The Bone Orchard

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Holland, Dustin (3 May 2022). "REVIEW: Image Comics' Bone Orchard: The Passageway Graphic Novel". Comic Book Resources. Charm represents the last line of conquered necromantic workers, confined within the yard of regrown bone trees at Orchard House. But are those trees children of Charm or are they different parts of her split personality?As you may see each personalities are like different personalities grown as bone trees instead of sharing the same body, each of them represents their own life purpose including Shame, Pride, Pain, Justice, Desire. That's what I like. Now for what I don't like. This is a short list. As a matter of fact, it only has one item on it--the sex scenes. They, or in this book's case it as there was only one, add nothing to the story or the character development. To be brutally honest, it came off as clumsy and more than a little embarrassing. Embarrassing as in it was so bad I had to wince my way through it. Mr. Doiron, next time, just say no, ok? :) There are a lot of characters in the story, including Jimmy's distraught parents and friends; Kathy's alcoholic trouble-making brother; Mike's ex-girlfriends; various game wardens; clerks and waitresses; and so on - which leads to an abundance of suspects. Mike keeps investigating and solves the case, but the solution seems a bit out of left field and isn't quite satisfying.

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Protagonists - Charm and her collection of prostitute bone ghosts who are in a constant flux of living and dead. Despite having names like Shame, Desire, and Pain their personalities were confusingly interchangeable even with the range of virtues they were supposed to symbolize.Correct. The Bone Orchard Mythosis a number of horror stories that occupy the same world and share the same mythology. However, don’t expect something too similar to superhero universes like Marvelor DC. The comics won’t explicitly crossover with one another and won’t build to some larger comic book event. Original material for the series has been published as a set of limited series, graphic novels, and one-shot comics.

Overall, a solid debut, and I will definitely be keeping an eye out for future work by this author. This is an extremely satisfying read. The characters all have great depth, the writing is descriptive, enlightening, and well-paced. I will be reading more from Paul Doiran. Otherwise, I think this book is very good in terms of plotting and thematic explorations, though the prose quality can be inconsistent. But overall, I ended up really liking this and I'm curious to see more from this author. The way that sex work is handled in this book is really excellent. I received an advance copy of this book for review from the publisher, all opinions are my own. a b Lemire, Jeff. "EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BONE ORCHARD MYTHOS!". Tales from the Farm . Retrieved April 13, 2022.

In this 5th addition to the 'Mike Bowditch' series, the hunting/fishing guide investigates the shooting of his former mentor. The book can be read as a standalone. I remember thinking that it was meaningful that he'd signed his name "Jim" instead of "Jimmy." The war was already turning him into a different person.