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james_desantis 's review for:
The Mantle, Vol. 1
by Ed Brisson
I was let down for this being the 2nd series I read from Ed Brisson.
This is a story about a superpower mantle of sorts that jumps from person to person giving them incredible powers. However, a few years prior there's a creature/monster/alien that comes down and starts killing this Mantle user. So when a new mantle user watches a loved one brutally murdered she decides she has had enough and goes after the big bad.
Good: SOme of the fights are pretty epic and really fucked up. Also the start is a interesting idea.
Bad: The storyline is paper thin. The bad guy's motivation is silly as fuck. Also the dialog sometimes just flatout seems dated, weird, or going online, finding lingo on Urban dictionary, and sliding it in there. Which is odd because I didn't get that style from Sheltered. Oh and is there supposed to be more because I can't see how this series continues.
Overall not very good. I was hoping for a knockout like Sheltered but this came off as okay at best, bad at worst, and honestly I wanted way more. 2 out of 5.
This is a story about a superpower mantle of sorts that jumps from person to person giving them incredible powers. However, a few years prior there's a creature/monster/alien that comes down and starts killing this Mantle user. So when a new mantle user watches a loved one brutally murdered she decides she has had enough and goes after the big bad.
Good: SOme of the fights are pretty epic and really fucked up. Also the start is a interesting idea.
Bad: The storyline is paper thin. The bad guy's motivation is silly as fuck. Also the dialog sometimes just flatout seems dated, weird, or going online, finding lingo on Urban dictionary, and sliding it in there. Which is odd because I didn't get that style from Sheltered. Oh and is there supposed to be more because I can't see how this series continues.
Overall not very good. I was hoping for a knockout like Sheltered but this came off as okay at best, bad at worst, and honestly I wanted way more. 2 out of 5.