Reviews

The Wicked + the Divine Volume 8: Old Is the New New, by Kieron Gillen

trans_ishtar's review

4.0

3.5 stars.
I really like the 1923 Special and the guest comics. Looking forward the closure of Wicked + Divine with volume 9.

robinks's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Yeaaa I didn’t really like this volume, as it included a bunch of different stories that could’ve easily been expanded into their own volumes. It distracted me from the main story, just when things were starting to piece together towards a conclusion. It was also a little difficult for me to read the one chapter written in prose rather than comic form. The redeeming parts were getting to see Lucifer and Amaterasu as friends before they became gods and the Scooby-Doo parody.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content and Torture

Minor: Incest

amy_rose29's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

3.5

simplytakeit's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

paragraphsandpages's review

3.0

Eh, just wasn't the biggest fan of all the specials.

pastel_princess's review

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

avrilhj's review

5.0

At first I was annoyed when I found out that this was a collection of Specials, rather than a continuation of the main narrative. Then this became my favourite volume of WikDiv so far. All the stories of the Pantheon through the ages were wonderful, but the 1831 issue, in which the Gods are all writers from the period, and the main story is set in Villa Diodati, with the Shelleys, Byron, and Clairmont? Absolutely amazingly fabulous! I borrowed this from my local library; suspect I’ll have to buy a copy I can reread over and over again.

lyndsayreads's review

3.0

Not the strongest volume in the collection. Honestly, probably my least favorite volume. This one focuses a lot more on the history and there are full pages of text which became tedious to read. But it was interesting to continue to put the pieces together of this story and it made me so excited to read the final volume.

bpol's review

4.0

In truth I'm mostly rating the 1923 story...

stiricide's review

5.0

Of course the one with the one offs is my favourite one.

ETA ok, bunch of comics nerds whinging about having to read an Agatha Christie homage is my new favourite thing, you absolute dweebs. Now it's six stars.