Reviews

East of West, Vol. 5: All These Secrets by Rus Wooton, Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin, Jonathan Hickman

remontoire's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.0

bjoernschneider1's review

dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

lsparrow's review against another edition

4.0

love this series!

arf88's review against another edition

4.0

The art in this series really is fantastic. Plot wise, a lot of shit happened. It seems like maybe the story is starting to reach the apex, but I'm sure the next volume will take us on another turn around the mulberry bush.

ppetropoulakis's review against another edition

4.0

Further motives and machinations are revealed in this book from the various players. Finally, there is some interesting information about the Native American nation and their technological superiority in this alternate universe.

awesomerah's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

4.0

bengriffin's review against another edition

4.0

This series still hasn't missed a step, and each issue is totally gripping from beginning to end. The artwork still pops and blends dusty western, crisp, sharp sci-fi, and Cthulian horror effortlessly, and there's a particularly stunning silent issue in the middle of this volume that perfectly demonstrates how powerful the art is. The writing is still excellent too with every character having plenty of depth and demanding you invest in them, whilst the plot is packed with intrigue to keep you guessing and move you forward. It's a bit of a nightmare trying to keep up with all the pieces in play and machinations thereof with such big gaps between volumes but that makes me more excited for when I can finally read the whole epic end to end.

juperez's review against another edition

4.0

A solid entry in this ride towards the End Times. New alliances are forged, a few surprises are dropped and this twisty-turny saga continues.

helpfulsnowman's review against another edition

3.0

I love East of West, and also it feels like each trade has about 15 minutes of reading in it, and everything is ABOUT to happen all the time. It's like when they played Dragonball Z on Cartoon Network. You'd watch that shit for weeks, and all that happened was a couple dudes clenched and unclenched their fists, and maybe you'd get some internal dialogue like:

"I can't defeat him. His power level is off the charts!"

And then the villain would chuckle a little bit like he could hear what the main character was saying in his head and he was like "Totally right, dude."

But I kept watching because it always seemed like something totally rad was ABOUT to happen. It's like that show was the best show ever and you could feel it, but you never actually SAW any of the awesome shit. There was just constant travel between things that should be awesome. Hell, it took forever for this dude to run down a really long trail in the clouds because he died and that's how you come back to life. And then he figured out he could fly, which cut down time, but he still followed this curvy-ass path instead of going straight! Just to kill time! I assume!

I ask you, what the hell kind of awesome punching and kicking show has a sequence where a dude runs down a really long road? You do that in montage, goddamnit!

mtdmali's review against another edition

4.0

Ezra writing his fan fiction on that guys back sure was a choice.