Herakles Book 2

author: Édouard Cour
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2019/01/26
date added: 2019/01/26
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Herakles Book 2' by Edouard Cour brings the cranky Greek hero back in a second volume to complete his labors.

Herakles is still questing, still plowing his way through problems, and still leaving a trail of enemies and allies in his wake. This time around he had to get the belt of Hippolyta, the Cattle of Geryon, some Apples of the Hesperides, and the three-headed dog Cerberus. He does it in the same gruff way that made me love the first volume. In the afterword, the various people and gods that Herakles encounters get short bios.

What works is the simplicity of the whole thing. The art is simple as is the story, which makes this perfect and perfectly accessible. I think I liked the first volume a little bit better, but that may be because the earlier labors are a bit more known to me. I like this version of the character a lot who is blunt of wit and violence.

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


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