A review by theartolater
Memorial by Chris Roberson, Rich Ellis
4.0
A strange fairy tale-type of comic that got a ton of buzz, but I'm not sure how much I really enjoyed. I mean, it was really good, with subtly good artwork, but did I love it? I don't know yet.
The book starts out well enough - Em arrives in a Portland, Oregon hospital with no memory of her past. She ends up inheriting a store that deals in magical items, and unlocks a doorway to a magical land with talking cats, historically-mythical characters, shadow beings, and other oddities. The arc comes out with a fairly significant curveball that I didn't see coming, and it sets up a possible continuation, although I'm not seeing one planned.
I mostly like what Roberson has done - I really enjoy iZombie, and he's done work within the Fables universe, plus his sci-fi/fantasy books always intrigue me even if I don't love them. I think my viewpoints on this may be different when - if! - we see where this goes. The end was better than getting there, to be frank, and if this ends up being a miniseries with an open-ended conclusion, I think I'll simply end up liking this less as a result.
The book starts out well enough - Em arrives in a Portland, Oregon hospital with no memory of her past. She ends up inheriting a store that deals in magical items, and unlocks a doorway to a magical land with talking cats, historically-mythical characters, shadow beings, and other oddities. The arc comes out with a fairly significant curveball that I didn't see coming, and it sets up a possible continuation, although I'm not seeing one planned.
I mostly like what Roberson has done - I really enjoy iZombie, and he's done work within the Fables universe, plus his sci-fi/fantasy books always intrigue me even if I don't love them. I think my viewpoints on this may be different when - if! - we see where this goes. The end was better than getting there, to be frank, and if this ends up being a miniseries with an open-ended conclusion, I think I'll simply end up liking this less as a result.