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Deadly Class #1 (2014)

by Rick Remender(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Image Comics

series

Deadly Class

review 1: WARNING: This graphic novel contains some SERIOUS violence, sexual situations, drugs and foul language. NOT a young adult read.I've really been looking forward to reading this graphic novel since I ordered it on Amazon a few weeks ago. The cover is absolutely fantastic, and I have not read many graphic novels before, so I wanted something with kind of an easy concept to get me into the genre again.This didn't disappoint. I found it eerie, well written for its genre, and pretty jaw-dropping. The language was a bit much for me (did it REALLY need so many f-bombs?) but I could look past it because the characters were from some seriously troubled pasts and in some messed up situations. I felt like it was lacking a little bit of plot development. I wanted to see some back story... more, and also more of the assassin school. I would not have minded a longer volume for more quality plot. But, I'm kind of amateur in this stuff.The artwork was stunning. The cover is still my favorite, but I gotta say inside does not disappoint. I didn't struggle finding my way into the art and the words which was refreshing. I usually find myself stumbling into a rhythm, but this read/artwork was a smooth transition from novels.All in all, this was a great graphic novel for me to read. I plan on continuing on in the adventure as soon as I am able.First Line:"A positive attitude is essential to surviving out here."
review 2: 3 1/2.The Art-style is quite nice and I like how the illustrator of this book uses colours to emphasize the moods. What kind of irritates me, is the way the english language is used. I'm sure it's on purpose because the characters aren't all of american heritage. But it didn't sit with me quite well and it resulted in a few 'huh, what are they talking about now'-moments. Overall the storyline was the same for me. It switched from one scene to another one quite apruptly and as a reader I kind of felt leftout of what was happening in the meantime and I had to try and fit into the story again.The story for itself is quite violent, full of drugs and that with kids of the age 14 and so on, which was also quite unrealistic to me. But well... if you read the foreword and the afterword you kind of get why it was portrayed like this. Personal experiences of the authors lead to this kind of story. Actually I can't quite say yet, if I like the story or not. I think I will have to read at least one more volume to make up my mind. But so far I'm giving this graphic novel a good middle score. less

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