rachm22's review
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
lilmatt050's review against another edition
4.0
Male kith the Accursed is a powerful warlock who has been in Azkaban prison for years and with a help of few Elves he is able to escape and wants a wide spread genocide for the Elves species. The Elves have been divided for centuries and Malekith wants them to finally be reunited as the supreme race and the only solution in his demented mind is genocide. Thor would normally go to the rescue but this time around politics intervenes with this dilemma and now he has to lead a task force of members of each of the realms in order to accurate solve this crisis without favoring any parties.
Another issue for Thor is no matter how hard he tries to attack Malekith, Malekith is always 2 steps ahead of the game and unfortunately for this task force it is only getting worst as each member acknowledge the prejudices they feel towards each other. If Thor cannot be efficient leader, cannot save the dark Elves, and try to follow orders what does mean for the fate of the realms? Overall this graphic novel had so much potential for it to be a phenomenal story but lastly the ending left me angry. In the end Thor was being played by everyone and by trying to destroy him he essentially made Malekith the leader of the Dark Elves.
A huge important theme that I am glad that Jason Aaron touches upon is the idea that good does not always prevail over evil. Even though it is foreshadowed that Thor will one day destroy Malekith, the fact of the matter is that Malekith scored huge and Thor was the fool being played by everyone. Thor is livid and in the end is bitter about the whole experience. Even though Thor is a God, this story arc helped portrayed the complex conflicted emotions that we as human beings deal with on a normal basis reflected on Thor. I hope Malekith gets killed soon because I was pissed how Thor got royally screwed from Odin and every leader of the Nine Realms.
The illustration is perfect as always and kept me entertained to the edge of my seat as I get closer to how Girl Thor came to existence. Overall I am glad that I invested in this series and I am not ready for the epic finale with the 4th volume. All I know is Earth is in trouble... when is it not in trouble?
Another issue for Thor is no matter how hard he tries to attack Malekith, Malekith is always 2 steps ahead of the game and unfortunately for this task force it is only getting worst as each member acknowledge the prejudices they feel towards each other. If Thor cannot be efficient leader, cannot save the dark Elves, and try to follow orders what does mean for the fate of the realms? Overall this graphic novel had so much potential for it to be a phenomenal story but lastly the ending left me angry. In the end Thor was being played by everyone and by trying to destroy him he essentially made Malekith the leader of the Dark Elves.
A huge important theme that I am glad that Jason Aaron touches upon is the idea that good does not always prevail over evil. Even though it is foreshadowed that Thor will one day destroy Malekith, the fact of the matter is that Malekith scored huge and Thor was the fool being played by everyone. Thor is livid and in the end is bitter about the whole experience. Even though Thor is a God, this story arc helped portrayed the complex conflicted emotions that we as human beings deal with on a normal basis reflected on Thor. I hope Malekith gets killed soon because I was pissed how Thor got royally screwed from Odin and every leader of the Nine Realms.
The illustration is perfect as always and kept me entertained to the edge of my seat as I get closer to how Girl Thor came to existence. Overall I am glad that I invested in this series and I am not ready for the epic finale with the 4th volume. All I know is Earth is in trouble... when is it not in trouble?
trike's review against another edition
3.0
This was a much sillier installment after the seriousness of the previous two volumes. The Dark Elf Malekith makes a return (probably because of the movie Thor: The Dark World) and Thor is tasked by the Congress of Worlds to stop him from killing his own people.
He's teamed with people from other realms, including a cowboy hat-wearing, six gun-toting Light Elf, a giant, a dwarf, a troll, a Dark Elf and probably someone else I'm forgetting.
There's a lot of joking around and goofing off, which isn't a bad thing, but many of the jokes feel like they're borrowed from elsewhere. Such as at the end when Thor's usual comrades are sizing up the motley crew who accompanied Thor on his adventures think there's something familiar about them -- being direct one-for-one analogues for Sif, Hogun, Fandral and Volstagg -- is a joke straight from Seinfeld.
Aaron clearly had a grand old time with the names of various people, but the story barely engaged me.
He's teamed with people from other realms, including a cowboy hat-wearing, six gun-toting Light Elf, a giant, a dwarf, a troll, a Dark Elf and probably someone else I'm forgetting.
There's a lot of joking around and goofing off, which isn't a bad thing, but many of the jokes feel like they're borrowed from elsewhere. Such as at the end when Thor's usual comrades are sizing up the motley crew who accompanied Thor on his adventures think there's something familiar about them -- being direct one-for-one analogues for Sif, Hogun, Fandral and Volstagg -- is a joke straight from Seinfeld.
Aaron clearly had a grand old time with the names of various people, but the story barely engaged me.
hootinglance's review against another edition
2.0
Here's where I bail from the series. Boring vilian and the forced weird team up isn't interesting. Decent idea though I guess
aroldo's review
adventurous
dark
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? No
4.5
jimhart3000's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
tjjerome's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
pennwing's review
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
_samd's review against another edition
1.0
one star for #12 which is a beautiful one-shot reinforcing how important thor's connection to midgard is and despite being an immortal god way out of the league of mortals, he'll never hesitate to be both a protector and a companion to strangers in distant and familiar lands.
i'd prefer to forget about the existence of the malekith issues, thank you.
i'd prefer to forget about the existence of the malekith issues, thank you.
slipperbunny's review against another edition
4.0
This wasn't amazing, but I actually liked the story. And the frost giants. I would have given this five stars if the ending had been better.