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james_desantis 's review for:
Criminal, Vol. 1: Coward
by Ed Brubaker
I thought I'd like this more. I guess maybe if I read it BEFORE I read Kill or Be Killed I would. That and maybe if I liked the character's more.
The themes and ideas in here are solid. I really loved the art. I love how it was explained on each character and how they're different. One of the biggest thing being that each person the main character meets he interacts differently with. I also loved the backstabbing and betraying, because it gives shock value, but in the best way. Characters will die here, don't get too attached.
The ending though and the characters all felt a little...movie like? Predictable? The story is really a big old "This is why crime is bad" but we know that. I wanted to care when characters died, but everything felt too self contained, too strict, so they didn't have time to flush out everyone. so when people died I was more like Oh, that sucks. Instead of "NOOOOO!" type feeling.
Still, I'll read the next one because the writing is solid, art is great, and maybe a different story will grab me a different way.
The themes and ideas in here are solid. I really loved the art. I love how it was explained on each character and how they're different. One of the biggest thing being that each person the main character meets he interacts differently with. I also loved the backstabbing and betraying, because it gives shock value, but in the best way. Characters will die here, don't get too attached.
The ending though and the characters all felt a little...movie like? Predictable? The story is really a big old "This is why crime is bad" but we know that. I wanted to care when characters died, but everything felt too self contained, too strict, so they didn't have time to flush out everyone. so when people died I was more like Oh, that sucks. Instead of "NOOOOO!" type feeling.
Still, I'll read the next one because the writing is solid, art is great, and maybe a different story will grab me a different way.