Reviews

Die #11 by Kieron Gillen

wesleyrose's review against another edition

4.0

After a slight pause, we finally get to read new issues of Die, and I am so excited to pick up where we left off. Ash is Queen of Angria, and she is conflicted. She doesn’t know what to do and asks Sol for advice. As they speak, Ash realizes how much she misses her old friend. She and Isabelle discuss leaving when suddenly Angria is attacked by invaders.

Chuck, Matt and Angela are fighting forsaken in the sewers and chatting about what to do in regards to leaving or not. While they are finishing up killing the forsaken, Angela recognizes one of the forsaken as her daughter, Molly.

This issue was an excellent return for this comic. I like that we have two diverging plotlines, one very much linked to the outside world while the other is focusing on Angria. I’m excited to see where it continues to go!

shannonleighd's review

2.0

1.5

wesleyrose's review

4.0

After a slight pause, we finally get to read new issues of Die, and I am so excited to pick up where we left off. Ash is Queen of Angria, and she is conflicted. She doesn’t know what to do and asks Sol for advice. As they speak, Ash realizes how much she misses her old friend. She and Isabelle discuss leaving when suddenly Angria is attacked by invaders.

Chuck, Matt and Angela are fighting forsaken in the sewers and chatting about what to do in regards to leaving or not. While they are finishing up killing the forsaken, Angela recognizes one of the forsaken as her daughter, Molly.

This issue was an excellent return for this comic. I like that we have two diverging plotlines, one very much linked to the outside world while the other is focusing on Angria. I’m excited to see where it continues to go!

lydiacatherine's review

3.0

Incredible artwork and colouring. Great concept, but felt like the time skipping and lack of character building affected my emotional investment in the story. Had to go back and figure out whose character was which person quite a few times, which was a bit annoying.

samhain's review

5.0

Once again, Gillen proves he's one of the best writers of the industry. I can already feel this will give me headaches and heartbreak, but I'm hooked. In just a few pages, he establishes very complex, different, and unique characters. They all have their own voice, and I must admit I'm impressed that he managed that so quickly and with a clearly biased and not omniscient narrator. The art is a real bonus, I'm delighted he went for the The Wicked+The Divine: 1831 style. The "goth Jumanji" feel owes a lot to this decision. Oh, and Chuck's ingame character looks like Varric from Dragon Age and I'm here for it!

khargaotte's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

thelesserreader's review

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0