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Saga Deluxe Edition, Volume 1 (2014)

by Brian K. Vaughan(Favorite Author)

4.73 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1632150786 (ISBN13: 9781632150783)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Image Comics

review 1: My first read book of 2015! And, wow, what a trip this story is...The illustrations by Fiona Staples alone will blow your mind. Her style is wildly imaginative and colorful. I see the Star Wars influence in many of the character portraits. There is also a lot of provocative imagery which makes this a tricky book to read in public ( I say this because I read most of this on public transportation and became afraid many times of someone looking over my shoulder during the wrong time and thinking I must be a total perv). So with that, I also recommend this be read by ADULTS (18 and over). As a middle school teacher, I feel like I must say that. This is not a book I will add to the classroom library. However, this is a beautiful book that I am proud to have in my personal li... morebrary.If you like fantasy, science fiction, romance, drama, adventure (almost any genre!), I think SAGA will sweep you away.
review 2: The artwork is incredible and in itself makes this graphic novel worth reading. The plot is fun, though it requires some serious suspension of disbelief. Rather than seamlessly weaving moral lessons into the storyline, the moral lessons are outlined almost a little too bluntly and seem a bit too contrived to make the point. It's like the writers are writing in all caps, "This what you should learn from this book!" And then fit the story around the lessons rather than convey the lessons within the story. The "aliens" who look exactly like humans, only with an addition of an animalistic feature such as goat horns or butterfly wings or spider legs seem a bit lazy in the creativity department. That being said, once I was able to suspend my disbelief (which took more effort than a lot of fantasy/scifi books do) I was able to thoroughly enjoy the fast-paced action, playful, flirtatious banter between characters, pervasive sarcasm, and beautiful artwork. I also enjoyed the optimism in how loving, committed relationships were portrayed as plausible in a modern world and unconventional circumstances. I plan on reading the next installment. less

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