A review by brandinh
Dead@17: Ultimate Edition by Josh Howard

1.0

I basically had to force myself to finish this book, which took two days to read whereas I usually speed through graphic novels in a hour or so. Tons of fan service (scantily clad teenage girls abound). So many of the characters were barely indistinguishable save for hair and eye color. I know it's common to portray women in comics this way, but it is so disheartening to see teen girl bodies drawn in such a way that is practically humanly impossible (extremely tiny waist, paired with curvy booty and ridiculously perky, and for some reason pointy, boobs). The religious overtones were WAY too heavy-handed. I read some other reviews that criticized the story of being prejudicial against the Muslim faith, while I don't know enough to evaluate whether or not this is true, I'll add it to my list of ?!?! about this title. All in all, this was a fail and though I originally purchased it for my high school library, I will be returning it to the used bookstore where I picked it up.