A review by theartisangeek
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Vol. 1: The Crucible by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

3.0

I grew up loving Sabrina the Teenage Witch and when I heard about this horror version I wanted to read it right away! I might have had high expectations though, because after finishing the comic, I was slightly disappointed. The art wasn’t my cup of tea, the story line was okay, nothing too overwhelmingly interesting. I think this was mainly due to Lady Satan who I did not like. I understand that having your heart broken my the man you love can be devastating, but getting ripped to pieces and eaten alive by lions? Kinda overkill in my opinion.

My favourite character ended up being Salem, Sabrina’s familiar. Mainly because I didn’t really like most characters. Sabrina’s life seems the revolve around Harvey and that kind of irritated me a bit. The aunts who supposedly raised Sabrina show the bare minimum of affection to her. The dynamics of most relationships either didn’t work for me or felt toxic.

I liked the appearance on the Riverdale characters for comic relieve and the plot twist at the end had me shook (although I didn’t understand the actions of Harvey’s mother at the end, that was just nonsensical).

I’m giving three stars though because I do feel that there is potential in this comic. I believe that with some tweaks to some characters and the plot, this could have been a lot better.