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Saga, Vol. 1
by Brian K. Vaughan
1) Saga, Vol. 1 ★★★★
2) Saga, Vol. 2 ★★★★
3) Saga, Vol. 3 ★★★★★
content warnings: violence, gore, murder, graphic sexual content, misogyny, discussions of forced underage prostitution and rape
representation: main and side characters of colour, main interracial relationship
It took a million years, but I finally got around to this. No joke, I've owned this first volume for nearly a year and never read it for reasons I can't even start to figure out. I knew the hype, I'd heard how fantastic and soul-destroying it was, and yet I never picked it up until today. And I was an idiot.
For the few people in the world who don't know, Saga follows Alana and Marko, two people from warring alien species who fell in love and had a hybrid-child, Hazel. The story is told from Hazel's perspective and it follows the events directly after her birth as her parents are hunted down by both their species, as well as other freelance mercenaries.
On the surface, this has a really generic plot, but Brian K. Vaughan's decision to set it in space and to have the characters be different alien species was a smart one because it makes it feel fresher. This first volume doesn't have many interesting plot details overall, but was still extremely enjoyable in its execution and sets up for much more in the future.
The characters are really what make this graphic novel feel more than just a one-note star-crossed lovers story. Alana and Marko are both people who have done atrocious things over the course of their lives, but seeing them together and with Hazel makes you completely forget that if things had gone differently in their lives they could have been the most awful people in existence. Their relationship is also extremely sweet, if complicated and messy.
Several interesting side characters are introduced, but easily my favourite of them all was The Will. He's a freelance mercenary who immediately endeared himself to me when he, without hesitation, murdered a guy who worked at Sextillion for employing a six-year old girl, and then tried to rescue her from her owner.
This ends on a soft cliffhanger so I'm glad that I have the second and third volume borrowed out from the library. Expect those reviews really soon because I'm going to binge this entire series if possible.
2) Saga, Vol. 2 ★★★★
3) Saga, Vol. 3 ★★★★★
content warnings: violence, gore, murder, graphic sexual content, misogyny, discussions of forced underage prostitution and rape
representation: main and side characters of colour, main interracial relationship
It took a million years, but I finally got around to this. No joke, I've owned this first volume for nearly a year and never read it for reasons I can't even start to figure out. I knew the hype, I'd heard how fantastic and soul-destroying it was, and yet I never picked it up until today. And I was an idiot.
For the few people in the world who don't know, Saga follows Alana and Marko, two people from warring alien species who fell in love and had a hybrid-child, Hazel. The story is told from Hazel's perspective and it follows the events directly after her birth as her parents are hunted down by both their species, as well as other freelance mercenaries.
On the surface, this has a really generic plot, but Brian K. Vaughan's decision to set it in space and to have the characters be different alien species was a smart one because it makes it feel fresher. This first volume doesn't have many interesting plot details overall, but was still extremely enjoyable in its execution and sets up for much more in the future.
The characters are really what make this graphic novel feel more than just a one-note star-crossed lovers story. Alana and Marko are both people who have done atrocious things over the course of their lives, but seeing them together and with Hazel makes you completely forget that if things had gone differently in their lives they could have been the most awful people in existence. Their relationship is also extremely sweet, if complicated and messy.
Several interesting side characters are introduced, but easily my favourite of them all was The Will. He's a freelance mercenary who immediately endeared himself to me when he, without hesitation, murdered a guy who worked at Sextillion for employing a six-year old girl, and then tried to rescue her from her owner.
This ends on a soft cliffhanger so I'm glad that I have the second and third volume borrowed out from the library. Expect those reviews really soon because I'm going to binge this entire series if possible.