A Walk Through Hell, Volume 2

[EDIT] Apparently, chapter 12 was the last chapter of this story, which means it must be part of this volume. I didn't read the volume itself, cos it hasn't been released yet - I read the individual issues. The text added after I finished chapter 12 is gonna be in italics. I will keep this spoiler free.

The second volume is not as good as the first, I gotta say. We do get more details of what is going on, but we also get more confused. Some parts of the dialogue I had to read several times to understand what was going on. There are some things I still don't understand, but there's two more chapters that have been released so far, so hopefully that'll be more clear. That's what I thought before reading chapters 11 and 12. Some things became more clear, some - not so much.

Even though the two agents always go everywhere together, it starts to feel like one of them gets to talk more than the other. We do get a bit of backstory for the other, though, so I guess it's not that bad, but it still often feels like you have this main detective and some inconsequential assistant, whose sole purpose is to make the main detective question her own choices and opinions.

There's also a lot more violence in this volume and some of it feels to have been added as pure shock value. Then again, it might get revealed that that there was a purpose all along. Some of the disturbing elements are starting to get a little too disturbing for my taste.

Another annoying thing is Biblical symbolism, which I personally can't stand in fiction. I hope that doesn't become the main theme. .___. squeaky sounds of annoyance

It's funny. I was prepared to wait till August for the next chapter, because I was sure there was more to the story than it actually was. I can't say it was all bad. The author clearly had an interesting idea, and the book gives me some things to think about. I still feel a bit disappointed, because I thought there be more to it than good vs evil.