Low, Vol. 1: The Delirium of Hope

author: Rick Remender
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2015/04/21
date added: 2015/04/21
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Low, Vol. 1: The Delirium of Hope' further establishes Rick Remender as a great comic book writer (heck, writer period.). Greg Tocchini's art is also just amazing in this book as well.

The sun is going to die someday and so will our earth. That's a pretty depressing thought even though it's a long way off. In 'Low,' it's not that far off. The sun is irradiating the Earth to the point where humans can't live on the surface anymore. Humans live in underwater cities and wait for space probes to return with news of an inhabitable planet. News that seems like it will never come. Most inhabitants have decided to live out their days in hedonism. As air dwindles, hope seems to dwindle for everyone except Stel Craine. And this is just the set up. From here, we see Stel get continually kicked and pummeled by life. Still she persists in hoping, even when everything seems to be taken from her.

Rick Rememnder likes abusing his characters, but in Stel, I think he's created someone worthy of taking it. The art by Tocchini is gorgeous and tends toward impressionistic rather than realistic, but the colors and lines lift an otherwise really bleak story. My only complaint is that the women tend to spend much of there time on the page in scanty, revealing clothing, or nothing. I think Stel deserves more dignity than this. Regardless, it's an impactful work. It is bleak and depressing, but throughout it the light of hope shines.

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


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