A review by missprint_
The City on the Other Side by Mairghread Scott

3.0

This was a fun amalgam of a historical setting and a fantasy world. Scott's story is filled with high stakes and developed characters--particularly on the other side with Isabel's sidekicks like Buttons. The story in the "real" world is decidedly less developed. Most bothersome to me was Isabel's relationship with her mother. Basically every other female character in this comic is capable and vocal. Yet we barely see Isabel's mother. There is no explanation for her behavior with Isabel or her general absence. Even as Isabel endeavors to fix other parts of her life (like her relationship with her father), her mother remains aloof. That was a problem for me. Robinson's gorgeous artwork makes up for many shortcomings in characterization. The entire book is dynamic, fast paced, and engrossing. The final pages of the denouement are particularly breathtaking.