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Hinterkind #1 (2013)

by Ian Edginton(Favorite Author)

3.24 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Vertigo

review 1: Ian Edginton - writerFrancesco Trifogli - illustratorSometime in the future, an unknown catastrophe has decimated the human population of Earth. At the same time, perhaps as a result of the unnamed catastrophe, the older races of Earth, long thought to be legend or myth, return from hiding to claim dominion over the World. Now humans are an endangered species, while Elves, Trolls, Goblins, Faeries and all manner of mythological creatures roam across the land. When the the last remaining human settlements begin disappearing without a trace, it's up to Prosper, a young farm girl from the human village in Central Park, to uncover the mystery. In doing so, she may be the last hope the human race has to survive.A gripping new fantasy series from veteran writer Edginton. Trifogl... morei's art is fantastic - he switches from graceful, dramatic action sequences to wide, sweeping panoramas to close, intimate drama with natural ease. I can't wait to see what comes next in this series.Highly recommended. 5/5
review 2: This is probably a good series,just not my cup of tea. I'm not a fan of really really dark stories, especially when it's one of those things that's in a post-apocalyptic setting and humanity is dying out, but I wanted to give this one a chance. Got four issues in, and now I'm just not feeling compelled to continue. There's some interesting concepts going on, I guess, and the interpersonal relationships could get interesting over time by the looks of it, but right now nothing's grabbing me and pulling me in and the constant deaths and grim themes and some of the more twisted things going on--no one can be trusted, if you die suddenly by a bullet wound you're lucky because of how widespread sadism is, so on and so forth--are just kind of hopeless to me, and I don't like stories with too little hope. I know most of these characters are going to die or have something really gruesome happen to them and so there's just no point in getting emotionally involved in this story--and if I'm not going to get emotionally involved, barring either really good execution or a well-delivered message, there's no point for me. So yeah, some people will probably like it, but it's just not for me. less

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