andrewgraphics's review
2.0
ugh, this comic is why I don't by comics any more...
It took 37 issues to tell a story that could have been fit into something *much shorter; maybe not 6 issues, but maybe ten..? Lots of tricks, and feints, and double-crosses...
Buying these comics off the rack, it would have been close to $200 for this long, drawn out tale, which is ultimately unsatisfying.
I just waited to get the whole thing thru the library.
It took 37 issues to tell a story that could have been fit into something *much shorter; maybe not 6 issues, but maybe ten..? Lots of tricks, and feints, and double-crosses...
Buying these comics off the rack, it would have been close to $200 for this long, drawn out tale, which is ultimately unsatisfying.
I just waited to get the whole thing thru the library.
theartolater's review
2.0
I was hoping for a pretty great ending, but the whole thing for me just kind of flops. The way it ended, being semi-ambiguous in some respects, just felt like a bit of a betrayal of what made the initial volumes so great.
Endings are hard in comics. I get that. I just really, really wanted to be wowed here and it didn't come close. There's the expectations vs. reality aspect, but I think this is more a situation where it feels like Waid was written into a corner a bit and needed to find a way out.
Just frustrating and disappointing.
Endings are hard in comics. I get that. I just really, really wanted to be wowed here and it didn't come close. There's the expectations vs. reality aspect, but I think this is more a situation where it feels like Waid was written into a corner a bit and needed to find a way out.
Just frustrating and disappointing.
bosbie's review
3.0
doesn't reinvent the wheel or anything, and no small amount of plotholes saturates the entire series.. but a fun reading experience overall. and the meta ending, while a bit corny, deserves some praise at least.
jokoloyo's review
3.0
Despite the tricks and seemingly complicated plots, you can guess who will win the final battle since the first volume.
The last epilogue could be a hit or miss. I let each reader to decide whether the epilogue is good or not.
The last epilogue could be a hit or miss. I let each reader to decide whether the epilogue is good or not.
sardonic_writer's review
4.0
Overall I think this series should have been 2-3 volumes shorter. If you trim out some of the stuff that happens later in the series *cough* alien insane asylum* cough, I think it'd be a more streamlined story. It's still a worthwhile story, and the ending is clever enough without getting caught up trying to trick or surprise you.
chrismarnone's review
4.0
While Incorruptible pulled ahead for a while as the better story, Irredeemable came back in the end. Loved the ending. Sentimental, but in a cool, inventive way.
stevenk's review
4.0
I wasn't going to read this volume until I saw on the back cover it was the end of the series and it turns out this was the best of the series, I'd give it a 3.5 if Goodreads had half stars if it had half stars. I really liked the "coda" after the end of the main story. The side plot involving the tree of life didn't feel as dire as it was intended to be but I thought the final chance at redemption for the Plutonian wrapped this story up nicely.
mnakka9's review
5.0
What a wonderful ending, this was by far the awesome anti-hero comics series I have read.
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