Dark Spaces: Wildfire
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„Dark Spaces: Wildfire“ by Scott Snyder is a new graphic novel about a team of former convicts that now together works as a group of firefighters in the hills of California. At the beginning of the novel every member of the group got a brief introduction and I loved the way the different characters were portrayed in distinct colors. The style and the creative way some pages were designed made it visually fun to read. The storytelling on the other hand sadly had some flaws. Realizing they cant turn their back on their criminal life they decide to go on one last heist together. At this point the characters lost a great deal of likeability in my opinion. In addition I found their motivation for going back to crime kind of weak and one-dimensional. I didn’t like their silly behavior even though they knew what was on the line for them. Still I was at some point surprised by turns of events which is always something I appreciate. My favorite part of the story was the comparison between the stages of their adventure and the stages of a wildfire. It structured the story into meaningful parts. I was initially intrigued by this graphic novel because I live in California and was interested how the wildfires were implemented into a story. I like what the author did with the topic but the emotional impact sadly was nonexistent due to my lack of empathy for the characters. A big thanks to NetGalley and the publisher IDW Publishing for giving me the opportunity to read an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.
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„Dark Spaces: Wildfire“ by Scott Snyder is a new graphic novel about a team of former convicts that now together works as a group of firefighters in the hills of California. At the beginning of the novel every member of the group got a brief introduction and I loved the way the different characters were portrayed in distinct colors. The style and the creative way some pages were designed made it visually fun to read. The storytelling on the other hand sadly had some flaws. Realizing they cant turn their back on their criminal life they decide to go on one last heist together. At this point the characters lost a great deal of likeability in my opinion. In addition I found their motivation for going back to crime kind of weak and one-dimensional. I didn’t like their silly behavior even though they knew what was on the line for them. Still I was at some point surprised by turns of events which is always something I appreciate. My favorite part of the story was the comparison between the stages of their adventure and the stages of a wildfire. It structured the story into meaningful parts. I was initially intrigued by this graphic novel because I live in California and was interested how the wildfires were implemented into a story. I like what the author did with the topic but the emotional impact sadly was nonexistent due to my lack of empathy for the characters. A big thanks to NetGalley and the publisher IDW Publishing for giving me the opportunity to read an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.