collie6's review against another edition
3.0
2.5-3
Premise was great. I just wanted more. I won't be continuing if more come out.
Premise was great. I just wanted more. I won't be continuing if more come out.
graypeape's review against another edition
5.0
I enjoyed this a lot. It grabs tropes and snarks them up, giving us a good, end-of-the-world, apocalypse-is-coming story and a strong heroine, and makes it funny. Eighty-something Lottie Thorn would rather be baking, painting, or enjoying some tea, but no, she's The Chosen One, The Champion, who is expected to defeat evil and stop the coming apocalypse. She does have help- there's the equally elderly Lady Peruvia Ashlington-Voss, a battle trainer from another realm who has no experience with battle, relying on manuals to guide her; Sarah, an art student who accidentally becomes an assistant to The Champion; and a sassy little fey named Pickle who provides snarky one-liners and pessimistic information. The villain, Court, is the tropeyist of all, a totally one-dimensional baddie who looks like a handsome, elite white man in an expensive suit, whose purpose is attaining money and power, but is actually a many eyed, many tentacled dark god/demon/whatever evil thing. This is a straightforward story, there are fights with demons, blood and gore, magical manuals, spells, and rituals, good vs. evil, the whole bit, and takes all that and makes it a little off, not quite right, but great none-the-less. Having the heroine be an octogenarian is so refreshing, and Lotte is so relatable! Her character is over this before it's even started, she's pragmatic, and she's an activist who knows how to find out what's going on behind the scenes. She's training hard, but the battles are getting tougher. Then Sarah finds a crazy and unlikely solution that just might work.....
The dialog has lots of great, funny moments, the art has a nice, kinda creepy vibe going on, there's good character development, and an interesting, fun story. The ending leaves open the possibility of more to come, but isn't so cliffhangery that you wanna smack the author. Very entertaining!
#AshThornVolumeOneRecipeforDisaster #NetGalley
The dialog has lots of great, funny moments, the art has a nice, kinda creepy vibe going on, there's good character development, and an interesting, fun story. The ending leaves open the possibility of more to come, but isn't so cliffhangery that you wanna smack the author. Very entertaining!
#AshThornVolumeOneRecipeforDisaster #NetGalley
teabooksart's review against another edition
5.0
YES YES YES!!!! I really want more of this story but Lottie Thorn is such an amazing, badass protagonist. Tea? Baking? Subversion of tropes and hilarious quips? YES!!!!
My enthusiasm and joy at reading this is difficult to contain if that wasn't clear. This is absolutely the apocalypse hero narrative I have been waiting for. Please give this a chance - the art is gorgeous and it's such a fun read!
My enthusiasm and joy at reading this is difficult to contain if that wasn't clear. This is absolutely the apocalypse hero narrative I have been waiting for. Please give this a chance - the art is gorgeous and it's such a fun read!
readingrainbill's review against another edition
4.0
Have we found the first member of the GJL? The Geriatric Justice League, of course.
This was a very fun read and a great take on an old trope. Lottie is a good main character though I never once thought she was as old as she claimed. Her looks were the only thing that made it obvious she an AARP member. I would have liked even something as easy as some canned old people jokes. Peruvia was a forgetful character as she was really quite pointless.
While I did enjoy this, the story moved way to fast. I would have liked it if we saw more training or if we got to see more development from the main two characters.
But lack of character development aside, this was an interesting idea that made for an enjoyable read but was just shy of being great. I did love the fact that the main hero was an elderly woman of color so this gets massive points for that.
This is worth a read if you're a comic fan.
This was a very fun read and a great take on an old trope. Lottie is a good main character though I never once thought she was as old as she claimed. Her looks were the only thing that made it obvious she an AARP member. I would have liked even something as easy as some canned old people jokes. Peruvia was a forgetful character as she was really quite pointless.
While I did enjoy this, the story moved way to fast. I would have liked it if we saw more training or if we got to see more development from the main two characters.
But lack of character development aside, this was an interesting idea that made for an enjoyable read but was just shy of being great. I did love the fact that the main hero was an elderly woman of color so this gets massive points for that.
This is worth a read if you're a comic fan.
michellehogmire's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
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