Snapshot

author: Jock

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.08

book published: 2013

rating: 5

read at: 2014/03/26

date added: 2014/03/26

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

In Snapshot, a young man who works in a comic book store finds an abandoned smart phone in the park, and that's about the quietest moment in the whole book. It's an action story that will leave you breathless and turning pages. The story twists and turns relentlessly.



When Jake Dobson finds a smart phone in the park, he thinks he can sell it for cash. When he looks at the photos on the phone, it puts his life in danger from a hitman who shows up at his comic shop. The photos show a dead man with a missing pinkie. Things turn strange when the dead man in the photos shows up alive and well at the police station where Jake tries to explain what's happening. It gets crazier from there when people around Jake start ending up dead, and he makes a new friend that may have something in common with the pictures on the phone.



The art is all black and white and it's striking. It sets a noir tone for this story that I'd love to see on a big screen. It's very cinematic. I especially love that Jake never gets overly competent at anything while he is running. I'm not sure I buy what the bad guys are doing, but the story is good enough that I can overlook it. Great story!



I received this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this pulse-pounding graphic novel.





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