A review by trike
Alabaster: Wolves by Steve Lieber, Rachelle Rosenberg, Caitlín R. Kiernan
3.0
An albino girl tasked with dealing out holy justice encounters a town full of ancient evil. The origin story is hinted at as we’re dropped in media res. I found Dancy Flammarion’s abilities to be wildly inconsistent, which is a complaint I’ve had about Kiernan’s characters before. Sometimes Dancy’s a Buffy-level badass, sometimes she’s a normal girl.
This is in the same general story space as [b:Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas|95431|Preacher, Volume 1 Gone to Texas|Garth Ennis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1309914494s/95431.jpg|1433215] and [b:American Gods|30165203|American Gods|Neil Gaiman|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1462924585s/30165203.jpg|1970226] although not as dense or intense. At one point I was reminded VERY strongly of Johnny Cash’s song “The Man Comes Around” (https://youtu.be/k9IfHDi-2EA) and there was a note at the end of that chapter that it was written with Cash playing in the background. It’s almost a transcription of the song.
This is neither bad nor great. It is what it is.
This is in the same general story space as [b:Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas|95431|Preacher, Volume 1 Gone to Texas|Garth Ennis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1309914494s/95431.jpg|1433215] and [b:American Gods|30165203|American Gods|Neil Gaiman|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1462924585s/30165203.jpg|1970226] although not as dense or intense. At one point I was reminded VERY strongly of Johnny Cash’s song “The Man Comes Around” (https://youtu.be/k9IfHDi-2EA) and there was a note at the end of that chapter that it was written with Cash playing in the background. It’s almost a transcription of the song.
This is neither bad nor great. It is what it is.