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A review by bookishholly
The Cull, Volume 1 by Kelly Thompson
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Thank you to NetGalley and Image Comics for giving me access to the eARC of The Cull Volume 1 in exchange of my honest review and opinions.
It took me a while to warm up to the art style of this comic. I didn't realise when requesting a copy that this was going to be 3D art rather than hand drawn which is my preference. I felt at times that the lighting was a bit strange and things became a little confusing in terms of imagining how they were travelling.
I also felt that the story flowed in an odd way, there were too many abrupt cuts between chapters/editions. I think this is because things were moving so fast and the author was clearly trying to hit a lot of ideas and plot points. It would have benefited from being trimmed down to just a number of ideas that could have been executed better. The ensemble of characters was also maybe slightly too big. It was hard to care about any of them because I found it difficult to keep up with who was who and what their issue was that we were suppose to focus on.
I did enjoy the plot twist at the end and feel I would pick up more editions of this story if some improvements were made in regards to plot and character development.
Overall this comic was fairly decent and I can see the potential in it.
It took me a while to warm up to the art style of this comic. I didn't realise when requesting a copy that this was going to be 3D art rather than hand drawn which is my preference. I felt at times that the lighting was a bit strange and things became a little confusing in terms of imagining how they were travelling.
I also felt that the story flowed in an odd way, there were too many abrupt cuts between chapters/editions. I think this is because things were moving so fast and the author was clearly trying to hit a lot of ideas and plot points. It would have benefited from being trimmed down to just a number of ideas that could have been executed better. The ensemble of characters was also maybe slightly too big. It was hard to care about any of them because I found it difficult to keep up with who was who and what their issue was that we were suppose to focus on.
I did enjoy the plot twist at the end and feel I would pick up more editions of this story if some improvements were made in regards to plot and character development.
Overall this comic was fairly decent and I can see the potential in it.