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LOVE THIS SERIES!, October 24, 2011
This review is from: Finder Library Volume 2 (Paperback)
Seriously, one of, if not the, best comic I've ever read. Loved it so much got it for a friend.
It's hard to explain why I love this title so much but I think the easiest way to explain is TEXTURE. The story draws you in from the first frame and OFF YOU GO! Anvard is city under the dome, and like any city it has issues, from traffic jams, local celebrities, college students in love with their professors, and cubical queens hell bent on goofing off every chance they get. This place just feels real. But with rather wonderful differences. That would be a foot traffic jam, did I mention that professor is a giant plumed lizard, does that guy have a Pomeranian's head and four fingers and a bondage harness, and an internet connection that doesn't jack into a monitor but your brain... and I'm not even getting close to explaining the sheer wonder and shocking excitement of running through all this just to turn around and bump into something so familiar it's like finding your cat on Mars. check out the web page [...]
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A fantastic imaginative series, November 25, 2011
This review is from: Finder Library Volume 2 (Paperback)
ARC provided by NetGalley
This second volume of the Finder library brings together four more story arcs in Carla Speed McNeil's beautiful and intricate world. There are two major story lines, the first which focuses on Margi White's dream world that others can visit....that exists nowhere other than in his head. But what happens when the world gets hacked and how does death in that world affect the real world. The second major story lines focuses on a young woman that desires nothing more than to make the world a better place in her own way, through love and compassion.
The Finder library is difficult to describe because there is so much jam packed into the stories, both in the writing and the illustration. They're complex, sometimes dense, but completely and utterly captivating. Each time you turn the page there are new things to catch your eyes with the illustrations, whether it be the characters themselves or the scenery in which they're visiting. There are just so many little details hidden that each time you reread the book you'll see something new. McNeil displays a deft hand at capturing movement, light, sound, and joy all within her line work; and it's easy to connect with the world that she captures.
Even though Finder is called science-fiction, it's not the science fiction that most people are familiar with--aliens, space ships, set a far distant future where good battles evil. Instead she's created a world that is both familiar and alien at the same time and reveals more and more of it as the stories continue. The characters themselves at times seem to create the world around them and seem to delight in sharing the hidden details of their world with us. Each story is jam packed with information, which at times can be overwhelming due to the amount of information. But this just makes me want to go back and reread the stories again. Even though each story seems like a separate tale, as McNeil releases more and more of the story its clear that they all build upon each other.
I highly recommend this series. It's imaginative, different, and the story and illustration will capture your attention and not let it go.
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craptacular fan fic!, December 16, 2011
This review is from: Finder Library Volume 2 (Paperback)
Bought this based on word of mouth and reviews-and Wow. incredibly disappointed. The story reads like bad fan fic. Art is meh. ugh.
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