Reviews

A Walk Through Hell, Volume 1 by Garth Ennis, Mike Marts, Goran Sudžuka

darkcoffeelover81's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

jerorhn's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

ursacygni's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

sabrinarenee's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

sarahgraceo's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

a_kindle_bookworm's review

1.0

Title: A Walk Through Hell
Author: Garth Ennis
Illustrator: Goran Sudzuka
Publisher: Aftershock Comics
Publishing Date: December 11, 2018
Format: eBook Graphic Novel
Pages: 120
Source: NetGalley
Genre: Horror
Rating: ⭐️/DNF

This graphic novel was so confusing. The art style was interesting, maybe too dark at times, but I could see what was going on. My issue was the plot jumped around like crazy. It took two “flashback” scenes to realize they were actually flashbacks. I genuinely thought my copy from NetGalley was out of order, especially because there was one page at about the 40-ish mark where there were speech bubbles but the words were missing. From what I understand of the plot, two detectives are investigating a mall shooting and the shooter was a previous witness who had absolutely no reason to go homicidal. The detectives then get called out to a warehouse where two other detectives went in to investigate and never came out. I want to say the story has something to do with atoning for your sins or dealing with demons? I ended up skimming it after the 50-60 page mark. I’m one who will read the ending of a book before I’ve even started it. I enjoy spoilers sometimes, helps me get my excitement up as I read the book. After skimming this graphic novel and reading through the end I was none-the-wiser to what the heck was going on. This story definitely had potential and if it has been done right I think I would have really enjoyed it.

etienne02's review

1.0

Not good. The lack of originality just destroy this one. There is nothing new here and kind of a horror/crime/cops story that isn't gripping at all. The characters are some of the flattest I have seen in a long time in a comic or novel! Nope!!

hdanniel's review

4.0

Con Garth Ennis me suele pasar que el fondo o la idea generalmente funciona bien pero la forma es la que falla y no es raro que me haya dicho: "no pienso leer otro libro de Garth Ennis en mi vida".
En este primer volumen de A walk through hell me pasa distinto, la historia está muy bien lograda y sin excesos. Si bien hay escenas fuertes, el horror se transmite de otra manera, es una sensación de no saber exactamente qué está pasando, mientras se nos da información que solo ayuda a aumentar la tensión.
El arte es perfecto para lo que se está contando. Muy sobrio, incluso en las escenas más gore, y asusta mucho más cuando la amenaza es invisible.
De todas maneras AWTH depende mucho de cómo se cierre la historia, le temo mucho a los excesos de Ennis pero ya estoy condenado a seguir este camino al infierno hasta el final.

willdrown's review

5.0

A surprisingly effective horror that eschews Ennis's standard method of garishness in favour of half-said half-implied atrocities and sparsely inserted imagery. While not all of the designs and, subsequently, attempts at horror hit the spot, they're spaced out enough that each catches you off-guard, mostly thanks to the disjointed (I mean this in the best way possible) structure, where flashbacks almost act as jump scares, leaping out suddenly to add even more twisted backstory to the events. We have yet to see whether Ennis will stick the landing but the combo of good writing, excellent pacing, and amazing art from Goran Sudzuka make this a very worthy start. The last page of the TPB is freaking nightmarish and that's exactly what I want in a horror.

thatonenerdygirl's review

3.0

At the beginning it was interesting but, for me, the story lost itself in the middle.