Ed

Wen-yi Lee did a fantastic job bringing characters and the setting to life. Everything felt very vivid and fleshed out. Even seemingly mundane events were a joy to read with their unexpected turns and imagery.

Some of the events near the end did feel rushed and less fleshed out than those earlier in the novel.

I really enjoyed the book. The characters, setting, and events were very interesting. I didn't feel disappointed at all when a chapter would end and shift to one of the other central characters.

I really enjoyed this short story. Though it was only around 40 pages Wen-yi Lee did a great job setting the scene and giving it emotional weight. Her prose throughout was vivid and made me excited to read her other works.

In the beginning I struggled to keep my interest. But after a little while I was really enraptured by the story. It had a lot more depth and unexpected events than I initially expected.

The prose throughout was excellent. However the ending felt disappointing.

An amazing comic through and through. Despite only being in black and white Vivian Nguyen creates captivating panels that always feel fresh and full of life.

It took me a while to get around to reading this, and after reading it I'm full of regret for waiting so long.

The art and excerpts were wonderful. The art is reminiscent of Mike Mignola's style from the Hellboy comics. While the excerpts in particular will appeal to anyone that read Kill 6 Billion Demons and enjoyed the Psalms and other excerpts it featured.

There aren't that many characters initially introduced in this volume, but I don't think that should necessarily be held in a negative light. The story is just starting out and we're being introduced to the setting and main character Bianca. However it would be fair to say that events move somewhat fast in this volume.

The art, world building, overarching events, and excerpts were wonderful. However the character interactions for certain newly introduced characters felt weak. Though I think that could be contributed in part to the world building being the focus in this volume.

Bianca's mother's motivations and interactions felt lacklustre, though that might be because I had high expectations for them. I also didn't expect them to appear so soon in the story.

The quick introduction and subsequent death of Bianca's best friend's companions was disappointing. It felt like they had character to them. But were instead ultimately there to make the events in the tunnels feel dangerous without actually endangering the main cast.

I enjoyed elements of this volume at its core. Such as world building and the parallels between Atlas and Aghul's domain especially. However the dialogue and events in this volume felt unfinished and rushed more often than not. This leads to the story feeling shallow.

The character designs at the beginning of the story felt breathtaking for key characters. But in this volume they felt lacklustre, especially the All Father's.

Lastly, much of the events in this volume strained my suspension of disbelief.

Overall I didn't enjoy this volume, and the series over all, as much as I had hoped I would. It felt rushed overall. While initially I could forgive that in favour of getting the story going, I can't forgive it as much for these later volumes. The story would have benefited from much more room to breathe.