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A review by eileenthecrow
Abbott: 1973 by Saladin Ahmed, Sami Kivelä
3.0
Thank you so much to NetGalley and BOOM! Studios for providing me with a DRC of this graphic novel for an honest review.
I should admit that I made the mistake of thinking this was the first volume of the series and read it as such, only to quickly realize it was a sequel. That's fine though, even when you read it with no prior knowledge of what happened before, it still manages to hold up well. There were a few things that I got confused with but the world building was solid enough for me to catch up soon after. This read like a superhero comic (my favorite!) and reminded me of Gotham Central.
Elena is a black queer reporter in the 70s, battling sexism, racism, homophobia AND dark powers that are trying to take her down ALL at the same time. I don't know what your definition of a superhero is but she definitely is one! This was an engaging and interesting read and I can't wait to read more - especially about how Elena and Amelia's relationship progressed over time since I enjoyed the flashbacks a lot and thought I should definitely read the previous volume. My enjoyment of it ultimately suffers from the fact that I thought it was a standalone, even though this isn't the author's fault, so hopefully I will enjoy the other volumes as much as I did this one - with more context on the story.
I should admit that I made the mistake of thinking this was the first volume of the series and read it as such, only to quickly realize it was a sequel. That's fine though, even when you read it with no prior knowledge of what happened before, it still manages to hold up well. There were a few things that I got confused with but the world building was solid enough for me to catch up soon after. This read like a superhero comic (my favorite!) and reminded me of Gotham Central.
Elena is a black queer reporter in the 70s, battling sexism, racism, homophobia AND dark powers that are trying to take her down ALL at the same time. I don't know what your definition of a superhero is but she definitely is one! This was an engaging and interesting read and I can't wait to read more - especially about how Elena and Amelia's relationship progressed over time since I enjoyed the flashbacks a lot and thought I should definitely read the previous volume. My enjoyment of it ultimately suffers from the fact that I thought it was a standalone, even though this isn't the author's fault, so hopefully I will enjoy the other volumes as much as I did this one - with more context on the story.