This one is hard to judge because I think the first few issues are honestly kind of meh. But then...

So the first story is John going to New York. A lovely city really, I grew up there, and the truth is...it's a pile of shit. But John loves it here...until one of his old "friends" sees him and decides to send him on a trip to hell inside his mind. This story is long, and boring IMO, with very little payoff. Where's the second story, Rake at the Gates of Hell, which deals with the Devil getting back at John, is tense, scary, fun, and exciting. By far one of my favorite stories so far from Ennis on Hellblazer. The very last issue deals with Kat and her childhood drama.

I honestly am so torn. The first half I barely can give higher than 2.5 but the second half a easy 4.5...So it would settle around a 3.5 in the end. I think I'll bump it to a 4 but it was very close to falling to a 3. Thankfully the second half truly saved it.