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thecommonswings's review against another edition
2.0
The problem with an anti hero is you have to in some way find him likeable enough to be interested to see where the story goes, and Chas Worthington III entirely fails to be likeable. He is brash, annoying and self involved and as such I kind of spent the whole of the first volume willing him to fail because he’s such a dick. The octopus was cool though
anobrega85's review against another edition
2.0
I had access to Great Pacific Volume 1: Trashed through NetGalley. The concept of a guy trying to turn a heap of trash into a nation really raised my expectations ever since I heard of it, probably too much for a beginning that, though far from bad, didn't really make my day.
Joe Harris has a lot of ideas for this work and maybe he just tried to use too many right from the start, resulting in a protagonist that is exposed to too many odd situations before I even know who he really is and that seem to have no palpable impact on him. I also had some trouble with the strange mixture between ecological utopian science fiction items and a series of events and elements that reminded me of post-modern narrative, something that could have been awesome but ended up uninteresting, perhaps due to some failure in storytelling, lack of flow or of a consistent and convincing beginning.
Martin Morazzo's illustration is competent, specially in terms of background and some specific elements, but is mediocre when considering some character's characterization, ending up with some very good panels and moments where it fails to help the storytelling.
This is an average comic, that would neither convince me to keep reading it nor really advise people to avoid it. In spite of this, I have heard that the next issues are much better than the one collected in Trashed, so I am actually considering giving it another go, if for nothing else, because I really want this concept to work out.
Last but not least, I must remind anyone reading this that the Great Pacific garbage patch is quite real and should probably, by itself, be making us change how we do a lot of stuff, shouldn't it?
This review was originally published on my blog in Portuguese and English.
Joe Harris has a lot of ideas for this work and maybe he just tried to use too many right from the start, resulting in a protagonist that is exposed to too many odd situations before I even know who he really is and that seem to have no palpable impact on him. I also had some trouble with the strange mixture between ecological utopian science fiction items and a series of events and elements that reminded me of post-modern narrative, something that could have been awesome but ended up uninteresting, perhaps due to some failure in storytelling, lack of flow or of a consistent and convincing beginning.
Martin Morazzo's illustration is competent, specially in terms of background and some specific elements, but is mediocre when considering some character's characterization, ending up with some very good panels and moments where it fails to help the storytelling.
This is an average comic, that would neither convince me to keep reading it nor really advise people to avoid it. In spite of this, I have heard that the next issues are much better than the one collected in Trashed, so I am actually considering giving it another go, if for nothing else, because I really want this concept to work out.
Last but not least, I must remind anyone reading this that the Great Pacific garbage patch is quite real and should probably, by itself, be making us change how we do a lot of stuff, shouldn't it?
This review was originally published on my blog in Portuguese and English.
kateofmind's review against another edition
4.0
SJ was right. I freaked out. Yath is gonna give me nightmares. But a cool twist on the seasteading idea!
civreader's review against another edition
3.0
Not bad. I really like the premise. The writing is solid, but I'm not sure where it's going to go from here. Some of the story didn't quite click for me. And the artwork is not my favourite. BUT, I'll be reading volume 2 pretty soon. Cautiously optimistic.
moreadsbooks's review
2.0
This is an interesting concept, that an oil heir might be interested in trying make a profit by cleaning up the planet instead of dirtying & defiling it through ever-more-onward oil exploration. Unfortunately, it suffers mightily from being irritatingly repetitive - honestly, Chas, how many times do I really need to be reminded that you "are a Worthington" and you "are your father's son" and again, you "are a Worthington"? A lot of things get introduced & never really fleshed out. What was going on with Zoe & the pirates? And why on earth did that giant octopus fall in love with Chas in the first place? Bill says that the second volume is a lot better so I'll read it, but without his endorsement, this would not have been a series with which I'd be planning to continue.