Reviews

Finder, Vol. 09: Voice by Carla Speed McNeil

noysh's review

5.0

Carla Speet-McNeil has a way of making lost things findable. And making you care more deeply about the loss than the finding. This has to be one of her best efforts so far.

arachne_reads's review

5.0

Rich food for thought. What ends up being sacred and taboo in McNeil's world endlessly fascinates me, a comment on what people can accept, on the cultural lens through which we view things. I love how McNeil examines that, and rather being something that pushes narrative like an agenda, her narratives drag this stuff out to play with like toys.

I am left thinking about choice in identity, audacity, boundaries that one doesn't cross, ritual, and the space and interconnectedness of our actions. I am left curious about Lynne. I feel like I got to share a secret about Jaeger, like I got to explore about his edges.

For me, a very satisfying narrative.

glitterandtwang's review

3.0

this was the first volume of the "finder" comics that i've read and i think i would have enjoyed it more had i known a bit more about the series before picking it up.

jhliu's review

3.0

Interesting comic book but I felt like I was coming into the middle of a world which I should have known more about already.

coffeeandink's review

4.0

Um, wow, triggery like whoa for consent issues. Interesting commentary on class and race privilege. The story ... hmmm. I need to sort out where it went from where I expected it to go.

I need to reread the earlier volumes.

will_sargent's review

5.0

Beautiful, deep and meaningful. Speed reminds me of the best of Octavia Butler or James Tiptree Jr in writing about people without power, without privilege, in a world that doesn't have magical fairy tale endings.