odettebrethouwer's review against another edition
4.0
Gaaf plot, en cool getekend. Interessant concept. Zeker van genoten.
Alleen voelt de laatste pagina aan als een totaal ander verhaal.. Meteen door in deel 2 dus ;)
Alleen voelt de laatste pagina aan als een totaal ander verhaal.. Meteen door in deel 2 dus ;)
cathepsut's review
3.0
I picked this up because it looked to be set underwater and I got a whiff of Megalodon. Unfortunately that fish is mostly in the off at first and then disappears all together for a good while.
And it’s a very wordy graphic novel. Much too wordy. I don‘t mind the occasional info dump or longer explanation, but this never stops. Somewhere in the middle I started to skim a little. On top of that there was this glacially slow build-up.
It eventually got going — a little. And by the time it did get more interesting, it also immediately finished with two cliffhangers.
The artwork was ok. It‘s unlikely that I will continue.
And it’s a very wordy graphic novel. Much too wordy. I don‘t mind the occasional info dump or longer explanation, but this never stops. Somewhere in the middle I started to skim a little. On top of that there was this glacially slow build-up.
It eventually got going — a little. And by the time it did get more interesting, it also immediately finished with two cliffhangers.
The artwork was ok. It‘s unlikely that I will continue.
markgerrits's review
2.0
An oil drilling company uncovers a network of big underwater caves with prehistoric fauna, most notably megalodons a.k.a huge ass sharks.
This bande dessinée started off very promising, with some cruel yet beautiful wordless scenes. But then it quickly devolved into pages and pages of boring exposition and when we do get back to the prehistoric sea life near the end, all sense of wonder or horror has evaporated.
There's some small hints of more overt speculative elements besides the surviving megalodons and judging by some of the other covers in the series, that aspect will become more and more important. But I think I'll stop here.
This bande dessinée started off very promising, with some cruel yet beautiful wordless scenes. But then it quickly devolved into pages and pages of boring exposition and when we do get back to the prehistoric sea life near the end, all sense of wonder or horror has evaporated.
There's some small hints of more overt speculative elements besides the surviving megalodons and judging by some of the other covers in the series, that aspect will become more and more important. But I think I'll stop here.
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