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Rat Queens Volume 7: The Once and Future King by Ryan Ferrier

joshgauthier's review

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4.0

Rat queens has been a long and uneven road, but it's finding its way once again. With a new creative team at the helm, this is one of the most coherent volumes we've seen in quite some time. The characters remain great, the fantasy remains epic and completely irreverent, and the adventure is as big as ever. There's definitely a different feel here compared to the high point of the earliest volumes, but the new team is staying true to all that has happened, making sense of the rather convoluted events of past volumes, and charting a new course that holds great promise for the Queens and everyone around them--as unfortunate as those events may be.

Volume 7 sees the Queens picking up the pieces of all they've been through. Fractured, weary, and stretched to the breaking point--they are not the forceful adventurers they once were. But as shadows of the past resurface and the fate of existence is once again at stake--the Queens may be the only ones standing between the world and absolute destruction. But before they can deal with that, they have some old grudges to settle.

jakes_reads's review

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2.0

Not a fan of the change in art style. I think I'll stop here with this comic.

smthuriot's review

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adventurous challenging dark funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

sneakyawe's review

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3.0

I liked this one significantly better than the last two or three volumes (and I love this artwork!) but I’m still hesitant to continue forward. Guess I’ll wait and see what the next one brings!

the_one_krissy's review

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adventurous fast-paced

3.0

lazyowl's review

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3.0

This volume fell short for me. The artwork just wasn't as good and the dialogue and humour felt kind of forced.

It was still a pick though, and it may just be that I need to get used to the new creators of this comic.

shopley's review

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

darkar's review

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adventurous funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

alyfreer's review

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adventurous dark funny fast-paced

5.0

kayereadsalot's review

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1.0

Honestly I think I'm done reading this series. The story doesn't really make linear sense anymore. The plot is just repeating itself over and over again. And I hate to say it, but the artwork in this volume in particular was not great. :/