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Iron: Or, The War After (2012)

by Shane-Michael Vidaurri(Favorite Author)

3.53 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

193639328X (ISBN13: 9781936393282)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Archaia

review 1: It was okay. Just okay.The best thing about this book was the production quality. The paper is nice, the printing has no registration problems, the gold and black on cloth hardback is really nice.But the story... well, it tells without showing, it jumps around from place to place without bringing the reader with it, and it completely ignores things it could have used like rising action and a climax. It's just full of holes.The art is nice, but some of the characters are indistinguishable from others, making it even more difficult to follow a hole-filled plot.I don't recommend this graphic novel.
review 2: I wish I could remember how this book came into my hands because I'd like to go back to whoever recommended it and thank them. A beautiful graphic novel about... more a spy who steals military secrets for the resistance and the ramifications of his decision. The effects ripple out to touch high-ranking officers and innocent children alike. Vidaurri's art captures the bleakness and cold of the winter and the harshness of the conditions with just a little softness. And I loved that all of the characters were animals - a rabbit, a goat, a crow - making this almost into a fable. But it was a little too real to be a proper fable, the only fantastic part that the characters weren't human. The rest - the suffering, the relationships, the difficult choices and unintended consequences - were as human as can be. Right up to the part where there was no simple moral to the story. Which I also loved. I am sad that our library's copy has a worn cover losing much of its shine, but am delighted to know that it means it has been in the hands of many readers. less

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