Perry
Absurd
This book was so absurd, and the characters were all terrible. And, honestly? It was pretty darn fun. I was never bored; a few times, I was embarrassed. But mostly I was wildly entertained.
Oh, man, this made me want to reread MTMT and Lost Light so badly. I love Roddy. I'm still heartbroken that Driftrod didn't happen. A great template for how my OTPs never get together. Sigh.
A short, sweet, nasty little novella about the desperation of teen misfits. Derry and Cal are high school stoners who are each other's only friend. One day, in detention, they meet goth Satanist Natalie and become embroiled in her rural, desperate belief system. Only Cal has an even remotely decent home life or a conscience. Natalie is awful, but she's haunted by an event in her past. Derry even has moments of being sympathetic. But together, the kids will do something horrible and bloody.
This book was short, bloody fun. Parts don't age well, but it does take place in the 90s, which were actually awful. I did feel as if the kids are all fairly stereotypical, unfortunately. Natalie was basically Fairuza Balk in The Craft, but without the charm; the feel boys were typical stoner metalheads and horror fans. Not a lot of nuance. Their ultimate crime is awful, with the worst justification. In the story, it actually makes total sense. It's upsetting to read, but I fully believe Natalie would makes the choice she does. But it was still engaging, fast, and fun.
I received this ARC for from BookSirens in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to the author, from whom I received the ebook a copy in exchange for a fair review.
I read this in no time at all. It was a good sample, but I wanted more. I wanted more of the characters and more of the virus and more of the drama of existing during an epidemic. It seemed to be vaguely zombie-ish, but we never got enough information or scenes with the zombies. And we get the aftermath of events, but not really many of the events.
Basically, the story follows a crew of motley survivors as they make a found family and survive the apocalypse. They begin in a town, find two teens to add to their group, and travel up a mountain to the family cabin of their leader, who is the most explored character.
Basically, I wanted more. This whetted my appetite for some creepy virus horror. I think there's some really good stuff here that could be expanded, and I would love to read the expansion. One of my very favorite parts occurred on the journey up the mountain to safety. The survivors find a car buried in the snow. There is someone in the car, but that person is infected and has glowing blue eyes.
I wanted more of this. This was cool. The groundwork is there, it just needs to be fleshed out.
Thank you too Mr. Starling for an ARC in exchange for a review.
I got the chance too read the ARC for Sentinel and imported art the chance for Nothus. And if did not disappoint. We spend time with some different characters in this one, like Cheryl's daughter Skylar and boyfriend. If you were uncertain about her in the first one, rest assured she's actually awesome. Ellen continues to be a BAMF. And we learn the origin of the Night Bastard. Mysteries abound, as does some mild body horror, and there were genuine surprises that made my jaw drop–which is hard to do!
I love Ellen. She's strong but warm and compassionate. And I love Skylar. I was really happy with some good teen girl representation. And I feel like we've not seen the last of Bensalem, and I'll be happy to visit it again.
Thank you to Dark Horse Comics for the ARC.
Been sitting in this a while, and finally demanded I had it. I have not read any if the YOUNEEK comics before, do I was just jumping into the world. And, honestly, even though I was confused at first, the WindMaker team does a great job if explaining the world enough to keep it engaging and understandable. The art is quite good, and there are some surprises. I'd certainly read more in this universe and the next volume of WindMaker.
Hot stuff
Entertaining enough, but it's hard to tell what's happening in some panels. Needs work on clarity. That being said, the art is pretty, and the story engaging, with a nice dash of WTF.
The art is decent, but it's a little dark and over-detailed. I wanted to be able to SEE the Bayou Sisters and whatever else is going on there, but it was so dark that the detail was difficult to discern. Other panels are almost too detailed, as far as the faces go. Still, this has potential, and it looks so period, which is great.
Another bit of catnip for me. Judeo-Christian mythology, with a story centered on the Nephilim, as described in the Book of Enoch, and a war in Heaven. Noice.
3.5 stars.
I sorta jumped into this one unaware of who the characters are. I should probably read more Hellboy. It's absolutely in my wheelhouse. And I wasn't really confused about what was going on, so that's good. I was definitely enjoying this.
Cute!
Been a while since I read any yaoi. This was pretty cute. The art was cute. The first story was the best.
This has decent art and a load of potential. I love Elvis the black cat, because black cats are the best cats, and Terah is a hardass heroine with parent issues, but she's good with machines. There also seems to be some sort of supernatural thing going on, which is a plus for me.
I really like the mythology going on here. That's great. But the story itself is so far not so great. I'm also not that into our main hero, although I liked his little brother. We'll see how this one shapes up. I'm interested in the cousins.
Art is fair. Decent detail, strong lines, although the characters need some consistency. That will come with time, certainly. As for the story, there is potential, especially since something weird is going on. But it didn't grab me. I'll try the next issue to see how it goes.
I am loving this series. The art, the story, the characters. Y'all, I'm shipping a CAT and a RABBIT.
I was enjoying the ride well enough, but this maybe needed to be a longer series. It needed more fleshing out in general, and certainly with most of the characters. Except the evil guy. F*** him.
Weird old cat lady, Gen-Xer, timey-wimey weirdness, magic. How could this be anything but a win?
3.5 stars. Artistically sloppy art really works for the storyline and pacing of this one. Lots of fun things to chew on here.
Welp, on the one hand, I was surprised by what happens; on the other–I much prefer MJ to the other guy. Nettie's a reallllly bad judge of character.
This has some potential. I like the way they framed it, how you don't see her until the very end. The art is interesting. Some panels work better than others. But the big, full-page illustration of Lilith is actually really cool. Parts seem choppy, and other parts work very well. I wasn't certain I would continue with this at first, but by the end I enjoyed it sufficiently that I will.