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I want to thank NetGalley for the ARC.
I have some mixed feelings about this one as there are many pros and cons that leave the story as an average yet enjoyable read.
Some of the pros of this story are the spreads and when the author uses less traditional story telling to explain character histories or explore emotional states. This is the benefit of graphic novels as a medium and is extremely enjoyable to see the color, design, and fluidity of panels and pages. It's a bit of a shame that it took a while to delve into this style.
The clear time jumping (to explore other parts of character history) was beneficial for our understanding of the characters and lore, and worked well because the pages were marked effectively.
One con includes the tone of the story. I could see what the author was going for with the police personality, but the humor wasn't landing with me. A lot of the way the comic and storyline was written was in a way that could be much easier to understand in a TV show or movie format, which makes sense based on the author's background. There was a lot of telling not showing during some dialogue heavy portions, and I really appreciated the times where the angles were played with or we could enjoy the character framing.
