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See allLawhead has taken a seemingly timeless tale of the legendary Robin Hood and located it in a neighboring culture. If you give this a listen take a moment to listen to his afterword at the end for some well spoken insight into the why of this. Legends such as this one that everyone thinks they know are wisely looked at as timeless and at the same time we all know next to nothing about what the “original” story is if there is one. Well worth the journey.
Brooks managed to tell a visceral tale through an interesting medium of character journal pieces and interviews of characters. This leaves the reader to piece some parts together but not in a way that was ever frustrating for me. A lot of tension and build up towards the middle of the tale, but the pay off is satisfying. I would like to say more but keeping this spoiler free.
One last note as a person living in the PNW I can safely say there are enough local points referenced for it to be familiar yet the main setting of the story is far enough off the beaten track to keep it new. Well done and not sure I will look at another bigfoot bumper sticker in quite the same way again.
A fan of the story line characters, was nice to see Stefan's van. The art is good and enjoyed the prequel portion. For graphic novel adaptions of this work I recommend it but would suggest those with time and interest take the time to read the novels as well and use this as a nice quick refresher or visit back to familiar territory.
This was a good introduction to an interesting set of characters. Mercy and her world is a good take on the urban (or not so urban) fantasy genre. A good mix of folklores and characters I enjoyed spending time with.
Lorelei King's narration abilities are spectacular would recommend anyone looking for someone who can shift between characters deftly give her work a listen.
A fun blend of superhero and young adult coming of age themes. Midoriya our protagonist is a poignant example of someone with the drive to do good but without the advantages more common to those he is growing up around.
For those who may already be familiar with the anime it is still an enjoyable story to revisit and catch some of the notes by the author and artist.