gorybmovie's review against another edition
4.0
The best of the Angel: After the Fall series! One of the greatest losses in the fifth season of Angel was the death of Fred. It seemed she was lost for good, but this volume offers a ray of hope. Fred isn't the only familiar face from the show to reappear. You won't get any spoilers out of me, but trust me. It's good!
Part two (issue #9) opens with a dream sequence that is right out of the old Adam West Batman series complete with Spike as the masked avenger and Connor as his boy wonder. Comic book Connor is growing on me. He was my least favorite character on the show, but in the comics he is considerably less whiny. Oh, and he's dating someone is his own age! Huge step up, Connor. Huge.
This volume is also the first of the After the Fall series illustrated by Nick Runge. I liked Frank Urru's work in the previous volumes, but I prefer Runge's style. The characters look authentic and the covers are simply beautiful.
Thematically, the lines between good and evil are becoming blurry in this volume leaving many characters questioning where they stand. Brian Lynch's narration and dialogue continue to amaze me. He writes the characters as well as Whedon himself and has a knack for making me laugh out loud with his witty dialogue.
I highly recommend this to fans of the show or to anyone looking for a good apocalyptic read.
Part two (issue #9) opens with a dream sequence that is right out of the old Adam West Batman series complete with Spike as the masked avenger and Connor as his boy wonder. Comic book Connor is growing on me. He was my least favorite character on the show, but in the comics he is considerably less whiny. Oh, and he's dating someone is his own age! Huge step up, Connor. Huge.
This volume is also the first of the After the Fall series illustrated by Nick Runge. I liked Frank Urru's work in the previous volumes, but I prefer Runge's style. The characters look authentic and the covers are simply beautiful.
Thematically, the lines between good and evil are becoming blurry in this volume leaving many characters questioning where they stand. Brian Lynch's narration and dialogue continue to amaze me. He writes the characters as well as Whedon himself and has a knack for making me laugh out loud with his witty dialogue.
I highly recommend this to fans of the show or to anyone looking for a good apocalyptic read.
victorianstockings's review against another edition
adventurous
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
ellabhart's review against another edition
5.0
Shaken. Broken. Quaking. Gasping for air in shock. They massacred my blorbo
iggymcmuffin's review against another edition
3.0
Didn't leap out at me as anything special and several of the scenes were downright confusing. Maybe if I'd really these Spike comics alluded to in the postscript it would have made sense ?
jaimiejaimiejaimie's review against another edition
3.0
This volume had some big revelations, but the fast pace made it difficult to follow at times.
ubalstecha's review against another edition
3.0
The saga continues with Gunn getting his psychic fish to play along with the plan. Wesley finds out more about his purpose and Cordy shows up to explain to Gunn and Angel who the proficy is really about.
An ok book, but not a keeper.
An ok book, but not a keeper.
numinaluna's review against another edition
4.0
This is more like it. More and more. A few familiar faces I needed to see, plus some much-needed exposition. My library does not have #4, so I'm going to have to search it out before going on with the rest of the series. I do look forward to continuing, though, which I wasn't sure I'd do after #1. If it keeps getting better like this, I'm sure I'll be satisfied with the After the Fall series as a whole.
shinychick's review against another edition
4.0
I read all (or most) of these issue-by-issue, but I find that while the page size of a month comic is easy to hold my attention, it leaves me wanting more and I find that even with the Groosablog, etc, it's hard to remember month by month what happened... It's just easier for me to wait and read them all collected together. This is a great setup for what happened after the TV show ended, and I eagerly await volume 4, which is coming in July.
valentint's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
virginiaduan's review against another edition
3.0
A good continuation from Volume 2. It ends in such a climatic part that I need to see if my library has Volume 4. I don't think it does though. :(