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I reviewed this book for No Flying No Tights - it's up here.
I really enjoyed this graphic novel. It was a quick read, but had a big impact. The sketchy black and white style suits the frenetic pace of the narrative, which moves very quickly. Some reviewers dislike the style of the illustrations and the text but I think they work perfectly for this narrative.Burn is a young boy playing ball with his friends, when his life is turned upside down. His body is merged with the body of a murderous robot that attacked his community. Burn must fight against the v...
Art and story were simple but I liked it, specially the art. For any cyberpunk fans out there, this title will be good.
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I got tricked by the beautiful art that D'Errico usually creates and wasted my precious reading time on this. The art in this graphic novel is nothing like her usual art. It more closely resembles the quick sketches one might create on scrap paper while trying to figure out if an idea is good enough to dedicate time to it. It's so dirty and half formed that one would be hard pressed to even see it as a full sketch. This was phone in thru a bad connection.The plot is a mishmash of situations that...
As always, I love d'Errico's art, but, unfortunately, the story and pacing left a lot to be desired.
The book burn is about this boy that was play outside like every day then pone day a soldier come running ans said run then he got kill by a robot people in the city gat scared and run away burn went looking for his parents but he didn't fond them burn gat attack by this robot he arm gat put off then rock fled in top and then they but combing together then he when looking for this man.burn is talking care of this girl he looking for his family and friends and the person he used to be.this is jus...
A boy, a machine, forever physically linked but can the mental bond be forever silenced for either of them? The boy fights against his robotic addition by remembering who he was and what he believes in. Meanwhile the machine must silence the boy by completing his directive of killing all humans so that the world can start fresh without the blight of human woes. Who will win the battle between good and evil, between man and machine, between love and hate?
D'Errico's art is really what shines in this graphic novel since the story and characterization feel thin and not entirely original. I'm assuming the book under the Simon Pulse imprint is for teens but some of the violence and gore in the book - characters being sliced into pieces - is just a bit too over the top for me. Also, the whole man vs. machine metaphor is just quite heavy handed here.
i *love* Camilla d'Errico's style. there was some criticism of the art in this book, that it looked like unfinished sketches: but i LOVED that, i LOVED that she did not polish it to a slick digital shine.the story line was mildly interesting, what caught me most was d'Errico's interpretation of it.
Neat story idea and unique drawings, but I found the jumping around events (too many 'meanwhiles') to be a bit jarring. I'll be interested to see where it goes from here and if the next volumes can smooth out the storytelling a bit. Good first volume, but I feel it will get better with time.
I enjoyed this book plot-wise, but the art, while interesting, left me wanting more. The art seemed like unfinished sketches, which could be taken as part of the story's post robot apocalypse future... or as just plain laziness.
This was great! I love Camilla d'Errico's art and style. The story was fantastic--I'm always down for some AI gone awry.
