athenamatisse's review
-don't know how to feel or how to rate this short comic thing
-never read any sort of graphic novel so this is new
-it's a start?
(review this later)
-never read any sort of graphic novel so this is new
-it's a start?
(review this later)
emilycc's review
3.0
Good but not great. The best part of this is the incredible true history it covers of the women who flew planes for the Soviet Union during WWII. Unsurprisingly, they were treated like second-class citizens by their own army and faced especially horrifying fates if they were captured by the German Army. The actual story is pretty featherweight and relies pretty heavily on tired tropes (one of the Night Witches is sleeping with her commanding officer! He hates them at first but comes to respect them!)
The illustrations are also good but not great, but they do really capture what the Night Witches faced - the violence, the old, rickety planes (that contrast sharply with the newer machines flown by their male counterparts), etc.
Violent and grim, but fascinating when it focuses on the history.
The illustrations are also good but not great, but they do really capture what the Night Witches faced - the violence, the old, rickety planes (that contrast sharply with the newer machines flown by their male counterparts), etc.
Violent and grim, but fascinating when it focuses on the history.
judd's review
1.0
Having learned about the Night Witches through the role-playing game of the same name, I was looking forward to this and it was disappointing. The fictionalized parts felt kind of silly, given the amazing stories these women have to tell and the Nazi POV in the first issues were frustrating.
At times it felt like the writer was looking for a white guy to shove out in front rather than make the women pilots the main characters.
A lost opportunity...
At times it felt like the writer was looking for a white guy to shove out in front rather than make the women pilots the main characters.
A lost opportunity...
k_aldrich's review
3.0
It was alright. I enjoyed the story, but I don’t really feel like I learned a lot about the night witches. Perhaps it veered too much into telling a fictional story (which says a lot coming from me). Still, end of the day I’m glad I read it.
falka's review
2.0
I just don't really know what to say about this one. I just didn't like it.
Ennis's art style was just not for me at all. To make matters worse, I didn't think that the story really did justice to the Night Witches. It seemed that the story heavily portrayed the romantic relationships that the main character was in, stereotypes about women and random male side characters stories more than the actual history of the Night Witches. We just never really delve into the history of this Regiment and get weird snippets of other stories instead.
I am happy that graphic novels are being created about these types of subjects and shedding light on more obscure parts of history. I look forward to it being done in a better way in the future.
Ennis's art style was just not for me at all. To make matters worse, I didn't think that the story really did justice to the Night Witches. It seemed that the story heavily portrayed the romantic relationships that the main character was in, stereotypes about women and random male side characters stories more than the actual history of the Night Witches. We just never really delve into the history of this Regiment and get weird snippets of other stories instead.
I am happy that graphic novels are being created about these types of subjects and shedding light on more obscure parts of history. I look forward to it being done in a better way in the future.
dantiquity's review
4.0
Interesting story, well written. Best book I've read from Dead Reckoning Press so far thanks to Ennis
ghostmuppet's review
4.0
Got this in a Garth Ennis Humble Bundle. No idea what I was expecting, but it exceeded it. Really enjoyed the artwork, the story and how it was presented. Got a few more from the bundle that I will certainly read now.
nightxade's review
4.0
I happened upon the obituary of Nadezhda Popova and learned of the existence of the Night Witches. Thereafter, I discovered that Garth Ennis had written a series of war stories called [b:Battlefields|6746261|Battlefields|Garth Ennis|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347419364s/6746261.jpg|6942684], with the Night Witches appearing in the first volume. Sometimes, it’s hard to reconcile the writer responsible for such atrocities as Crossed (DO NOT CLICK if you value your sanity. Definitely NSFW), but other than the violence and depravity of war, Ennis’ stories in Battlefields are quite tame and well written in comparison. And they serve the all important purpose of telling us a little bit about the oft times unsung heroes of war.
The most interesting aspect of this comic is that while Ennis is focusing on the women, he parallels it by following a troop of German soldiers during the Russian invasion. Inevitably, the two groups meet, with unexpected results. Otherwise, the comic doesn’t go into a lot of detail and really doesn’t give you too much depth on the subject, even watering things down a bit with a superficial love story. A Wikipedia entry would serve better to detail their lives. Still, I went from not knowing anything about these brave Russian women, to discovering that Dynamite Comics had at least recognized their worth enough to let them figure prominently in this war series.
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The most interesting aspect of this comic is that while Ennis is focusing on the women, he parallels it by following a troop of German soldiers during the Russian invasion. Inevitably, the two groups meet, with unexpected results. Otherwise, the comic doesn’t go into a lot of detail and really doesn’t give you too much depth on the subject, even watering things down a bit with a superficial love story. A Wikipedia entry would serve better to detail their lives. Still, I went from not knowing anything about these brave Russian women, to discovering that Dynamite Comics had at least recognized their worth enough to let them figure prominently in this war series.
www.BiblioSanctum.com