Combined with another interesting psychological layer as we learn Sam doesn't want to get the surgery to help her recover, Motor Girl #8 better progresses the series' alien story, and continues to create a captivating psychological narrative for our Marine veteran. Read Full Review

The story moves forward here plotwise, to the effect of focussing on secondary characters and not giving us a good dose of Sam and Mike interaction. Sam's history of trauma is further fleshed out, but I kind of missed the more subtle character moments that have defined this series and made it a stand-out. Still good, but not "Motor Girl" at its best.