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The Autumnlands, Volume 2: Woodland Creatures by Kurt Busiek

albertico66's review

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3.0

the plot/storyline was a bit tough to go through, but the damn art is so beautiful

nelolis's review

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adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

ohboysidd's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

salexander7341's review

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4.0

Well, here's a Fables-scale story that's never going to be told.

sereon's review

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adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.5

akrajkow87's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

squirrelz's review

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

4.0

crookedtreehouse's review

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5.0

While [book:The Autumnlands, Vol. 1: Tooth and Claw|23862438] set up a gigantic world and a multitude of characters and intersecting plots, volume two focuses on our narrator, a Terrier Wizard Apprentice named Dusty, and a human named Learoyd who might be the champion who returns magic to a world which might be a future version of our own.

When reading the first volume, I'd barely noticed how foul-mouthed the hero was. It wasn't intended to be subtle, but I was so taken by the story and the artwork that it didn't register. As there are less characters and less chaos in this issue, I was impressed that the volume of cursing didn't detract from the story and really did ring true to the character. But the writing highlight of this issue is the narration from Dusty.

The unfolding of Dusty's awareness of his class and privilege, and how he has treated, and been taught to treat others is a wonderfully paced unwinding. He's been kind and intuitive since the first issue but it's clear that he simply didn't know how poorly his people were treating others And while he got a glimpse of that dishonesty in the first volume, there was so much else going on that he didn't have time to dissect it, as he does in this volume.

It's important to note that, while I've mentioned there's not as much happening at once in this volume, there is still a lot of plot and adventure here, but the narrative is more focused on the two main characters understanding each other while they go from event to event, as opposed to untangling the web of the first volume. [author:Kurt Busiek|7338]'s pacing and mythology structure is flawless here, and I'm sad I'll have to wait quite a while for volume three.

But the true heroes, once again, are Benjamin Dewy's drawing, and [author:Jordan Bellaire|14006467]'s colors. The lack of expression that they use for some species versus the constantly changing mood of Dusty (seriously, watch his ears and teeth, it's masterful) floors me. I've already been a fan of Bellaire's colors for years but now I'll also buy any book with [author:Benjamin Dewey|8044724]'s name on it.

acrisalves's review

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5.0

https://osrascunhos.com/2017/07/09/the-autumnlands-vol-2-kurt-busiek-e-benjamin-dewey/

Este segundo volume faz perder todo o glamour da aura fantástica do mundo apresentado no primeiro para ganhar a maior profundidade da ficção científica, com o cruzamento de seres de diferentes origens e diferentes universos, reviravolta que já se podia auspiciar de alguns detalhes anteriores, mas que aqui se concretiza de uma forma estrondosa, mas mantendo grandes mistérios que decerto serão explorados nos volumes seguintes.

Animais falantes e inteligentes em cidades suspensas pela magia – assim é o mundo que nos apresentaram no primeiro volume, em que a estabilidade hierárquica está ameaçada pela diminuição da magia ficando as cidades mais vulneráveis aos bárbaros que subsistem noutros terrenos pelo trabalho manual.

Por esse motivo os grandes mágicos reúnem-se e gastam os últimos recursos em trazer ao seu mundo um herói mítico que, esperam, possa repor a magia. O que aparece é um humano que, não sendo capaz de manipular a magia é perito em estratégia bélica e os leva a uma vitória duvidosa ao recorrer a armadilhas pouco éticas.

Depois da batalha, herói humano e jovem feiticeiro são arrastados pelo rio para as terras do inimigo, procurando, entre a floresta, uma forma de retomar ao seu território. No início do retorno o humano encontra um ser de aspecto humano, de tecnologia avançada, que o toma por alguém a cargo de um rival de profissão, dando-lhe comida e roupa, enquanto discursa sobre a rivalidade sem perceber que o humano não faz parte do seu mundo.

Mantendo o ritmo pausado e as dissertações mais longas entre fascículos, The Autumnlands surpreendeu pela forma como se transmutou de narrativa fantástica em narrativa de ficção científica, demonstrando que o mundo apresentado é, tal como as pistas anteriores indicavam, bastante mais complexo do que uma realidade baseada em magia.

Neste mundo vigiado por seres bastante poderosos, descritos pelos nativos como deuses, existem plataformas de divertimento com uma vasta literatura, que são abertas, não com um “abre-te sésamo”, mas com referências literárias do nosso mundo.

Com um visual rico, variado e detalhado, The Autumnlands promete transforma-se numa das melhores séries da Image que já tive oportunidade de ler – estou curiosa para perceber onde nos vão levar todas estas pistas literárias que se entre cruzam em mistérios cada vez mais profundos!

emmaprew's review

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I think I enjoyed this more than the first. There doesn’t appear to be a third though…