The Fuse, Vol. 2: Gridlock

author: Antony Johnston
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2015/08/21
date added: 2015/08/21
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'The Fuse, Vol. 2: Gridlock' is more of the police procedural on a space station. It's not a bad story, but there isn't a whole lot of backstory on our main characters until pretty late in the book.

There is an illegal sport on the Fuse called Gridlocking. Competitors race across the solar arrays on the outside of the station. Things go badly when the main star ends up dead and floating on the outside of the station. The question is who did it and why. It could be part of a terrorist plot on the station by a political faction. It could be a jealous friend or family member. It could be a few different things. Klem gets to be cranky and Ralph gets to be not so much of a rookie this time around. We get to see more of the inner workings of the station.

It's a fairly standard mystery, but in space. The space stuff is fine and adds to the mystery elements, but it doesn't really elevate it above an average detective story. There is some further plot development about our main characters, but it's in the final pages of the book. I like the series, but I think I liked volume 1 more.

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 this graphic novel.


via Wayne's bookshelf: read http://ift.tt/1hQWkOg