Like a lot of indie titles, I like the premise but feel let down by the execution. Reading Kimot Ren you also can feel how much the writer liked the idea as well, the pacing of the storytelling doesn't feature that familiar tangy whiff of elevator pitch storytelling, where every issue has to end on a genre inverting twist. The art too is professional and occasionally really nicely accomplished. Where Kimot Ren falls short is, like so many other period pieces, underestimating the requirements of its genre, and setting up a predicament that requires cunning and guile and neglecting to include either. Kimot has yet to face a problem that a bemused frontier yokel doesn't solve for him by being uncharacteristically easy-going and accommodating. Does that sound like the West to you? Like a story of survival? As much as I wanted to enjoy this book, it certainly didn't read like one, and therein lies the problem. Read Full Review
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