tangiblereads's review
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Pestilence is bloody, lots of wild kills, crass cussing, lots of nudity. Unique plot. Give me more.
will_cherico's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
undertowsoul's review
4.0
When I saw the art of the first few pages, I wasn't sure if like this book but I really did. Those first pages contain sex, nudity and violence as well as some swearing thrown in for good luck. This is not a graphic novel for your kid. This is a graphic novel with an excellent story and great art to go with it though. If the premise interests you, do what I did and sick it out and I doubt you'll regret it. I very much look forward to the next volume in the series.
I would like to thank the publisher, author, and Netgalley for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.
I would like to thank the publisher, author, and Netgalley for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.
indigohan's review
3.0
A plague of zombie-ism instead of the Black Death, check.
A mottly group of cynics and ex-crusaders fighting the undead across Europe, check.
Church conspiracies and secrets leading to betrayal and chaos, check.
Lots of swords and swearing, check
Promise of more to come, check check.
A mottly group of cynics and ex-crusaders fighting the undead across Europe, check.
Church conspiracies and secrets leading to betrayal and chaos, check.
Lots of swords and swearing, check
Promise of more to come, check check.
lilyn_g's review
2.0
I really loved the premise for Pestilence, and had high hopes for the graphic novel. I was initially put off a bit by the language and the nudity in the first issue, but I'm not the type of person to poo-poo something just because it gets a little cruder than I normally like. So I kept reading.
The second issue and third issues - Death Takes and Death Adapts - were the best in the volume. The second one hooked me proper. The third maintained my interest with how swiftly they were moving things along.
By the fourth - Death Attacks - I was losing interest. The action was still going strong, but Pestilence, Vol 1 was proving itself to be a one-trick pony complete with typical hidden hero cliche. Blah, blah, blah, yawn, yawn, blah.
But the fifth issue was outright disgusting. Death Reveals revealed the true aim of this graphic novel was to let the writers unleash the immature teenage boys inside them. They had obviously gleefully been looking back to the age when they discovered and began using curse words in secret. Whatever, I could deal with that. But when images of a obese naked female zombie with zombie triplets hanging out of her gaping stomach appear on the page, I got mad. There's a bit of crudity and nudity, and then there's been just stupid and juvenile.
But really, there was one line in this poor excuse for a book that sealed the deal on me calling it the piece of somewhat skillfully drawn crap that it is.
There was a sixth issue - "Death Ends" -that was okay. It was a decent ending for the arc. But, honestly, at that point I was so irritated it could have been an absolute masterpiece and I'd still have ripped the pages out to use as toilet paper.
Obviously I'm not the target audience for this piece, as I ask that there be something to the dialogue other than curse words, references to reproductive anatomy, and whinging. I think I'm doubly irritated because this graphic novel series could have been so good, and instead it used every bit of originality and creativity it was allotted in the idea for the plot. It was then all downhill from there.
Do not recommend.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from Edelweiss for review consideration.
The second issue and third issues - Death Takes and Death Adapts - were the best in the volume. The second one hooked me proper. The third maintained my interest with how swiftly they were moving things along.
By the fourth - Death Attacks - I was losing interest. The action was still going strong, but Pestilence, Vol 1 was proving itself to be a one-trick pony complete with typical hidden hero cliche. Blah, blah, blah, yawn, yawn, blah.
But the fifth issue was outright disgusting. Death Reveals revealed the true aim of this graphic novel was to let the writers unleash the immature teenage boys inside them. They had obviously gleefully been looking back to the age when they discovered and began using curse words in secret. Whatever, I could deal with that. But when images of a obese naked female zombie with zombie triplets hanging out of her gaping stomach appear on the page, I got mad. There's a bit of crudity and nudity, and then there's been just stupid and juvenile.
But really, there was one line in this poor excuse for a book that sealed the deal on me calling it the piece of somewhat skillfully drawn crap that it is.
"The p*ssy has a p*ssy?"
There was a sixth issue - "Death Ends" -that was okay. It was a decent ending for the arc. But, honestly, at that point I was so irritated it could have been an absolute masterpiece and I'd still have ripped the pages out to use as toilet paper.
Obviously I'm not the target audience for this piece, as I ask that there be something to the dialogue other than curse words, references to reproductive anatomy, and whinging. I think I'm doubly irritated because this graphic novel series could have been so good, and instead it used every bit of originality and creativity it was allotted in the idea for the plot. It was then all downhill from there.
Do not recommend.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from Edelweiss for review consideration.
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