Reviews: Dark Empty Void (1)
“Classic Sci-Fi tropes with a bit of a twist”
(Paperback)
I’ll start this review by saying if Sci-Fi is your genre you are much better equipped for this graphic novel than I was; Sci-Fi isn’t usually I genre I pick, but this story peaked my interest, and honestly in terms of sci-fi it did have some interesting takes, however overall it didn’t sell me on Sci-Fi.
In this novel we follow a psychologist, a mysterious girl, and a scientist, all working on a solution to a problem they created ‘the dark void’, an interesting concept but the pacing in this novel wasn’t ideal, in many parts I felt the emotions were rushed and overlooked, you would have a sad emotional scene which was quickly interrupted by some high-intensity action, and honestly nothing particularly f exciting happened until halfway through this novel. However whilst plot twists were fairly predictable, I did like how real the main characters felt, whilst I didn’t feel for them a great lot, I did like how they were real people, with real problems, and real vices.
Whilst there were some parts of this novel that I didn’t care for, something I did care a great deal for was the attention to detail in the illustrations, the illustrators including a great deal of colour in muted tones that complimented the darkness of the overall story, I particularly enjoyed the numerous illustrations that spanned over two pages.
Overall the novel was a fairly easy read, with a decent plot, and enticing illustrations. And once again this may be more enjoyable if Sci-Fi is your thing
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Dark Empty Void
Fiction & Poetry, Graphic Novels, Manga & Comics, Graphic Novels & Graphic Non-Fiction
Zack Kaplan (author) , Chris Shehan (illustrator)
Paperback Published on: 23/09/2025
Price: £16.99

