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A review by mogojojo1013
Merry Men by Robert Rodi
4.0
I enjoyed this re-imagining of the tale of Robin Hood. His story has been told a million times in as many ways, and it is always nice to get a fresh take.
The members of Robin's band of Merry Men are re-imagined as people of the LGBTQ+ community who are being persecuted throughout Nottinghamshire for their "un-christian" actions. "Merry Men" becomes a term synonymous with queer. With the King away waging war, his younger brother has been persecuting those who identify as LGBTQ+ like his brother in hopes that it will topple his brother's throne. Robin and his band of Merry Men are going to do everything in their power to stop him, and make all of England safe for people like them again.
This was a good read, a great plot and good characters who were well developed through the story. There is a good amount of action and suspense, and there is a great amount of diversity as well. The illustration was alright, I felt it was a little too inconsistent, and it made characters look significantly different from one panel to the next. Not so much so that they weren't recognizable, but different nonetheless. I did enjoy the colors used, they were vibrant and helped to emphasize the action taking place.
WARNING: there are mentions of rape throughout the book, as well as quite a bit of violence, and mentions of religious persecution as well as LGBTQ persecution.
The members of Robin's band of Merry Men are re-imagined as people of the LGBTQ+ community who are being persecuted throughout Nottinghamshire for their "un-christian" actions. "Merry Men" becomes a term synonymous with queer. With the King away waging war, his younger brother has been persecuting those who identify as LGBTQ+ like his brother in hopes that it will topple his brother's throne. Robin and his band of Merry Men are going to do everything in their power to stop him, and make all of England safe for people like them again.
This was a good read, a great plot and good characters who were well developed through the story. There is a good amount of action and suspense, and there is a great amount of diversity as well. The illustration was alright, I felt it was a little too inconsistent, and it made characters look significantly different from one panel to the next. Not so much so that they weren't recognizable, but different nonetheless. I did enjoy the colors used, they were vibrant and helped to emphasize the action taking place.
WARNING: there are mentions of rape throughout the book, as well as quite a bit of violence, and mentions of religious persecution as well as LGBTQ persecution.