The Paperback Reader: Book Review: Deadly Class by Rick Remender

Book Review: Deadly Class by Rick Remender

2:03 PM | Posted by Angie

Title: Deadly Class Vol. 1

Author: Rick Remender

Publisher: Image Comics

Publication Date: July 16th, 2014

Synopsis:

It’s 1987. Marcus Lopez hates school. His grades suck. The jocks are hassling his friends. He can’t focus in class. But the jocks are the children of Joseph Stalin’s top assassin, the teachers are members of an ancient league of assassins, the class he's failing is “Dismemberment 101,” and his crush has a double-digit body count. Welcome to the most brutal high school on earth, where the world’s top crime families send the next generation of assassins to be trained. Murder is an art. Killing is a craft. At Kings Dominion School for the Deadly Arts, the dagger in your back isn’t always metaphorical. Collecting the first arc of the most critically acclaimed new series of 2014, by writer RICK REMENDER (BLACK SCIENCE, Fear Agent) and rising star artist WESLEY CRAIG (Batman). Experience the 1980s underground through the eyes of the world’s most damaged and dangerous teenagers.

This was my very first graphic novel. I had to learn how to read it. I quickly realized that you don't read it like a book. I knew it would be an easy and quick read for my Goodreads challenge. I loved that it was set in the 1980s. It had plenty of gory stuff in it. But I couldn't help but feel like it would be better as a tv show than a book (graphic novel to be exact). I feel like it moved way too fast for me. I guess I'm used to some character/world building. It had some great opportunity to go so much further than it did. I was just let down by the build up only to be let down in the end. Though all of this could be that I'm new to the world of the graphic novels. It's worth a read though.

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2 comments:

Erin said...: Yay! A graphic novel! I love graphic novels. I might have to check this one out because of that title. lol

If you're still interested in reading graphic novels, I can get some recommendations together for you. :); December 15, 2014 at 8:48 AM
Angie said...: Oh I'm totally in for graphic novels. Definitely send them my way.; December 15, 2014 at 5:50 PM