Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Dream Gang Review

Dream Gang. Brendan McCarthy. 2016. Dark Horse Originals. 120 pages.

Rating: 3/5

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book via Goodreads Giveaways in exchange for an honest review.

The entire story takes place within the dream world of a young man. He is recruited by a group to stop a being that is trying to become real and break out of the dream world.

There are parts of this book that are just weird, which would be okay except it is just hand waived away because of the setting. Part of the storytelling tries to bring the reader into the world. It falls flat in this regard because there is too much telling.

I'm glad I stuck with it though. Once things are set and we learn more about the main character, it gets a lot more interesting. There is some insight into his past, and the way the color is used ties into that really well.

The art takes advantage of the setting. Pretty much anything could show up there. I like some of the off the wall images that are used. There was probably a temptation to go overboard in this regard, but it doesn't drift off too far.

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