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A review by katharine_opal
Faceless and the Family by Matt Lesniewski
3.0
This is certainly a unique story. The world-building, the characters, and the art style are pretty unique in their own right. But unfortunately, I found myself not really caring for the plot. It moves very quickly and is constantly introducing new characters. You only get one monologue of them explaining why they're wandering and why their lives are so sad before the plot moves on. It doesn't really let you connect to the characters, they just feel sort of empty. I feel like if the story was longer, they could have fleshed these characters out some and really made them something interesting. The overall story felt a bit circular. In the end, I was left feeling "Why did I bother to read this then?". The art style as I've already said, is very unique. But it translates extremely poorly into a comic style. I could barely figure out what was happening in scenes because of how over-stylized everything was. The action scenes were a muddy mess, and the page flow was non-existent. I am not saying the art style is bad, it just doesn't work for a comic.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!