subhamroxx's review
4.0
This was a fun one!
Its so epic this whole story as we follow two timelines like Barry 20 years in the future who thinks he has failed things and goes back in time to fix things and along the way fights Mirror master and spends the last moments with Cold together which was such an awesome scene and then fighting off Trickster and in a way he is trying to set things right and I love the way its interlaced with the main timeline Barry.
And then in the present, Barry is trying to find the killer of a former crew and the suspect is believed to have taken the weapons of former criminas and is hunting them down and they have labelled the killer "Mashup" and the whole detective case of who it is and all is just fascinating and the reveal of it was awesome and I love the way the main story deals with the consequences of Forever evil and showing how much the world has changed and how the people blame the heroes aka Flash for disappearing and the drama it leads to is so well written here. Plus stories with Patty and Wally are awesome and I love the whole pacing of it until its Blue Flash vs Present Flash!
And the fight is so epic with cool cameo along the way and a great twist again which makes this volume such a great read and like one of my faves of the whole series, it takes familiar elements of Flash mythos and makes it so much more awesome than it is! The art of Brett Booth is an amazing thing here and makes the whole thing a must must read! It just feels kinetic which is perfect for the flash book and each panel feels *alive* (chefs kiss)!
Its so epic this whole story as we follow two timelines like Barry 20 years in the future who thinks he has failed things and goes back in time to fix things and along the way fights Mirror master and spends the last moments with Cold together which was such an awesome scene and then fighting off Trickster and in a way he is trying to set things right and I love the way its interlaced with the main timeline Barry.
And then in the present, Barry is trying to find the killer of a former crew and the suspect is believed to have taken the weapons of former criminas and is hunting them down and they have labelled the killer "Mashup" and the whole detective case of who it is and all is just fascinating and the reveal of it was awesome and I love the way the main story deals with the consequences of Forever evil and showing how much the world has changed and how the people blame the heroes aka Flash for disappearing and the drama it leads to is so well written here. Plus stories with Patty and Wally are awesome and I love the whole pacing of it until its Blue Flash vs Present Flash!
And the fight is so epic with cool cameo along the way and a great twist again which makes this volume such a great read and like one of my faves of the whole series, it takes familiar elements of Flash mythos and makes it so much more awesome than it is! The art of Brett Booth is an amazing thing here and makes the whole thing a must must read! It just feels kinetic which is perfect for the flash book and each panel feels *alive* (chefs kiss)!
bardicbear's review
4.0
My only problem with this book was that the story line concerning the crime syndicate comes out of nowhere if you are just reading the Flash comics. This picks up after everything but doesn't really explain what happened or why Flash was unavailable to help the city. I feel like maybe I skipped something somewhere.
caterpie_reading's review
4.0
This was such a fast-paced, action-packed volume. I found the story to be super interesting and engaging. Everything that happened moved the plot forward and kept me wanting more. On a few occasion I would have liked to get a little bit more of an explanation on why exactly the speed force is unraveling itself and especially on the consequences. I sometimes felt like it was just thrown out there in a side remark, which made it hard to wrap your head around.
However, I liked the take on how Barry would be shaped as a person if he had to endure decades of failings, being to late and losing people because of it. I really fell for Wally as a character and hope we get to see more of him. In general, I felt like present-Barry was written in an authentic way, as were Iris and Patty. I enjoyed all of the dialogue quite a bit.
In general, a very entertaining volume that wants me to pick up the next one immediately.
However, I liked the take on how Barry would be shaped as a person if he had to endure decades of failings, being to late and losing people because of it. I really fell for Wally as a character and hope we get to see more of him. In general, I felt like present-Barry was written in an authentic way, as were Iris and Patty. I enjoyed all of the dialogue quite a bit.
In general, a very entertaining volume that wants me to pick up the next one immediately.
calistareads's review
2.0
Well, they have a new team of writes and this is a whole different kind of story from what they were telling. I guess I'm cranky, but I wish they connected more dots so you could understand more of what's going on in this story. oh well. It sure is high energy.
So, there is Flash and there is 20 years from now Future flash who is going back through time fixing the past mistakes in order to heal the Speed force which is broken. I'm not buying into how this thing got broken. It's all silly. If something else can use the speed force, then how is that going to break it. Whatever. See above = I'm cranky about it.
Future flash has many upgrades and he's stronger, faster and he learned some skills. It was still entertaining, but I wish it could have been better at the same time.
The whole Barry losing time didn't make much sense to me either. I'm not a fan of time travel in stories, especially as much as the Flash uses it. It's almost like that's all they use anymore. Can't we have a flash story with no time travel. It's getting old.
I hope this will get better. I have enjoyed the 1st 5 volumes of this run. I'm going to hope the 6th was just a story dip and that it will get better from here.
So, there is Flash and there is 20 years from now Future flash who is going back through time fixing the past mistakes in order to heal the Speed force which is broken. I'm not buying into how this thing got broken. It's all silly. If something else can use the speed force, then how is that going to break it. Whatever. See above = I'm cranky about it.
Future flash has many upgrades and he's stronger, faster and he learned some skills. It was still entertaining, but I wish it could have been better at the same time.
The whole Barry losing time didn't make much sense to me either. I'm not a fan of time travel in stories, especially as much as the Flash uses it. It's almost like that's all they use anymore. Can't we have a flash story with no time travel. It's getting old.
I hope this will get better. I have enjoyed the 1st 5 volumes of this run. I'm going to hope the 6th was just a story dip and that it will get better from here.
elevetha's review
2.0
**An ARC of this book was provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**
Disappointed, though not surprised, that it looks nothing like The Flash on the CW.
I've never read Vol 1-5, but due to knowledge garnered from the TV show and other sources (read: younger brother), I got along all right. To be honest, I only really requested this due to the same brother peering over my shoulder and seeing it on my dashboard and squealing about it.
As the title would suggest, the time travel element is pretty intense. The story jumps back and forth from the present to the future, though at varying times in the future, mostly about 20 years or so. But crap, it does so about a bajillion times. If anyone could really keep track of all the time-travel and convoluted , I commend them.
So future Flash is going kinda mental and keeps going back in time to fix issues he couldn't/didn't fix the first time around, and is totally intent on killing himself in the past, because that will fix everything!!
But would it really??
And Present Flash is "losing time" due to something Reverse Flash did. Enter Wally West.
Disappointed, though not surprised, that it looks nothing like The Flash on the CW.
I've never read Vol 1-5, but due to knowledge garnered from the TV show and other sources (read: younger brother), I got along all right. To be honest, I only really requested this due to the same brother peering over my shoulder and seeing it on my dashboard and squealing about it.
As the title would suggest, the time travel element is pretty intense. The story jumps back and forth from the present to the future, though at varying times in the future, mostly about 20 years or so. But crap, it does so about a bajillion times. If anyone could really keep track of all the time-travel and convoluted , I commend them.
So future Flash is going kinda mental and keeps going back in time to fix issues he couldn't/didn't fix the first time around, and is totally intent on killing himself in the past, because that will fix everything!!
But would it really??
And Present Flash is "losing time" due to something Reverse Flash did. Enter Wally West.
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