crowyhead's review
4.0
I'm really enjoying the Lucifer comics. Lucifer himself is a compelling antihero, and the supporting cast is fascinating. The end of Mansions of the Silence is particularly satisfying, as Elaine Belloc finally gains a measure of peace.
thelaurakremer's review
3.0
It gets a ding for the horrible art in the Sisters of Mercy issue at the end. Seriously, took the writing down a level.
cmiller0401's review
5.0
This was one of my favorite volumes of the 10 trade paperbacks in the initial Lucifer run. The voyage through the Mansions of Silence is just a great, classic adventure story. I also loved that they brought Elaine back into the plot and that things ended up so well for her and her friend Mona by the end of this volume.
I also really liked that Heaven's good boy, Michael, finally stopped drinking God's Kool-aid.
I enjoyed the art of the last issue, by guest artist David Hahn. His style is pretty realistic-looking, which makes it clear--but he also has an interesting signature quirk with how he draws the inside of ears. They kinda look like Greek keys.
I also really liked that Heaven's good boy, Michael, finally stopped drinking God's Kool-aid.
I enjoyed the art of the last issue, by guest artist David Hahn. His style is pretty realistic-looking, which makes it clear--but he also has an interesting signature quirk with how he draws the inside of ears. They kinda look like Greek keys.
arachne_reads's review
4.0
It didn't feel either as epic or profound as previous volumes. The pace was a bit sleepy.
I do want to say that I deeply related to Jill's outright horror at carrying the Basanos' child. The common narrative in so many works when it comes to rape and pregnancy is that the woman learns to love the child spawned on her. I understand that every reaction to this situation is unique, complicated, and the woman's own decision, but it disturbs me that so much shelf space is devoted to the narrative of the "gift" child, the one good thing to come out of a horror. Sorry, no, that's not reality. It felt so good to read a competing narrative. I am so glad Mike Carey pried open a little space for the story of the woman who chooses not to make her body into a vessel. Reading that was a relief and a catharsis.
I do want to say that I deeply related to Jill's outright horror at carrying the Basanos' child. The common narrative in so many works when it comes to rape and pregnancy is that the woman learns to love the child spawned on her. I understand that every reaction to this situation is unique, complicated, and the woman's own decision, but it disturbs me that so much shelf space is devoted to the narrative of the "gift" child, the one good thing to come out of a horror. Sorry, no, that's not reality. It felt so good to read a competing narrative. I am so glad Mike Carey pried open a little space for the story of the woman who chooses not to make her body into a vessel. Reading that was a relief and a catharsis.
booknooknoggin's review
3.0
Same religious crap as the last book I read in this series. I don't think I need to read anymore....this series just has not caught my interest. Stupid ending, and the fact that the last issue was drawn overly cartoony did not help too.
xterminal's review
4.0
Mike Carey, Lucifer: Mansions of the Silence (Vertigo, 2004)
Lucifer sets a crew to Naglfar to journey to the Mansions of the Silence, where Elaine and Mona's spirits are in torment. No, it seems Elaine's storyline is not yet finished, though a good number of loose ends get tied up in this volume. What really impresses me about Carey's series, as impressed me about Gaiman's before this, is how many surprises can be packed into each volume; this is heavy stuff, it is, and Carey always seems to strike on just the right plot twist to pull a few more surprises out of his hat. Great stuff. ****
Lucifer sets a crew to Naglfar to journey to the Mansions of the Silence, where Elaine and Mona's spirits are in torment. No, it seems Elaine's storyline is not yet finished, though a good number of loose ends get tied up in this volume. What really impresses me about Carey's series, as impressed me about Gaiman's before this, is how many surprises can be packed into each volume; this is heavy stuff, it is, and Carey always seems to strike on just the right plot twist to pull a few more surprises out of his hat. Great stuff. ****
lordofthemoon's review
4.0
The sixth volume of Lucifer's story sees him commissioning a vessel to sail to the Mansions of the Silence, with a hand-picked crew to retrieve the soul of Elaine Belloc, the girl who, unwittingly, gave up her life to retrieve him from the unlife where he was trapped. That story is interwoven with those of the crew, including the half-angel Cal, Jill Presto, unwilling mother-to-be of the child of sentient tarot deck, the Basanos, a giant, a ghost and two fallen Cherubim.
At least as interesting as that story is the one going on in parallel with Lucifer's discussions with his brother Michael and their view of the mind of God, along with the consequences of that. It's a compelling story and one that had me turning the pages rapidly. The mythology of the series is really starting to build up and the relationships between characters taking on new meanings. And at the centre, there's always Lucifer, standing ever apart, always one step ahead of everybody else. Roll on volume 7.
At least as interesting as that story is the one going on in parallel with Lucifer's discussions with his brother Michael and their view of the mind of God, along with the consequences of that. It's a compelling story and one that had me turning the pages rapidly. The mythology of the series is really starting to build up and the relationships between characters taking on new meanings. And at the centre, there's always Lucifer, standing ever apart, always one step ahead of everybody else. Roll on volume 7.
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