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Review: Hinges: Book One: Clockwork City

Hinges: Book One: Clockwork City Hinges: Book One: Clockwork City by Meredith McClaren
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

2.5 stars, maybe 3
(A thanks to Diamond Book Publishers for sending me this.)

Okay let's cut right to the chase.

It was kinda interesting, but a lot of times it was quite hard to follow. There were a lot of close ups that I had to look long and hard at before I understood what the heck was being depicted. Even just in general, whenever a character was doing something it was quite difficult to follow. After a few panels I would be able to get the gist of what characters were doing, but I couldn't get an actual picture of it. Which is bad considering this is a graphic medium.

Another thing about the art: It looked very juvenile to me. It's the type of art style that you would expect a teenager to have, not one you would find in print. The type of style that you'd find in a web comic, perhaps. These are the thoughts that were going through my head as I was reading, so when I looked on Goodreads and saw that this actually WAS from a webcomic, I wasn't surprised. Buuuutttttttttt. I am not saying I didn't like the art. It was nice, all things said. I found myself really liking how McClaren draws hands, and the backgrounds were nice too.

Okay okay okay art specs aside, HOW WAS THE STORY!?!? Well I guess it was alright. I mean, like I said earlier, half the time I didn't know what the heck was going on. But there was something charming going on, something that makes me want to read more. I have no idea what or why that is.

I wouldn't recommend this to someone who's never read a comic or graphic novel before, but if you find the synopsis interesting I say go ahead.

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