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Very interesting story, great battle scenes, good characters, good artwork, but, sometimes the art is very dark and you can barely discern between the good guys suits armor and the baddies'. The art is very good but I feel it could be better if the tones and brightness were more attuned. Good storytelling though, full of sci-fi terminology and great concept.Good, but could be better.
More reviews (and no fluff) on the blog http://surrealtalvi.wordpress.com/ Shrapnel ended up being a problematic 'read' for me. I cut my tooth on military sci fi (Cherryh especially) and was hoping for something literary in this graphic novel. However, the story really could have been told in any setting and didn't need the sci fi trappings. It was fairly basic, overly wordy, and didn't really go anywhere interesting.With a generic story, I look for the art to carry and expound upon the stor
Sam's story was interesting and I always love a female sci-fi lead but the story was hard to follow visually. I had to really force myself to get through it.
The writing was good. The story was average with a strong start. It was similar to Warhammer 40K without being as interesting or as military minded. The art was dark and overly abstract sometimes. It was difficult toFollow the story in the art. For as much work went intoMaking this book it should have shown more.
I agree with other reviews that the art was sometimes ambiguous and I couldn't tell which characters I was seeing. The story itself was quite good and overall I liked the art but I dinged it a star due to the art sometimes being too hard to make out.
Most of the time I don't know what's happening because of the funky artwork. I get that it's war and it's confusing, but I would have preferred to be able to follow the action every once in a while. A review on the cover describes the artwork as 'art that makes your eyes drool'. No, it's just tears. Tears of sorrow for wasting a solid story on crap artwork. As for the rest, though, this is a complex scifi story about the last free colony fighting for its survival. It has tactics, camaraderie, a
Appeal Characteristics Visual Art, strong female lead, Character Development, StorylineYou are on Venus in a world filled with two types of people. Helots and Geno-types. Helots are normal humans who were conceived naturally, where Genotypes have had their genes altered to maximize their potential. Helots are discriminated against intensely, and are enslaved on other planets because of their inferiority. Back to Venus, Anyway, Venus is one of the last planets that Helots and Genotypes live in
A fair story, although one of the better sic fi graphic novels I have read.The art is beautiful and emotive in places, and muddy and confused in others.
Decent CG art which can look a little muddied and dark in places, making some of the battle scenes confusing and unclear. It was easier to skim fights and work out what had happened by the aftermath, which was a shame.The story is military SF in tone, with a light political edge. Interesting and well-written.
Spectacular art & a decent story.
The book fell apart on me a quarter of the way in. I'm not really interested in reading more as it felt like looking at a series of painting rather than reading a graphic novel.
Beautiful artwork, some of the best I've seen.
