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Echoes Vol. 1 by Rahsan Ekedal, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Troy Peteri
4.0

What a dark goddamn story. I don't think I was prepared for this.

Brian goes to visit his father who is dying in the hospital. Right before his father passes away he tells Brian about a house where something is buried, and mentioned the remains of little girls. So Brian goes over to the house to discover a bunch of dolls made up of flesh and bones from missing children. Soon he is consumed with fear and then begins to doubt himself, and who he is, and might be a murderer himself like his father. What becomes even worse is a detective is then hot on his trail and things get messy!

Good: The dark atmosphere is ALWAYS there. Somehow, both the artist and writer manage to have some funny moments, despite how wicked an dark this book gets. I also thought the ending was truly horrifying but it worked on a scary level or horror level because...well it's a horror graphic novel. I thought Brian made for a interesting main character and his self doubt made you question what was happening.

Bad: The twist, while not hard to see coming, did require a pretty decent suspense of disbelief. I just thought it came together too smooth.

Overall, a dark and moody tale well worth reading. I didn't enjoy Foshua Hale story Cleaners but this was pretty dang good. Probably around a 3.5 but for the sake of goodreads I'll hit it with a 4.