Legends of the Tour
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Frame by glorious frame, this beautiful graphic novel captures the essence of the Tour de France -...
Lucifer: Volume 2
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The antihero who made his debut in THE SANDMAN and starred in his own hit series continues his...
Birds of Prey: Vol 2
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An exciting new team of glamourous, crime-fighting, female detectives. Meet Oracle-the computer...
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Saga, Vol. 2 in Books
Jan 6, 2021
I read the first volume of this years ago and was intrigued by why these two characters were causing a war across almost all the universe and this one explains it a lot more. They are from rival sides of a war and Marko was Alana's prisoner after he handed himself in. They grew closer and she eventually helps him escape his imprisonment. Fast forward a while and almost every assassin in the galaxy is after them. They get interrupted by Marko's parents who cause havoc for a while and we see a few childhood scenes.
I do quite like this series but it isn't grabbing me as much as the other recent Graphic Novel I read is. I'm intrigued as to what's going to happen in the end and if the trio will survive and win the war against everyone who's gunning for them.
David McK (3752 KP) rated Marvel's Spider-Man in Video Games
Aug 26, 2019
Seemingly taking it's cue - especially in combat - from Rocksteady's Arkham series of Batman games, this tells a completely new, completely stand-alone story, with a Peter Parker who has been Spider-Man, now, for 8 years and so is free of any restrictions placed upon it by tying it to a particular movie or graphic novel.
While it can get a bit repetitive in places, the central mechanic of web-swinging around a populated New York - one that even has a scale able The Avengers Tower in it (question: what will happen now that the Sony/Marvel deal has broken down?) - is great fun, while the story and plot itself is actually pretty good. Yes, anyone with even a passing knowledge of the Spider-Man lore may see where parts of it are going, but the fun (in this case) is in the journey, not the destination ...
Looking forward to the inevitable sequel.
Boundless
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The cartoonist of This One Summer and SuperMutant Magic Academy explores the virtual and IRL world...
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Gotham High
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After being kicked out of his boarding school, 16-year-old Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City to...
Judge Dredd: America (Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection #1)
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The essential Judge Dredd graphic novel series - the ultimate introduction to the Lawman of the...
Cassandra Darke
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Cassandra Darke is an art dealer, mean, selfish, solitary by nature, living in Chelsea in a house...
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ClareR (6118 KP) rated Sun of Blood and Ruin in Books
Mar 10, 2024
I remember watching Zoro as a child, and this book felt like that in places. Except Pantera is female - she is a ‘master’ swords-person, a magician and a shapeshifter. So far, so good. Leonora de Las Casas Tlazohtzin is her alter-ego (or is it the other way round? Im never sure which way round it should be) - it’s a great disguise. She is the sister of the regent of New Spain, and promised to the Spanish Prince - who will ever guess that she’s really Pantera?
What didn’t quite gel with me was the way the story was put together. It didn’t feel like a cohesive novel, more like exciting shorts that had been joined together. I think if I’d read this as a graphic novel or a series of short stories, I would have enjoyed it so much more. The second half of the novel is far better than the first half, I will say that.
Perhaps I’m not the right audience for this book? I do like this genre though, and I do read a fair bit of YA Fantasy, so I’m really not so sure it’s that. It looks as though there will be a follow up, and I’d be interested to see if the style is in any way improved and where the story is going next - so this book is definitely a “like” from me.