammer going to kill him? oh I guess she's not they're hugging and eating cake, oh poison ...
*The tomb sweeping ritual and the uncle eating restoring him somewhat.
*Shang-Chi turning slowing into a Jiangshi and the effect on him.
*Leiko Wu's hair is always billowing and epic.
*The ominous foreshadowing about Shang-Chi's future.
*The role reversal with how Sister Dagger is won over by the end but now Brother Sabre is a bit wary.
For me this series is like the kind I'm happy to enjoy with friends but I'm not sure how likely I'll pick up the next book by myself? There's just a little bit too much gore for my delicate stomach (there was a torso on a spike on one page) but I thought the interior art really matched the tone for me and made it easy to see what was going on. I did not like the cover art though - too serious!
Overall - I enjoyed reading this.
Stuff I really liked:
*Sister Hammer's hammer makes a KRUSH sound lol
* Serious stuff regularly undercut by jokey dialogue: "I was really looking forward to that last bite!".
* The playing around with expectations like, is Sister Hammer going to kill him? oh I guess she's not they're hugging and eating cake, oh poison ...
*The tomb sweeping ritual and the uncle eating restoring him somewhat.
*Shang-Chi turning slowing into a Jiangshi and the effect on him.
*Leiko Wu's hair is always billowing and epic.
*The ominous foreshadowing about Shang-Chi's future.
*The role reversal with how Sister Dagger is won over by the end but now Brother Sabre is a bit wary.
For me this series is like the kind I'm happy to enjoy with friends but I'm not sure how likely I'll pick up the next book by myself? There's just a little bit too much gore for my delicate stomach (there was a torso on a spike on one page) but I thought the interior art really matched the tone for me and made it easy to see what was going on. I did not like the cover art though - too serious!
Overall - I enjoyed reading this.