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Jinx by Brian Michael Bendis

mikibooks's review

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4.0

Bendis en su mejor faceta: la de los diálogos inteligentes y los personajes abatidos. Una joyita.

mehitabels's review against another edition

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2.0

ah nothing like greed to send one off into a disturbed and harrowing sleep. While the art is striking and exciting, it is stark, brutal, and hard. I fear that this will be turned into a type of Jackie Brown in the near future, if it hasn't been already.

magnetgrrl's review against another edition

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3.0

Crime drama of the Bendis ouvre. Ties in with "Goldfish" if you've read that one. As usual, the dialogue is the best bit, though this one is a little weak in my opinion. This earlier stuff reads like Bendis idolizes Tarantino, perhaps, whereas later stuff has more of his own voice.

rebus's review

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2.75

I've only occasionally enjoyed the work of Bendis, so I was pleased to see that one of his earlier works had finally been collected again in a new volume. 

It's just really disappointing. It's not bad, per se, but the art is bad, the line work is bad, the design is lacking, and it's visually incoherent quite often. The story itself is a somewhat trite modern approximation of noir--which is why I wanted to read it in the first place--but it falls short of even the most mediocre work from the 40s. 

emjayscott's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

stiricide's review against another edition

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You know it's good when you DNF after the intro and like five pages. This is just very much not a story I have any interest in, and given the language used in the intro alone, it probably hasn't aged well, either.

tiffasaurusrex's review against another edition

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3.0

Good so far, but a bit dated. Tons of words spelled incorrectly, a lot of your/you're mistakes. Good, but not great. I"m feeling a bit underwhelmed- expectations too high?

marcon's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5/5 stars

wolfpack75's review against another edition

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2.0

I wasn't impressed, characters were despicable and the story was a disjointed rambling mess. I also didn't like the art choices. Definitely not a book for me.

donfoolery's review

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4.0

I have a thing for stories set in my hometown.