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james_desantis 's review for:
Gideon Falls Book One: The Legend of the Black Barn
by Jeff Lemire
Buddy read with James (Mumford not myself)
I read these as they were coming out. I will say it reads even better this way.
My main issue originally was the answers felt like they took forever to get issue by issue or even volume by volume. And to an extent it's still here. This is a slow burn. And around issue 12 or 13 there's a two issue background that helps flush out the world but slows down the big progression on the two main leads.
But besides that this is a blast. Great characters from the priest, to Daniel, to Claire. Everyone sounds real which is Lemire's strong suit. Sorrentino does some of his best work ever getting both creepy and bizarre panels which I love. The reveal of this demon entity trying to escape makes sense and the ending leaves off on a great cliffhanger.
A great Halloween reread. A 4 out of 4.
I read these as they were coming out. I will say it reads even better this way.
My main issue originally was the answers felt like they took forever to get issue by issue or even volume by volume. And to an extent it's still here. This is a slow burn. And around issue 12 or 13 there's a two issue background that helps flush out the world but slows down the big progression on the two main leads.
But besides that this is a blast. Great characters from the priest, to Daniel, to Claire. Everyone sounds real which is Lemire's strong suit. Sorrentino does some of his best work ever getting both creepy and bizarre panels which I love. The reveal of this demon entity trying to escape makes sense and the ending leaves off on a great cliffhanger.
A great Halloween reread. A 4 out of 4.