Sur Le Sentier De La Guerre (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
Still enjoying the series, and looking forward to Robert Kirkman's continuing story of who lives and dies. I like how Maggie is becoming a leader. The relationship between Rick and Andrea works, and I'm wondering how long that will last. Michone and The King is an interesting pairing, but I don't anticipate their relationship to grow beyond the war. Carl's fate seems unpredictable, because I see him growing into a man and a possible leader, but he is still somewhat trapped inside a child's body and a child's needs. It will be interesting to read how Carl evolves and grows, and the inner battles that await him. The art is still terrible. Blasé, scrawled during action sequences, generic acting on the faces, and dimly lit.The action is better - when it's ramping up I'm turning pages fast - partly to get past the garbage dialogue (especially the horrendous bile that comes out of Negan's mouth - no one needs to savour that, no matter how "real" Kirkman tells himself it is, it's still shit coming out of *his* head). But when the action slows down it's a chore to read - or downright mystifying. Once in a while Kirkman gets Adlard to do a big double-page spread. I just never know why. The Maggie moment is the most random, less-meaningful-than-they'd-like nonsense.War strategizing yadda yadda... people dying yadda yadda... we see people affected by war in unexpected ways blah blah blah... I'm sure Kirkman's written this script before, or he's cribbing from Band of Brothers or the History Channel.I'm just skimming though this - I couldn't care less about who's who (not that I can tell from the art or remember these Generic Dial-o-Matic characters from previous books) or why any of them have any motives. When one dude cries and says, "not until every last one of those motherfuckers is DEAD", I had not one fuck to give.This is just too damned predictable. The specific actions take by specific people aren't (least of all Negan, to a fault - I'm sure Kirkman is just rolling dice to guess what he should do with this villain, in the name of unpredictability - which just turns him into a dude who has no character), but nearly every beat of the plot is coming at scheduled intervals.Surprise attack? Yawn. Somebody important dies? Yeah. "Cliffhanger" where the town is in danger? Uh-huh.At least the TV show has a sliver of colour, even if the dialogue is much worse. Thank dogs for my public library. Can you believe in the city of Portland, there are 67 people with a reserve on the next volume of this book? Idiots. At least they're not functionally illiterate though. Many of my fellow Shallow Readers might not be so lucky.
What do You think about Sur Le Sentier De La Guerre (2014)?
The series has definitely had better issues, and it seems this story line is just dragging on. Not much more storyline other than the war. I'd like to see more interaction and relationship building with some of the other members from the different towns. Carl is finally turning into someone who can contribute quite a bit and he's still treated as a child. Even after everything he's gone through! I just want more from the characters like Kirkman used to give us. Ultimately, I feel the characters aren't growing as much anymore. This series is slowly losing the excitement it once had. Even with more "action", this war is not making up for the dull, drawn-out conflicts the characters face. I hope after this 'war' they will take a different direction in plot and character development again. Still recommend this series to everyone! And it's still waaaay better than the tv show.
—ptv146
Retour des hordes de zombies.La guerre fait rage entre le clan de Nick et celui de Negan.L'intrigue générale a peu évolué, néanmoins ce tome est un bon condensé d'actions et d'émotions.Mention spéciale aux illustrations qui sont ultra bien soignées.Doubles pages, moments clés, batailles... Les détails sont précis. On retrouve le travail soigneux d'Adlard qu'on avait perdu dans plusieurs tomes devenus un peu brouillons.Merci!
—vick
Nope, Negan, you have not won.....................
—flenoyfz
