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fieldofhats's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This was a solid story. The story picked right where the first left off, but with a few issues of backstory for much of our main cast. Seeing the Feywild was amazing and the plot was so well integrated with Adric’s backstory. This one was slightly less engaging than the first volume, but not enough to detract from my enjoyment in a significant way. Overall, a fantastic second volume!
ethancf's review against another edition
4.0
Fluffy, pulpy fun. Still Rat Queens lite, but we get a little more character development in this volume as relationships become more clear.
theartolater's review against another edition
4.0
About two-thirds of the way through reading this second volume of the Dungeons and Dragons comic, I was thoroughly enjoying myself. I put it down for a bit, but I didn't really know why - after all, if you're enjoying something you're reading, you don't necessarily want to stop.
The story isn't perfect, and it's filled with standard fantasy tropes and the type of lame humor everyone loves at the gaming table and nowhere else. The artwork is also classic, and combine all of it together, and I answer my question: the D&D comic is simply a perfect presentation of material that you almost certainly have a nostalgic feel for if you were actually driven to pick the book up. It's just fun.
Sadly, I believe there are only three volumes of this. I'm hoping John Rogers gets his Arcanum stuff into trade so I can continue having fun with this sort of setting and writing.
The story isn't perfect, and it's filled with standard fantasy tropes and the type of lame humor everyone loves at the gaming table and nowhere else. The artwork is also classic, and combine all of it together, and I answer my question: the D&D comic is simply a perfect presentation of material that you almost certainly have a nostalgic feel for if you were actually driven to pick the book up. It's just fun.
Sadly, I believe there are only three volumes of this. I'm hoping John Rogers gets his Arcanum stuff into trade so I can continue having fun with this sort of setting and writing.
ethancf's review
4.0
Fluffy, pulpy fun. Still Rat Queens lite, but we get a little more character development in this volume as relationships become more clear.
ruzgofdi's review
3.0
I'm still really enjoying this series, but I think this volume is a little weaker than the first one. Part of what I liked about the first volume was the interplay between the main characters. This one spends a third of its time in a flashback where some of the main characters first meet. So they don't know/trust/like each other well enough to do the making jokes at your buddy's expense thing. Plus that same third of the story is one of those game session standards that I would imagine everyone hates: Guard duty for the useless guy that should get his butt kicked.
Once it leaves the past behind, it gets better. But by that point, it's built a hole to dig itself out of.
Once it leaves the past behind, it gets better. But by that point, it's built a hole to dig itself out of.
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