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A review by baasanka
Preacher, Volume 3: Proud Americans by Garth Ennis
5.0
These series are really growing on me. The previous 2 volumes I would still rate a pretty solid 4, but there were minor plot developments I disliked, certain behaviours I thought to be unfitting to the characters or unrealistic. And, more importantly, I wanted more blood and I wanted more magic. After all, heaving read the synopsis, I didn't exactly picture most of the brutality in the story coming from guns and bar fights (I'm not the biggest fan of westerns, sorry to say).
The third volume was much more up my alley - the change of scenery was nice, new characters were introduced and previous mysteries were cleared, which the storyline greatly benefitted from.
There was more violence and blood, the main character was cockier, the little plot twists at the end didn't give me much time to get bored. Instead of an unnecessary cliffhanger there was a quick and brutal resolution, and even the absence of magic (well, at least the kind I prefer) was made up by the abundant presence of 'magical'/mystical figures.
Was that enough to make the series one of my favourites? Probably not. Did I absolutely love it? You betcha. Hell, the ending made me wish I were back in New York, and that's not an easy thing to do, believe me.
The third volume was much more up my alley - the change of scenery was nice, new characters were introduced and previous mysteries were cleared, which the storyline greatly benefitted from.
There was more violence and blood, the main character was cockier, the little plot twists at the end didn't give me much time to get bored. Instead of an unnecessary cliffhanger there was a quick and brutal resolution, and even the absence of magic (well, at least the kind I prefer) was made up by the abundant presence of 'magical'/mystical figures.
Was that enough to make the series one of my favourites? Probably not. Did I absolutely love it? You betcha. Hell, the ending made me wish I were back in New York, and that's not an easy thing to do, believe me.