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4 to 4 1/2 stars
The very beginning of Mercy’s story...
5 Star Read: The story is good and informs readers how Mercy and Stefan became friends. As well as how the tantalizing not so much a relationship ignites a flare when Adam thrusts his way into Mercy life. We also discover the reason the cat like wolves and why the cat will never be eaten by Adam no matter how grumpy he may seem.This was my first graphic novel experience and I was somewhat disappointed. In this prequel to The Mercy Thompson Series, it introduces us to the tri-city area Mercy call...
I was not particularly fond of the drawing style of the volume (apart from the cover), but I enjoyed finding out how Mercy came to call the Tri-Cities home. It was fun seeing how she first met Stefan and Adam among other recurring characters and her impressions and frame of mind at the time. I might check the rest of the graphic novels in the series sometime, if only for the extra tidbits they give us, or to make the wait for the next book in the series less frustrating.
The visual medium has a distinctive way of conveying a story to a reader. Unlike movies, graphic novels encourage a reader to use their imagination based on the visual images presented (we see the artist rendering, but our minds process those pictures into a three-dimensional finished product in our minds). Honestly, I wasn't quite sold on the concept of popular, already published books translated into the graphic novel medium. Now I am! It’s just an additional way to gain exposure to one’s favo...
Hmm, I seem to be in the minority on this one. I love the Mercy Thompson series, so when I found out a prequel graphic novel existed I was jumping for joy.Unfortunately, I didn't like:-the story-80% of the art (which is a must for me, I can't read GR's if I don't like the art)-many characters were nothing like I'd pictured...and there's the added issue of I got bored.I don't mean to be mean or cruel, but I think I'll be sticking to the books.
MercyVerse — Author's Order (MT, A&O, novellas, etc.):novellas: in progressGN — Homecoming: ★★★☆☆MT — #1 Moon Called: ★★★★☆AO — #0.5 Alpha & Omega: ★★★★☆AO — #1 Cry Wolf: AO — #2 Hunting Ground: MT — #2 Blood Bound: MT — #3 Iron Kissed: MT — #4 Bone Crossed: MT — #5 Silver Borne: MT — #6 River Marked: AO — #3 Fair Game: MT — #7 Frost Burned:AO — #4 Dead Heat:MT — #8 Night Broken:MT — #9 Fire Touched:MT — #10 Silence Fallen:AO — #5 Burn Bright: I've already read Moon Called, but decided a little
love the story, nice to get a little more background but the artwork was disappointing. this series deserves better
First off..If you have yet to read the Mercy Thompson series, I HIGHLY recommend it. It's an amazing addition to the Urban Fantasy genre and each book is better than the last. I'm highly anticipating the Fifth book in the series "Silver Borne". It's going to be amazing!This however is a Graphic novel, which made me very excited when I first heard that Mercy was moving to comics. The artwork in the book is awesome and portrays Mercy awesome. It's pretty close to what I originally pictured her as
3 ☆ looking for a job but gets swept up into supernatural shenanigansHomecoming illustrates Mercy Thompson's job search and move to Tri-Cities, Washington, shortly after she graduates from college. In just a few days, Mercy unknowingly steps into the middle of a bloody werewolf territory battle, changes her career goals, and acquires friends from the vampire and Fae communities. Mercy isn't human but neither is she any of the three supernatural beings just mentioned. She is a walker who can assu...
I liked seeing things that happened before Moon Called, however, if I hadn't read the books before this... I wouldn't have picked it up. The art is...not pretty, although issues #3 & #4 looked a bit nicer. Nevertheless, Mercy changed not only throughout the four issues, but she looks different on every page.
Totally forgot I didn't review this! Also got so busy I didn't keep going with the rest of the series *ugh* Anyhow, I really liked reading this and it was interesting to actually see the characters drawn out-- not exactly what I thought in my head, but I liked it. I can't remember now what I didn't like.... ugh I'll have to re-read it later. A very interesting and good prologue to the story. Hopefully I can get back to this series soon!!
Mercy Thompson is just plain hot. This graphic novel is a prequel to the books featuring my favorite coyote girl. She comes to the Tri-City area looking for work. Of course Mercy also finds trouble in the form of rogue werewolves that are wanting to battle it out with Adam.Mercy tries for a teaching job then works as a mechanic for a day..then has some time as "Do you want fries with that?" waitress. The reader gets introduced to some of the recurring characters in the series including Stefan an...
Mercy’s arrival in the Tri-Cities is just as eventful as you’d hope. **3.5**This GN covers Mercy’s initial meetings with Adam and Stefan, as well as how she came to work for Zee. It’s fun to see the set-up for these relationships. However, I wasn’t a major fan of the artwork. Zee is spot-on, as is Darryl. Stefan looks a mite more frightening than I’ve ever pictured him, with his hollow cheeks and zombie-ish pallor--looking as he does, no one could ever mistake him for a member of the living. Mer...
3.5 starsI'm a huge fan of the Mercy Thompson world, its one of the few series that I read on pretty much an annual basis and I just started my 4th reread so I'll be ready for when the latest book, Silence Fallen, releases in March. I realised recently that even though I keep rereading the full length books and the short stories I'd never actually picked up the graphic novels so I thought it was about time I finally gave them a try.Homecoming is actually a prequel story to the main books in the
I am a huge fan of the series, so I had to give this a try.The story was ok as a prequel to the series, although the telling of it was disjointed. As I fan I wondered about the changes to the book canon. Wouldn‘t it make sense, if this fitted into the series?Not a lot of world building. I doubt I would have understood what was going on or who they all were and related to each other, if I didn‘t know the books. Mercy looks different in every chapter. Her face changes, her body shape changes. Some...
This "origin story" for Mercy Thompson, et.al., was sort of weird. I enjoyed it, but none of the characters looked like how I envisioned them. And Mercy seemed more confrontational in these comics than she is in the books. But Patricia Briggs wrote it (actually, according to the post-story interview, she wrote a short story and David Lawrence wrote the "script") and she had input into the art (or she agreed with it, at least, per the interview). So is this how Mercy, et.al., look?I think I'll st...
I think it's safe to say that I'm a huge Mercy fan. I've read all 8 books multiple times and am anxiously waiting for books 9, 10 and 11 as well as the rest of Alpha and Omega series. BUT for some stupid reason, I never picked up the #0.5 till now and I'm slapping myself for having missed out on these issues for so long! In quality, the art is fairly mediocre but I think they followed the description from the books pretty well. I love that the artists made Zee, (who is probably my favorite fae i...
Mercy Thompson arrives in the Tri-Cities and finds herself smack dab in the middle of a werewolf war. Mercy Thompson: Homecoming is entertaining fluff. Yeah I enjoyed it, the story was OK the art was OK....everything was OK. Nothing was great. I'll forget it by tomorrow. Honestly it's derivative. The greatest comic book artists and writers are subversive. They play with moral ambiguity. They push boundaries. They offend. This graphic novel could never be accused of any of that. Stylistically the...
Wow, I just read my first graphic novel. And I liked it.So have I been converted to a new book format? Unfortunately, I think the answer to that will be no. I've tried reading some of my husband's graphic novels before today and I've come to the conclusion that my brain just doesn't work in the right way to pick up the entire story in the combination of the images, words and layout. I hadn't realised how important page layout could be in a graphic novel until I tried reading one of Dave's and co...