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No cover — James Tynion IV: The woods (2015)

English language

Published Aug. 15, 2015

ISBN:: 978-1-60886-495-9
OCLC Number:: 883146883

(5 reviews)

"On October 16, 2013, 437 students, 52 teachers, and 24 additional staff from Bay Point Preparatory High School in suburban Milwaukee, WI vanished without a trace. Countless light years away, far outside the bounds of the charted universe, 513 people find themselves in the middle of an ancient, primordial wilderness. Where are they? Why are they there? The answers will prove stranger than anyone could possibly imagine. Catch a glimpse of Bay Point Preparatory High School before the fateful events of October 16, 2013 in this new story arc. On opening night of the school's rendition of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," the lives of the students and faculty crossed paths in an almost premonitory way, seeding the various horrors to come. Collects The Woods #5-8."--provided from Amazon.com.

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Ricardo reviewed The woods by James Tynion IV

Setup

3 stars

I feel James Tynion loves large casts of characters and he also loves creepy/supernatural settings with a central mystery. Given that this was one of his earlier works, I can see how he built up some of his later works (Nice House on the Lake) with what he practiced here.

The book itself has been ok for the first volume. This first one only has 4 issues instead of the standard 5, so I feel I needed that extra one to fill out the story a bit more. The mystery has been set up, with more twists at the end. The characters are a lil bit archetypes and not super deep. The setting is also ok. If it weren't James Tynion (and the nice art) I'm not sure I would have continued to the second volume. But I have faith in him that I will try it out.