Reviews

Gideon Falls: Director's Cut #1 by Jeff Lemire

nafiza's review

5.0

Disorienting. Beautifully so. Lemire opens a door on a world that's our own yet not and we see it through two different pairs of eyes in two different understandings. There is the type of darker plots that feel tacked on, brooding, emo teen angst that makes more mature themed comics seem stale or even cliche. Luckily Gideon Falls reverses that. There is no push from the creator to influence the reader in one way or another: You simply read and experience and go along for the ride. The story is perfectly paced with the narrative's flow just right to get that almost- stream -of- consciousness -but -not -quite uneasiness.

I'll be snatching up the next issues as fast as I can. Comixology to the rescue.

hijabihomegirl's review

5.0

Disorienting. Beautifully so. Lemire opens a door on a world that's our own yet not and we see it through two different pairs of eyes in two different understandings. There is the type of darker plots that feel tacked on, brooding, emo teen angst that makes more mature themed comics seem stale or even cliche. Luckily Gideon Falls reverses that. There is no push from the creator to influence the reader in one way or another: You simply read and experience and go along for the ride. The story is perfectly paced with the narrative's flow just right to get that almost- stream -of- consciousness -but -not -quite uneasiness.

I'll be snatching up the next issues as fast as I can. Comixology to the rescue.