Give to the Heart Volume 1

author: Wann

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.93

book published: 2014

rating: 3

read at: 2015/03/08

date added: 2015/03/08

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

'Give to the Heart Volume 1' by Wann is an interesting premise for a story. My only question after reading it is "Why can't the male characters manage to keep their shirts on?"



In the far distant future, civilization as we know it is a distant memory. Humans live in new, primitive cities, but the old cities still remain. Three gods rule things. One of these is Lord Ganok, who rules the waters. He is the most tempestuous. Denying water, or sending too much. Some of this could be due to his missing wife.



Meanwhile, his wife is trying to find her way to the Dead City in order to destroy Lord Ganok. When he finds her, he has to decide if loving her means keeping her captive and making her miserable or letting her go and making himself miserable.



It's anime style, but it reads like conventional Western comic. The anime emotions are all evident as little comic heads, or character thoughts outside of word balloons. I liked the art and story. It's not complete in this volume, but as long as you know that, and that it leans more heavily on it's Asian story roots, it's a good story. I was a little put off by the overy aggressive domination of the poor human female in this book.



I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, Netcomics, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.





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