rungemaille's review against another edition
challenging
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
kunigunde's review
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-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? It's complicated
3.0
ria_mhrj's review
5.0
Ooh, this was sumptuous. I have not read many Agatha Christie books, but this issue was so evocative of the style and so thrillingly clever. And I love how it took us all the back to the very start, it took me a while to twig that was the direction we were heading in.
Love, love, LOVE this series. Must do my re-read before the next arc!
Love, love, LOVE this series. Must do my re-read before the next arc!
artsymusings's review
5.0
THIS IS ONE GORGEOUS ONE-SHOT and it flows so well from here onto volume 1 of WicDiv that it's kinda unnerving, gaaaah. After the 2014 gods, I think these gods are my favorite reincarnations sobs with the exception of the racist and elitist sucker Baal who got reincarnated as a Black man in his next incarnation. LOL, take that asshole.
Anyway, I super loved the motivation behind the murder and the whole driving theme of elitism vs. egalitarianism in regards to the art and literature was like wowza. The murder mystery is done so well and it's an all-around amazing arc.
The art is just gorgeous; I loved the use of minimal amount of colors and the choice of color palette itself. I wish there would have been more art but the writing is so sumptuous that I don't really mind.
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WHAT A COVER! 😍 WHAT A DESCRIPTION! 😍 I N E E D
Anyway, I super loved the motivation behind the murder and the whole driving theme of elitism vs. egalitarianism in regards to the art and literature was like wowza. The murder mystery is done so well and it's an all-around amazing arc.
The art is just gorgeous; I loved the use of minimal amount of colors and the choice of color palette itself. I wish there would have been more art but the writing is so sumptuous that I don't really mind.
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WHAT A COVER! 😍 WHAT A DESCRIPTION! 😍 I N E E D
twirlsandwhirls's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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? Yes
4.5
A fun whodunit that plays with standard comic book form!
wingedwalls's review
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
liesljrowe's review
5.0
So this was not what I was expecting. Despite being packaged like a comic, most of this is prose, which has the effect that the full-page drawings of the various murders are all the more shocking. Yet even if this is very different to the Wicked and the Divine issues I've come to know and love, this is probably my favourite in the series and would be the issue that I would shove at someone wanting to understand why WicDiv has such a claim over my heart and soul.
First off, And Then There were None is one of my favourite Agatha Christie stories, bleak as it is with the fatalism of knowing that all the characters you're reading about are going to meet a grisly end very soon. Recasting it with the gods and having Ananke as a vengeful Agatha Christie/Miss Marple type in the background is the perfect mash-up. Taking that recasting and using the 1920s setting of the original to have a discussion about the build-up to WW2 and popularism vs elitism as the future of art? Genius. You could easily write a dissertation on all the cleverness in here, the tiny allusions which let you know exactly what was going on. I personally had a bit of a moment at "The lights are going out".
Also the choices of each 1920s personality picked to represent the gods were absolutely perfect. Lucifer as Gatsby/Fitzgerald was particularly tragic, but I had a soft spot for the Norms as the trio of dystopian writers, foreseeing different visions of an awful future, and the cinematic duo.
First off, And Then There were None is one of my favourite Agatha Christie stories, bleak as it is with the fatalism of knowing that all the characters you're reading about are going to meet a grisly end very soon. Recasting it with the gods and having Ananke as a vengeful Agatha Christie/Miss Marple type in the background is the perfect mash-up. Taking that recasting and using the 1920s setting of the original to have a discussion about the build-up to WW2 and popularism vs elitism as the future of art? Genius. You could easily write a dissertation on all the cleverness in here, the tiny allusions which let you know exactly what was going on. I personally had a bit of a moment at "The lights are going out".
Spoiler
Also the train coming out from the projector (representing cinema, based as it is on a really famous short film) to move down one of the elitists made me chuckle.Also the choices of each 1920s personality picked to represent the gods were absolutely perfect. Lucifer as Gatsby/Fitzgerald was particularly tragic, but I had a soft spot for the Norms as the trio of dystopian writers, foreseeing different visions of an awful future, and the cinematic duo.
aliciamarie89's review
5.0
I loved this so much, because I didn't realize going in that these were the group of gods we were first introduced to in the first issue of this entire series! I liked the juxtaposition between the comic and the longer form writing. It was a murder mystery where everyone knows they're supposed to be dying shortly, but when fellow gods keep showing up dead it doesn't make the entire situation less suspenseful.
Also I recommend as soon as you finish this big special issue to go and pick up the first volume or issue of the series. It flows so perfectly, it's almost chilling. Please read this!
Also I recommend as soon as you finish this big special issue to go and pick up the first volume or issue of the series. It flows so perfectly, it's almost chilling. Please read this!
batsinthecastle's review
3.0
Too much text lol, but the story is interesting. Definitely a must-read before Volume 7!
#Spookathon #ReadABookWithPictures #NotCurrentTime
#Spookathon #ReadABookWithPictures #NotCurrentTime
divergente's review
5.0
okay but, el mejor crossover entre dos cosas totalmente diferentes: WicDiv y Agatha Christie. El resultado es genial.