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A review by unladylike
Finder: Third World by Jenn Manley Lee, Bill Mudron, Carla Speed McNeil
4.0
This was by far the most WTF and at times, disappointing, in all the Finder I've read (which is to say, all of it). It's the first Finder I've seen in colour, which was briefly interesting, but I didn't feel it added to Carla Speed McNeil's illustration style at all.
Third World follows the adventures of Jaeger as a courier/messenger. That fact alone makes it one of the more straight-forward and cohesive storylines in the world of Finder, but there were so many bizarre and confusing moments in my first reading of it that I was never fully on board. I'm still giving it 3.5-4 stars because the second half picks up and starts to go in a more interesting multi-issue arc direction, but it was clear that McNeil was packing in several ideas that deserved much more attention than they received.
For anyone new to Finder, I would recommend starting with [b:Finder, Vol. 04: Talisman|422955|Finder, Vol. 04 Talisman|Carla Speed McNeil|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1194835532s/422955.jpg|412060] (which is #4 in the very affordable first Library omnibus collection, but stands alone better than any other portion). Then either go back and read the rest of Finder Library 1 and 2, or check out [b:Finder, Vol. 09: Voice|9298590|Finder, Vol. 09 Voice|Carla Speed McNeil|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1403201073s/9298590.jpg|14181222]. If you can, I highly recommend flipping to the back after every few pages to catch up on the end notes, which add a great deal of insight.
Third World follows the adventures of Jaeger as a courier/messenger. That fact alone makes it one of the more straight-forward and cohesive storylines in the world of Finder, but there were so many bizarre and confusing moments in my first reading of it that I was never fully on board. I'm still giving it 3.5-4 stars because the second half picks up and starts to go in a more interesting multi-issue arc direction, but it was clear that McNeil was packing in several ideas that deserved much more attention than they received.
For anyone new to Finder, I would recommend starting with [b:Finder, Vol. 04: Talisman|422955|Finder, Vol. 04 Talisman|Carla Speed McNeil|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1194835532s/422955.jpg|412060] (which is #4 in the very affordable first Library omnibus collection, but stands alone better than any other portion). Then either go back and read the rest of Finder Library 1 and 2, or check out [b:Finder, Vol. 09: Voice|9298590|Finder, Vol. 09 Voice|Carla Speed McNeil|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1403201073s/9298590.jpg|14181222]. If you can, I highly recommend flipping to the back after every few pages to catch up on the end notes, which add a great deal of insight.