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A review by scarlettereads
Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕 Seven doggies (Five stars)
I absolutely loved the first volume of Lore Olympus. Would've read it all in one sitting if I didn't have other things to do. But such is life, etc.
The art style is gorgeous, the colours are beautiful, the dialogue is funny. And the plot is light, dark, and heartbreaking. So it's got everything I love in a sequential art, really.
Well, except for the gays. Where are the gays, Rachel Smythe? This is Greek mythology, we're talking about.
Speaking of Greek mythology, for someone who was (sort of) writing a book based on it and generally obsessed with Greek myths and deities from a young age I really remember umm not much at all. So this was fun, but I feel like I need to brush up on the subject matter to better appreciate the intricacies. Alas, I shall not do it. In the words of Michael Gary Scott, "Wish I could, but I can't. Well can, but I won't. Should, maybe, but shorn't". Priorities and all that.
I definitely wasn't expecting things to get so heavy this early on, and it absolutely wrecked me. But I think it was well handled, and a very accurate representation of such a situation and the aftermath.
Highly recommend if you like the Greek pantheon, beautiful art, and serialised storytelling.
I absolutely loved the first volume of Lore Olympus. Would've read it all in one sitting if I didn't have other things to do. But such is life, etc.
The art style is gorgeous, the colours are beautiful, the dialogue is funny. And the plot is light, dark, and heartbreaking. So it's got everything I love in a sequential art, really.
Well, except for the gays. Where are the gays, Rachel Smythe? This is Greek mythology, we're talking about.
Speaking of Greek mythology, for someone who was (sort of) writing a book based on it and generally obsessed with Greek myths and deities from a young age I really remember umm not much at all. So this was fun, but I feel like I need to brush up on the subject matter to better appreciate the intricacies. Alas, I shall not do it. In the words of Michael Gary Scott, "Wish I could, but I can't. Well can, but I won't. Should, maybe, but shorn't". Priorities and all that.
I definitely wasn't expecting things to get so heavy this early on, and it absolutely wrecked me. But I think it was well handled, and a very accurate representation of such a situation and the aftermath.
Highly recommend if you like the Greek pantheon, beautiful art, and serialised storytelling.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment