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olicavanna's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
5.0
wastelanderone's review
5.0
A beautiful book asking what if? What if the world was free of us for 500,000 years? Lovely.
gfox3737's review
4.0
Far-future Earth stories, like Jack Vance's Dying Earth books, can be a lot of fun to read when the speculation is made believable or at least, super entertaining. Human's speculative science might be weak, but the entertainment and black-humor is there, along with a few problematic human-oriented actions by one of the main characters. The art for the ape species reminded me of Mike Mignola, which of course is a good thing. I hope the second volume is as fun as this one.
Reviewed for NetGalley
Reviewed for NetGalley
luftschlosseule's review
3.0
trigger warning
slavery
implied rape
mutilation
attempted genocide
gore
Alpha comes to at a place she doesn't know, without memories, and finds a few fellow robots. Combining their forces, they discover a human who says he's their master - and they're on a mission.
The muted colour palette added beautifully to the atmosphere, which is very depressing.
Our protagonist bears the burden of empathy, but is able to switch that off. Also, she can disobey orders, and is made to question things that happen, so her role is not as clear-set as fours, who is responsible for safety. Alpha has to figure out what she was built for, but also what her master thinks is her job.
Basically, there is nothing wrong with this graphic novel, I just wasn't in the mood for it. If you like sci fi, stories about what happens after the post-apokalypse, this one is for you.
I recieved a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
implied rape
mutilation
attempted genocide
gore
Alpha comes to at a place she doesn't know, without memories, and finds a few fellow robots. Combining their forces, they discover a human who says he's their master - and they're on a mission.
The muted colour palette added beautifully to the atmosphere, which is very depressing.
Our protagonist bears the burden of empathy, but is able to switch that off. Also, she can disobey orders, and is made to question things that happen, so her role is not as clear-set as fours, who is responsible for safety. Alpha has to figure out what she was built for, but also what her master thinks is her job.
Basically, there is nothing wrong with this graphic novel, I just wasn't in the mood for it. If you like sci fi, stories about what happens after the post-apokalypse, this one is for you.
I recieved a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
etienne02's review
4.0
That was so weird! Strange story in every possible way but still good. Kind of show us how space colonization could go very wrong in a not to serious way. Science-fiction meet absurd humor. I can't say I will recommend everyone to read it, but honestly it was a fun and entertaining journey!
bookishbecky's review
4.0
I received a copy of this from netgalley in exchange for my honest review.
This is a very fast paced read and I read in a couple of sittings over a morning. The graphics are stunning and detailed.
The story follows Alpha when her ship crash lands on earth 500,000 years into the future, hunting for other survivors and the humans who are running the mission we encounter the future inhabitants of earth.
After some excellent battle scenes we end on what seems to be a cliffhanger. I'm definitely intrigued to see if this storyline continues.
Some of the human reactions to the future of earth were uncomfortable but very true to life.
This is a very fast paced read and I read in a couple of sittings over a morning. The graphics are stunning and detailed.
The story follows Alpha when her ship crash lands on earth 500,000 years into the future, hunting for other survivors and the humans who are running the mission we encounter the future inhabitants of earth.
After some excellent battle scenes we end on what seems to be a cliffhanger. I'm definitely intrigued to see if this storyline continues.
Some of the human reactions to the future of earth were uncomfortable but very true to life.
mangrii's review
3.0
3,25 / 5
El pronosticado fin del mundo, cuando una serie de cataclismos activos por culpa del cambio climático acabe con la especie humana, no es algo descabellado del todo. Día a día vemos como nuestro mundo va agotando sus fuentes y combustibles naturales, principalmente a causa de nosotros mismos. De aquí parte El Humano, un cómic francés guionizado por el argentino Diego Agrimbau y dibujado por Lucas Varela. Nada menos que medio millón de años en el futuro, Robert y su unidad Alpha despiertan en una nueva Tierra. Ha pasado el tiempo suficiente tras el cataclismo humano, mientras ellos esperaban en criogenización orbitando alrededor del planeta, para que este haya sido capaz de sanearse a si mismo. Su misión: encontrar a June y reiniciar la humanidad.
Por supuesto, nada es como esperaban y la llamada misión Phénix tendrá otros derroteros. El Humano es una historia clásica de ciencia ficción y aventura en un entorno hostil repleto de nuevas especies. O no tan nuevas. Un escenario común que reflexiona sobre la explotación ambiental, la manipulación científica sobre la naturaleza y por supuesto, la inteligencia artificial. También sobre la tendencia del Homo Sapiens a creerse el gobernador del universo y el mandatario único sobre el mundo. La tendencia humana a creernos poseedores de todos los derechos sobre los demás habitantes del planeta Tierra.
La mayor virtud de El Humano es el dibujo de Lucas Varela. Al menos, es su elemento más novedoso. Con unos diseños muy sintéticos, pero expresivos, el artista argentino desarrolla una narrativa y composición que se amolda a cada momento de la historia. Sabe pararse en los momentos más reflexivos de Alpha, pero también acelerar cuando la acción lo requiere en largas y violentas cacerías o persecuciones. Así como esas tonalidades de rojos, grises y negros, que nos transportan a un mundo totalmente desconocido, pero que tiene atisbos salvajes del que si conocemos. Es El Humano, en verdadera instancia, una fabula clásica de ciencia ficción de lo más disfrutable.
El pronosticado fin del mundo, cuando una serie de cataclismos activos por culpa del cambio climático acabe con la especie humana, no es algo descabellado del todo. Día a día vemos como nuestro mundo va agotando sus fuentes y combustibles naturales, principalmente a causa de nosotros mismos. De aquí parte El Humano, un cómic francés guionizado por el argentino Diego Agrimbau y dibujado por Lucas Varela. Nada menos que medio millón de años en el futuro, Robert y su unidad Alpha despiertan en una nueva Tierra. Ha pasado el tiempo suficiente tras el cataclismo humano, mientras ellos esperaban en criogenización orbitando alrededor del planeta, para que este haya sido capaz de sanearse a si mismo. Su misión: encontrar a June y reiniciar la humanidad.
Por supuesto, nada es como esperaban y la llamada misión Phénix tendrá otros derroteros. El Humano es una historia clásica de ciencia ficción y aventura en un entorno hostil repleto de nuevas especies. O no tan nuevas. Un escenario común que reflexiona sobre la explotación ambiental, la manipulación científica sobre la naturaleza y por supuesto, la inteligencia artificial. También sobre la tendencia del Homo Sapiens a creerse el gobernador del universo y el mandatario único sobre el mundo. La tendencia humana a creernos poseedores de todos los derechos sobre los demás habitantes del planeta Tierra.
La mayor virtud de El Humano es el dibujo de Lucas Varela. Al menos, es su elemento más novedoso. Con unos diseños muy sintéticos, pero expresivos, el artista argentino desarrolla una narrativa y composición que se amolda a cada momento de la historia. Sabe pararse en los momentos más reflexivos de Alpha, pero también acelerar cuando la acción lo requiere en largas y violentas cacerías o persecuciones. Así como esas tonalidades de rojos, grises y negros, que nos transportan a un mundo totalmente desconocido, pero que tiene atisbos salvajes del que si conocemos. Es El Humano, en verdadera instancia, una fabula clásica de ciencia ficción de lo más disfrutable.
librarianryan's review
4.0
What does it mean to be human? At the start the reader thinks the last human has crashed on some foreign planet, when in fact he has come to earth 500,000 years after humans left. But there was one visitor earlier; his wife. But they landed 100 years apart and she is no more. She left some AI companions, and our Human has his AI companions. But life is complicated when and AI, in this case Alpha, has more humanity than the human. This is an interesting look at life and what could happen both on this planet and on others. I see these ideas in human natures in the world I live in now. It makes it feel like we humans never grow and never change.
vighnesh's review
2.0
I’m just going to be honest and say that this book was pretty dumb. I just found Robert really stupid and I didn’t really care for almost anything throughout the whole book. I will say that the illustrations were really nice however, I found the dialogue to be quite queer as it didn’t sound like humans speaking and the way the robots spoke were also very weird and I felt like I was hearing the same thing again and again.
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