Not for me. I read the foreword to try and get a feel for what this was going to be about, as I had never read anything by Alejandro Jodorowsky before.Not for me. I read the foreword to try and get a feel for what this was going to be about, as I had never read anything by Alejandro Jodorowsky before. Maybe something is lost in translation, but he sounded very up-his-own-ass in it. Especially the part where he talked bout how one artist couldn't draw faces, one could only do robots, one wasn't good with landscapes - and how he wrote the stories that allowed them to work within those parameters.
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There were little forewords in front of each story that didn't add much to the reading experience other than to overexplain a bit for my taste, as well.
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But maybe I just didn't understand what I was getting into? I only grabbed it because it was a Hoopla Bonus Borrow and I was out of comics. Anyway. I thought all the stories kind of sucked (except the one about the vampire, ironically), but none of them were long enough to actually hate.
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Whatever this is, I'm not the right audience for it. Recommended for someone else. ...more
A retelling of Lovecraft's A Thing on the Doorstep. Which I haven't read yet, as I'm not a huge fan of Lovecraft - don'thurtme.
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The book opens wiA retelling of Lovecraft's A Thing on the Doorstep. Which I haven't read yet, as I'm not a huge fan of Lovecraft - don'thurtme.
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The book opens with a man walking into an asylum and shooting his best friend. This is the story of why Daniel Upton says he didn't murder Edward Derby.
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Two boys who speak to each other like they're both about 40 years old meet at a museum. One boy is frail and sheltered and incredibly interested in the occult. The other is a bit more normal, but for whatever reason, they click and form a bond that lasts over the years.
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The rest of this part one shows the two as they grow into men, still part of each other's lives as they find love and children. Daniel and his wife even name their son, Edward Derby Upton.
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And while Daniel's family seems normal, the woman Edward loves is a bit odd. *cue Psycho violin screech*
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The art is serviceable and I want to know what happens next, so I'll probably grab Part Two. Recommended for Lovecraftian horror fans....more
Great first issue. This is a continuation of the story from The Nice House on the Lake, and it gave me a peek at the wider view of (maybe) where this sGreat first issue. This is a continuation of the story from The Nice House on the Lake, and it gave me a peek at the wider view of (maybe) where this story might be headed. Because to be honest, this is a very vague title.
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This new Nice house has a different group of people and a different being that brought them here. It seems to hint that there might be some kind of contest between houses. And that while Walter bent the rules to include his friends, Max did not. How did one of Walter's friends end up in Max's house then? I don't know, but I'm interested.
I'm not the right audience for this. I've picked it up 3 times and listened to about 35 minutes of it altogether. But she keeps whining aDNF 3%
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I'm not the right audience for this. I've picked it up 3 times and listened to about 35 minutes of it altogether. But she keeps whining about how she can't trust Xaden because he didn't share rebel secrets with her, and she can't trust her brother because he faked his death and she had to mourn him for years. Seriously? If what they're saying is true, millions of lives are on the line if this rebellion fails. But no. Nobody trusted a kid and you had to be sad for a few years. Oh god. The horror! The pity!
When she got all snippy at the leaders of the rebellion for thinking they could "decide her fate" while she was "in the room" - in other words, decide if they should send her back into the school and trust that she wouldn't rat them out to her mother (the general!) - I decided I couldn't do another 27 and a half hours of this.
3.5 stars This is the best Mercy book I've read in a while!
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So excited to see some of that old magic back. I liked that all the sex scenes in thi3.5 stars This is the best Mercy book I've read in a while!
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So excited to see some of that old magic back. I liked that all the sex scenes in this basically faded to black, too. One, because I'm getting to the point that I've read so many sex scenes over the years that I'm just tired of them taking up page time. And two, because I don't think sex scenes are Briggs' forte to start with. Last time around, I was really starting to get an ick over Mercy and Adam's cringe relationship, but now they're back to just being a good, solid urban fantasy couple.
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The skinny gist of the story is that Mercy's brother, Gary, shows up at their house completely incoherent and unable to understand exactly who everyone is without a bit of help. It's up to Mercy and Adam to backtrack through the past few months of his life and figure out who or what cursed him.
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Their search leads them to a lodge in Montana during the middle of a supernatural snowstorm that has them completely cut off from the rest of the world, and a cast of characters that includes the fey, an elemental, a spider, a few goblins, and a vampire and her ghostly husband. All they have to do is find out which one of them stole a frost giant's magical harp. Oh, and if they don't figure it out soon, they might just be responsible for Ragnarok. I love it when Mercy's dad stirs the pot.
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I do wish Briggs wouldn't leave so many plot threads and characters dangling. Like, it's fine for one or two things to be mysterious to give us something to look forward to, but it seems like she starts something interesting in one book, forgets about it in the next, mentions it again for a second in another book, and then kind of forgets again. And she does this with multiple characters/plot threads. What's up with Tad and Zee? What the hell with Sherwood? Where's Stefan and all the vampires from the first few books?! Gabriel is getting married to some girl he just met?! And on and on and on. Just don't mention it at all if you don't plan on giving us a resolution or explanation in the next book. Please. But this was still a far more coherent and fun story than I've been used to from this title in the past few years, so we're going to call this one a win.
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