A review by kellylynnthomas
Five Ghosts Volume 1: The Haunting of Fabian Gray by Frank J. Barbiere
2.0
The idea behind this is cool, but I found the execution lacking. I like the idea enough that I'll read volume 2, but volume 1 suffers from some serious lady problems, mainly that there really aren't any ladies.
Lady problem #1: Fabian Gray is haunted by 5 literary ghosts and NOT A SINGLE ONE IS A LADY. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? Like, there are no women in literature who can do cool things? Seriously?
Lady problem #2: Fabian Gray is all about saving his sister, who seems to have been a scrappy street urchin at some point, but now is wasting away in a bed because her spirit got stolen by the dream stone thing they stole and got implanted in his chest (thereby making him haunted by said male literary ghosts). Ultimately lame.
There was one other lady in this book, at the beginning. She roughed some dudes up, so there's some hope for her. She is the only reason I am going to read volume 2, really.
Lady problem #1: Fabian Gray is haunted by 5 literary ghosts and NOT A SINGLE ONE IS A LADY. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? Like, there are no women in literature who can do cool things? Seriously?
Lady problem #2: Fabian Gray is all about saving his sister, who seems to have been a scrappy street urchin at some point, but now is wasting away in a bed because her spirit got stolen by the dream stone thing they stole and got implanted in his chest (thereby making him haunted by said male literary ghosts). Ultimately lame.
There was one other lady in this book, at the beginning. She roughed some dudes up, so there's some hope for her. She is the only reason I am going to read volume 2, really.