Fatale. Book One, Death Chases me
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COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Weaker than expected.
submitted by eknapp on December 29, 2012, 4:41pm
In 2011-set prologue, a beautiful woman arrives in the nick of time to save a writer's heir from strange gunmen. Cut to the mid-50s: the same beautiful, mysterious woman is on the run from unnamed forces, all the while causing every man she meets to become obsessed with her. This is set against a backdrop of constant darkness, dirty cops, ritual human sacrifice, and Cthulhu-headed monster-men.
As I'm normally a big fan of Brubaker/Phillips, I was quite surprised to find that Fatale wasn't really working for me. I had an unusual amount of difficulty keeping the characters straight and had to keep hunting through earlier chapters just to keep up with the story.
But I think the big issue is that Fatale has Lost syndrome. It raises question after mystery after enigma, with not an answer to be found. I found it tiring.
But everything is relative. Brubaker and Phillips are masters of their craft, and a poor effort by them is still pretty darned good by most standards.
SERIES
Fatale
v. 1.
PUBLISHED
London : Diamond [distributor], 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill.
Language: English
Format: Graphic Novel
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781607065630
1607065630
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Brubaker, Ed.
Phillips, Sean.
Stewart, Dave.
SUBJECTS
Suspense stories.
Graphic novels.