Casa Nostra

author: Chris Sarracini
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2017
rating: 2
read at: 2018/04/07
date added: 2018/04/07
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Casa Nostra' by Chris Sarracini with art by Nick Kilislian had an interesting premise, but has a weird art style to go with such a dark story.

The story starts with way too much exposition to lead us to our main character. Abandoned by her father when she was a child, she now runs a safe house for criminals in the gangster era. When the inevitable violence happens, they have a friendly "cleaner" who can help them dispose of the bodies.

They take in a violent member of Al Capone's mob and offer to give him a new face, but his uncontrolable anger can't be contained. Now the ladies are out for revenge.

The story skips around a bit and it's confusing. The pretty dolly art doesn't fit the grittiness of the story. These are supposedly tough women, but they have to rely on men way too much. I found that disappointing. At the beginning of the story, we learn that the main character is Asian, but we never learn why that matters. It's a fact that is useless to this story. The story and art are both muddied and not friendly to the reader.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Udon Entertainment, 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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