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jennmarshall27's review
4.0
Amethyst is a a mini series in the Wonder Comics line for DC. It follows Amy Winston and her adventures through Gemworld while she tries to save her people. The trade collects issues 1-6 of the single issues.
First off, there is so much purple and I am loving every second of it! Even the letters have a purple dialogue box, but instead of getting lost like you would imagine it just makes everything flow together nicely. Even the dialogue boxes add to the art. I am not very familiar with the character, having only read Amethyst in Justice League Dark when she teamed up with Frankenstein and Constantine. But I really enjoyed this book. It was super fast paced, in some parts the pacing did confuse me because I felt like we were all of a sudden somewhere else. But it didn't effect my enjoyment of the story. The gem lore was spot on. I am a huge rock nerd and nothing will ruin a book more than someone using the properties of crystals wrong. I think anyone who loved Shera or Rainbow Brite would really enjoy Amethyst. It had that same feel to it, but updated and so much fun.
Creative Team:
Story and Art by Amy Reeder
Letters by Gabriela Downie
Published by Wonder Comics DC
First off, there is so much purple and I am loving every second of it! Even the letters have a purple dialogue box, but instead of getting lost like you would imagine it just makes everything flow together nicely. Even the dialogue boxes add to the art. I am not very familiar with the character, having only read Amethyst in Justice League Dark when she teamed up with Frankenstein and Constantine. But I really enjoyed this book. It was super fast paced, in some parts the pacing did confuse me because I felt like we were all of a sudden somewhere else. But it didn't effect my enjoyment of the story. The gem lore was spot on. I am a huge rock nerd and nothing will ruin a book more than someone using the properties of crystals wrong. I think anyone who loved Shera or Rainbow Brite would really enjoy Amethyst. It had that same feel to it, but updated and so much fun.
Creative Team:
Story and Art by Amy Reeder
Letters by Gabriela Downie
Published by Wonder Comics DC
fernthepanda's review
2.0
I just don't know...
I love the concept/idea, but the story seemed to be a quite a jumble. I wonder how much more I would enjoy this if I had read the original series first.
I love the concept/idea, but the story seemed to be a quite a jumble. I wonder how much more I would enjoy this if I had read the original series first.
blynecessity's review
adventurous
medium-paced
2.25
This had such a disappointing ending. Not at all interested in reading more of it. Did not feel well written.
justgeekingby's review
3.0
I feel like I need to give this comic series two separate ratings. The first half was brilliant, exactly what I wanted and more from this. It took me straight back to growing up in the 80s with the whole retro 80s animation vibe. Then what happened to the second half? It just became this sudden rush to cram an ending together? I'm not even sure what happened at the end there with the bad guy. Suddenly he was there, they were fighting?! The final part was just so rushed. It was so delayed and it was still a massive mess.
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