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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pause that Refreshes, January 17, 2009
The Walking Dead is Robert Kirkman's ongoing series that attempts to make the ultimate zombie movie in comic book form. In the process, he shows the effect that living in post-zombie-apocalypse world has on people. This volume reprints issues 49-54 of the ongoing series. Following the devastating events of The Walking Dead, Vol. 8: Made to Suffer (v. 8), the story starts off with Rick and his son Carl trying to find a place of relative safety as well as make their peace with what has happened to them.
Most volumes of Walking Dead have a fair amount of action, and this one is no exception. But in terms of story, this is definitely a pause of sorts. It serves partly as an epilog to what has come before, and equally as a prolog to a major new direction in the series as it moves forward. After the nonstop tension of the past few volumes, this is a welcome break that serves the reader well. We meet some interesting new characters and the survivors undertake a major new mission that will open the book up to a number of new possibilities in future volumes.
Overall, this is an easy book to recommend to readers who have followed the series up to this point. The story moves along at a good pace and there are some great moments featuring Carl and Rick. As much as I've enjoyed where Walking Dead has gone in past chapters, I'm equally curious to read more about what's still to come.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Picking up the pieces, January 17, 2009
After the violent explosion that was Volume 8 of this series it was to be expected that this segment of the story about Rick would be told with a little bit of a softer touch.
Rick and Carl are struggling to move on after the massacre at the prison and Michonne is off wandering by herself, killing the remnants of the zombies left at the prison.
Rick and Carl both get to face their fears and try to cope with the loss of everyone they knew, not knowing if anyone at all survived but knowing that Lori is gone from them. Each of them faces this in their own way and Robert Kirkman's compelling storyline reminds me that while the zombie action and full on mayhem of Volume 8 was part of the reason I really enjoy this series the smaller, quieter moments of everyone trying to retain some sense of humanity also make this series great.
The story leads us to some new people who perhaps are going to inject a spark of hope into the small group that Rick, Carl, and Michonne come together with, but that remains to be seen. Given the ups and downs that Rick has faced I can't say that I blame him when he tells Carl that he should trust no one and never, ever let his guard down.
The saga continues with wonderful storytelling and keeps me wondering what is next for Rick and the few survivors of prison as they hit the road once again.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Series stays amazing., February 7, 2009
Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead: Here We Remain (Image, 2009)
Note: this review contains major spoilers for Made to Suffer, the previous book in the series, and possibly books five, six, and seven as well. If you're planning on reading the series and haven't gotten that far yet, skip this review. (And if you're not reading this series, you darned well should be.)
After the apocalypse that was Made to Suffer, the eighth book in Kirkman's excellent series, Rick and Michonne, who previously went their separate ways, are left to pick up the pieces in Here We Remain. As we open, just after the events of the last book, Michonne has come across the remains of the RV, while Rick and Cal, the only two survivors from the last stand at the prison, have fled into the woods and are simply looking for a place to rest. They find it, and with it, a miracle: a working telephone, which Rick uses to communicate with what seems to be another small band of survivors. But that's far from the only revelation to be found here. Here We Remain is a volume of setup, as Kirkman switches major storylines, but it's very good setup. It's often how authors handle this kind of volume, where nothing huge happens, that shows the real strength of an ongoing series; it should be no surprise to anyone who's been around since day one, but if you needed any more evidence, here it is; The Walking Dead is one of the strongest series going today. Highly recommended. ****
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