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geekwayne's review
3.0
'Wraighbor, Volume 1' by Joe Benitez with art by M. M. Chen is an origin story about someone recruited to fight supernatural evil.
Melanie Moore is a timid picked on girl going to school. Valek is a young warrior in training, waiting for the day he becomes the new Wraithborn. When Melanie is at the wrong place at the right time, she unwittingly becomes the new Wraithborn. Now she is being hunted and Valek is left to help her discover who she has become.
It's a pretty standard by-the-numbers story. It's hard to feel much for most of the characters because there just isn't a lot of development. Why Melanie trusts Valek is odd. Why Valek just doesn't kill Melanie and recover the Wraithborn based on her incompetence seems out of character for his overly serious demeanor. The art is pretty, but the characters all have overly long necks. Maybe that's the case in the Lady Mechanika book, but it just stood out here.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Benitez Productions, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
Melanie Moore is a timid picked on girl going to school. Valek is a young warrior in training, waiting for the day he becomes the new Wraithborn. When Melanie is at the wrong place at the right time, she unwittingly becomes the new Wraithborn. Now she is being hunted and Valek is left to help her discover who she has become.
It's a pretty standard by-the-numbers story. It's hard to feel much for most of the characters because there just isn't a lot of development. Why Melanie trusts Valek is odd. Why Valek just doesn't kill Melanie and recover the Wraithborn based on her incompetence seems out of character for his overly serious demeanor. The art is pretty, but the characters all have overly long necks. Maybe that's the case in the Lady Mechanika book, but it just stood out here.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Benitez Productions, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
dellaporta's review
5.0
hikaoru's review
2.0
An introduction to a reluctant heroine or is it backstory?
Seems cool enough although I still don't get why the ladies have to wear skimpy clothes. So impractical.
And Melani has a ton of monologue throughout the story.
Seems cool enough although I still don't get why the ladies have to wear skimpy clothes. So impractical.
And Melani has a ton of monologue throughout the story.
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