Victor Von Doom
Fist of teh Internets.
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Seeing as how most people who were interested in this got theirs on pre-order...they have to wait on it. So I'll probably be the only one posting in this. But anyways....
As much as I love BKV's other works......THIS is probably the best thing I've ever read by him. Yeah...better than Ex Machina. Better than Y. Better than Runaways.
BKV brings to life the actual "character" of the lions. Henrichon's beautiful art captures real expressions on the animals' faces without losing their animal characteristics. Both BKV and Henrichon work so well together that if it wasn't for Henrichon's wonderful art you'd forget that these are lions were reading about and not actual people.
There are so many ways to enjoy this book. One could just skim thru it barely reading and admire the pretty pictures....but you'd be missing out. You could also just read thru it as some animated nature documentary.....but again you'd be missing out. Missing out on an actual incredible story with so much subtext that it might require you to read it 2 or 3 times just to comprehend everything. Trying to understand the story from several different POVs.
This book is absolutely amazing and is a MUST for everyone.
5/5
Seeing as how most people who were interested in this got theirs on pre-order...they have to wait on it. So I'll probably be the only one posting in this. But anyways....
As much as I love BKV's other works......THIS is probably the best thing I've ever read by him. Yeah...better than Ex Machina. Better than Y. Better than Runaways.
BKV brings to life the actual "character" of the lions. Henrichon's beautiful art captures real expressions on the animals' faces without losing their animal characteristics. Both BKV and Henrichon work so well together that if it wasn't for Henrichon's wonderful art you'd forget that these are lions were reading about and not actual people.
There are so many ways to enjoy this book. One could just skim thru it barely reading and admire the pretty pictures....but you'd be missing out. You could also just read thru it as some animated nature documentary.....but again you'd be missing out. Missing out on an actual incredible story with so much subtext that it might require you to read it 2 or 3 times just to comprehend everything. Trying to understand the story from several different POVs.
This book is absolutely amazing and is a MUST for everyone.
5/5