jonwesleyhuff's review against another edition
3.0
Really great cyberpunk short story. The artwork could be a little confusing sometimes, but I liked the feel of it a lot.
sambora's review
1.0
Cyberpunk 2077: Your Voice is pretty damn rubbish in my opinion.
The plot/central concept behind the story was weak and has been done far far better elsewhere.
The pacing was poor, with too many time jumps in too short a story - it all felt very clunky.
The characters weren't interesting and I saw and learned absolutely nothing about them to make me care about what they were doing and going through.
What is supposed to be a twist at the end was also very underwhelming. You know you've failed to create a compelling story when a reader's final thought after turning the last page was "oh... OK. That's it."
The art was hit and miss for me.
On the positive end of the spectrum, I like the stylized scenery and landscape stuff. It was good and looked really nice. The colourist did a good job too.
However. The characters, their faces and the way both action and movement were created was just terrible. It was all so flat and dark and sharp. There was very little fluidity, and the art between panels - as well as the angle from which we were seeing, was very poorly directed.
I'm sure someone is going to come along and tell me it's all deliberate and that the sharpness, the darkness and the confusing angles are all just used to convey themes of discomfort and rigidity in this futuristic portrayal of society, but nooooooo I don't care, I'm not accepting that.
One of the central pillars of Cyberpunk as a genre, and as a group of people within said genre, is aesthetics.
This graphic novel was not aesthetically pleasing to me at all, and in my opinion it failed in almost every aspect.
So 'Your Voice' is getting a 1 star from me. Luckily I read this while at work and didn't buy it before giving it a try.
The plot/central concept behind the story was weak and has been done far far better elsewhere.
The pacing was poor, with too many time jumps in too short a story - it all felt very clunky.
The characters weren't interesting and I saw and learned absolutely nothing about them to make me care about what they were doing and going through.
What is supposed to be a twist at the end was also very underwhelming. You know you've failed to create a compelling story when a reader's final thought after turning the last page was "oh... OK. That's it."
The art was hit and miss for me.
On the positive end of the spectrum, I like the stylized scenery and landscape stuff. It was good and looked really nice. The colourist did a good job too.
However. The characters, their faces and the way both action and movement were created was just terrible. It was all so flat and dark and sharp. There was very little fluidity, and the art between panels - as well as the angle from which we were seeing, was very poorly directed.
I'm sure someone is going to come along and tell me it's all deliberate and that the sharpness, the darkness and the confusing angles are all just used to convey themes of discomfort and rigidity in this futuristic portrayal of society, but nooooooo I don't care, I'm not accepting that.
One of the central pillars of Cyberpunk as a genre, and as a group of people within said genre, is aesthetics.
This graphic novel was not aesthetically pleasing to me at all, and in my opinion it failed in almost every aspect.
So 'Your Voice' is getting a 1 star from me. Luckily I read this while at work and didn't buy it before giving it a try.
lordroose's review
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
devlinwav's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
alexanderp's review
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Pretty solid comic, although the art style kept pushing me out, despite it being pretty stylish and colored well. Story was standard Cyberpunk, but I did appreciate it in a pulp fiction sort of way.
fitsee's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
whitethief's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
factolvictor's review
4.0
I've read other titles from the Cyberpunk 2077 series, released by Dark Horse Comics, and I definitely have my favorite. Your Voice has a broken, fragmented narrative, however, a connoisseur of the Cyberpunk 2020 RPG and its other iterations such as Cyberpunk RED and the videogame Cyberpunk 2077 will be able to recognize iconic characters and references in this volume.
What caught my attention the most was the impressive artwork. I've read several comic books that call themselves cyberpunk, but this is one of the few, alongside Ghost in the Shell, that manage to bring graphic, aggressive (PUNK) and incredibly beautiful art. It was definitely one of the surprises of 2022.
What caught my attention the most was the impressive artwork. I've read several comic books that call themselves cyberpunk, but this is one of the few, alongside Ghost in the Shell, that manage to bring graphic, aggressive (PUNK) and incredibly beautiful art. It was definitely one of the surprises of 2022.
ghostlydreamer's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
1.5
To be quite honest, I was going to write a review for this one, but now it feels pointless because I don't think I ever actually knew what was going on in the book and don't care to try to remember. It was rather forgettable. Though I did like the art style of it.
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