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The Stand - Volume 4: Hardcases by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

mjbookie's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

4.0

kandicez's review against another edition

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4.0

We finally see Cibola (Las Vegas) and The Boulder Free Zone. Vegas is portrayed every bit as terrifying as it is in the novel. Crazy that it can be done in less than 100 panels. I left that part of the story truly haunted by the "civilization" that was springing up there.

We are finally really feeling the menace. Captain Tripps was an accident, but what they are hurtling towards now is being carefully orchestrated and makes us, the reader, wonder who the conductor is or if there is more than one.

calistareads's review against another edition

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3.0

This is the middle of the story; aka it's slow. I think they are setting up the finale. I got goose bumps when all the people finally got together and sang the National Anthem. That is a wonderful moment.

I don't think much of the art for this one. I do appreciate that they took actually photos of Boulder and used that in the art. That is pretty cool.

I can't believe they took an 1100 page book and turned into 5-6 graphic novels of around 100 pages each. That is a talent. I am ready to finish this series. Such a fantastic story.

catiandrah's review against another edition

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3.0

Review to come.

erika_gore's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

3.5

jason1234's review against another edition

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3.0

it kind of reminds me of how my feelings evolved as I read forward through Alan moore's 'The Swamp Thing'. Metaphysical ideas play heavily here too. But Like Swamp thing, I feel the thread becomes thinner as I read forward. I loved the first 3 books of this series. But this one confuses me a bit as to whether I was actually reading what I thought I was or if I had missed out on the idea entirely.

toryhallelujah's review against another edition

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3.0

Didn't update the illustrations of Harold hardly at all to reflect that he'd lost all the weight and his skin had cleared up.

calistareads's review against another edition

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3.0

This is the middle of the story; aka it's slow. I think they are setting up the finale. I got goose bumps when all the people finally got together and sang the National Anthem. That is a wonderful moment.

I don't think much of the art for this one. I do appreciate that they took actually photos of Boulder and used that in the art. That is pretty cool.

I can't believe they took an 1100 page book and turned into 5-6 graphic novels of around 100 pages each. That is a talent. I am ready to finish this series. Such a fantastic story.

foggyfiction's review

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5.0

Loving It

I feel like my reviews on these comics are basically the same. I loved it, I want more, and I definitely recommend it. Nothing has changed there!

sapphirestars's review against another edition

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4.0

3.5 stars! So sad that everything with The Kid is truncated. I get that it has to be. Is the Stand graphic novel series not dark enough to have Trash being sodomized by a gun? No? Ugh, not cool. The Kid is grade A shithouse crazy. I love that we still got Kojak's perspective and how they started including the maps of how far some of the characters had traveled. I was especially liking Stu's because I had been picturing something like this map journey when I just reread it. The man really gets around.