The Devil Is Due In Dreary #1

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• 4.0

  Comic Bastards - Jeff Butler

  Oct 17, 2014

  It's a good idea loaded with old-fashioned clich characters and with a confused mess of a 'point'. In a strange paradox you'll be able to call the ending early on while at the same time not understanding why it conveys the story's stated theme. I won't spoil it, but even the final line that tries to tack on one last 'big idea' onto the whole thing comes off as a flat pointless swing at the dramatic that undercuts practically everything the book just tried to sell. This book didn't make me mad. It's inept not irritating, but every beat of the story seems packaged with something that makes it come off as weak, poorly thought out, and weirdly dated. It's another strange paradox. It both could have been so much more and yet really couldn't at the same time. Read Full Review