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A review by saidtheraina
Shutter, Vol. 1: Wanderlost by Joe Keatinge
4.0
I love how many storybuilders are explicitly going mashup these days.
I LOVE this world.
Sometimes, when illustrators try to combine multiple illustration styles, it doesn't work. Here, it does. And it helps that the concept behind the world is pretty great.
Kate is the cherished daughter of an Indiana Jones type. Now, she's all grown up, living as a photographer in a tweaked version of NYC with her bestie and pet anthropomorphized talking cat clock. Then, there's a big action scene that came too soon for me and felt too superheroish, but then it settles back into a twisty adventure Lostish story that I liked a lot. A lot of different entities are trying to kill/kidnap her, and there are Family Secrets.
I like how stories like this and [b: Saga|375802|Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1)|Orson Scott Card|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1408303130s/375802.jpg|2422333] keep you guessing - you never know whether the talking bird will have wings or rollers, or if the next world will be full of leprechauns. There's a freedom to it.
Oh yeah, I should mention its super bloody and has a touch of cursing, for anyone who cares. Sorry to say no sex so far. ;)
I got the first two volumes of this at a library conference, signed by [a: Leila del Duca|3474037|Leila del Duca|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], the Artist and first-billed Creator. This tells me she's prolly responsible for all the things I love here.
Bad new is that I doubt I'll track down the rest of the story, since they're not readily available in print from my library. But that's more about me than about this.
I LOVE this world.
Sometimes, when illustrators try to combine multiple illustration styles, it doesn't work. Here, it does. And it helps that the concept behind the world is pretty great.
Kate is the cherished daughter of an Indiana Jones type. Now, she's all grown up, living as a photographer in a tweaked version of NYC with her bestie and pet anthropomorphized talking cat clock. Then, there's a big action scene that came too soon for me and felt too superheroish, but then it settles back into a twisty adventure Lostish story that I liked a lot. A lot of different entities are trying to kill/kidnap her, and there are Family Secrets.
I like how stories like this and [b: Saga|375802|Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1)|Orson Scott Card|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1408303130s/375802.jpg|2422333] keep you guessing - you never know whether the talking bird will have wings or rollers, or if the next world will be full of leprechauns. There's a freedom to it.
Oh yeah, I should mention its super bloody and has a touch of cursing, for anyone who cares. Sorry to say no sex so far. ;)
I got the first two volumes of this at a library conference, signed by [a: Leila del Duca|3474037|Leila del Duca|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], the Artist and first-billed Creator. This tells me she's prolly responsible for all the things I love here.
Bad new is that I doubt I'll track down the rest of the story, since they're not readily available in print from my library. But that's more about me than about this.