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A review by kyleofbooks
Zero Volume 1: An Emergency by Aleš Kot
3.0
Actual rating: 3.5
This was an interesting one. I only vaguely knew going in what to expect with 'Zero' (the barest of bare details: a spy story).
It became so much more than that, though. I won't go into it too much, because to be honest, I am still quite confused. The story jumps around from different points in time during Edward Zero's life. He, and other children, were molded into spies for the 'The Agency,' a mysterious government faction. What side are they fighting for? Are they agents of good or evil? We don't know... and this is where I was thrown off; there really is no focused story. Half the time I was trying to figure out what the hell was going on, who the characters were, and attempting to decipher what they were talking about. Maybe this is due to the fact that the writer, Ales Kot, is trying to draw the readers into Edward's world by throwing everything but the kitchen sink at us? It felt choppy & convoluted all at once.
There are multiple chapters, and each is illustrated by a different artist. It's an interesting concept, and the art is very well done, but it felt at times like I was trying to make sense of one story told by different people. And then, tossed into the last few pages, a surprise science fiction element I was not expecting.
I still don't know what's happening in the story, or where it will go moving forward from Vol. 1, but I do know that I'm intrigued.
This was an interesting one. I only vaguely knew going in what to expect with 'Zero' (the barest of bare details: a spy story).
It became so much more than that, though. I won't go into it too much, because to be honest, I am still quite confused. The story jumps around from different points in time during Edward Zero's life. He, and other children, were molded into spies for the 'The Agency,' a mysterious government faction. What side are they fighting for? Are they agents of good or evil? We don't know... and this is where I was thrown off; there really is no focused story. Half the time I was trying to figure out what the hell was going on, who the characters were, and attempting to decipher what they were talking about. Maybe this is due to the fact that the writer, Ales Kot, is trying to draw the readers into Edward's world by throwing everything but the kitchen sink at us? It felt choppy & convoluted all at once.
There are multiple chapters, and each is illustrated by a different artist. It's an interesting concept, and the art is very well done, but it felt at times like I was trying to make sense of one story told by different people. And then, tossed into the last few pages, a surprise science fiction element I was not expecting.
I still don't know what's happening in the story, or where it will go moving forward from Vol. 1, but I do know that I'm intrigued.