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A review by toastx2
Cold Spots by Cullen Bunn
2.0
Cold Spots: chist almighty why is that character so bad?
When Dan Kerr was hired to find missing missing heiress Grace, it seemed like this was going to be a pretty straight forward and predictable graphic novel. Was still worth reading, but maybe not a full price purchase.
Within a very short few pages I was caught up very nicely in a strange paranormal ghost story. This was great! All of the paranormal scenes were solid and felt strong and creepy, but not trying too hard. The air around a returned spirit is ice cold and can freeze a living human to solid ice.
The girl, Grace, is the catalyst for this entire affair. She has some sort of undisclosed power, attracting spirits and somehow allowing a limited control over them.
I hate to be a downer on this graphic novel- but unfortunately I cannot avoid it. The entire plot was driven by a very awkward and heavyhanded main character. Kerr was (unsurprisingly) known to be the father of the missing girl. He was largely useless and most every scene he was in was purebluster and testosterone.
The ending was also lackluster. It wouldn’t be bad if there was another known compendium coming to publication soon, but my scant research shows this as five issues and no more.
When Dan Kerr was hired to find missing missing heiress Grace, it seemed like this was going to be a pretty straight forward and predictable graphic novel. Was still worth reading, but maybe not a full price purchase.
Within a very short few pages I was caught up very nicely in a strange paranormal ghost story. This was great! All of the paranormal scenes were solid and felt strong and creepy, but not trying too hard. The air around a returned spirit is ice cold and can freeze a living human to solid ice.
The girl, Grace, is the catalyst for this entire affair. She has some sort of undisclosed power, attracting spirits and somehow allowing a limited control over them.
I hate to be a downer on this graphic novel- but unfortunately I cannot avoid it. The entire plot was driven by a very awkward and heavyhanded main character. Kerr was (unsurprisingly) known to be the father of the missing girl. He was largely useless and most every scene he was in was purebluster and testosterone.
The ending was also lackluster. It wouldn’t be bad if there was another known compendium coming to publication soon, but my scant research shows this as five issues and no more.