
Mara By Brian Wood | |
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ISBN | 1607068109 |
ISBN-13 | 9781607068105 |
Publication | 07 June 2025 |
Number of Pages | 158 |
Format Type | Paperback |
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I didn t really care what happened to them English More reviews and no fluff on the blog is the type of graphic novel that can be very hard to review and likely will polarize readers It s a story that works in the format and yet also feels almost like a self referencing parody at the same time But it is also beautifully illustrated with a distinct and interesting style. Book mara Mara is the most famous vollyball player in a future where sports are a world obsession Children are taken away from their families in toddler hood if they show a natural ability in any of the major sports and trained for most of their life in boot camps to become a world famous player The perks are great but she s left very disaffected.
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Much subtle approach to what feels like a self indulgent attempt at high concept would have worked much better here By no means terrible but still leaving me feeling underwhelmed and unaffected by Mara s journey Received as an ARC from the publisher English I wasn t sure what I got myself into with this one I m not really a sports fan so when I discovered the title character was a volleyball star I wasn t sure I would like this Her development of enhanced abilities and contemplation of just what makes us human had me hooked English
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Brian Woods history of published work includes over fifty volumes of genre spanning original material. Marana az From the 1500 page future war epic DMZ the ecological disaster series The Massive the American crime drama Briggs Land and the groundbreaking lo fi dystopia Channel Zero he has a 20 year track record of marrying thoughtful world building and political commentary with compelling and diverse characters. Maradmin His YA novels Demo Local The New York Four and Mara have made YALSA and New York Public Library best of lists His historical fiction the viking series Northlanders the American Revolution centered Rebels and the norse samurai mashup Sword Daughter are benchmarks in the comic book industry Hes written some of the biggest fra Brian Wood s history of published work includes over fifty volumes of genre spanning original material. Ebook mariadb From the 1500 page future war epic DMZ the ecological disaster series The Massive the American crime drama Briggs Land and the groundbreaking lo fi dystopia Channel Zero he has a 20 year track record of marrying thoughtful world building and political commentary with compelling and diverse characters. Maracas His YA novels Demo Local The New York Four and Mara have made YALSA and New York Public Library best of lists His historical fiction the viking series Northlanders the American Revolution centered Rebels and the norse samurai mashup Sword Daughter are benchmarks in the comic book industry He s written some of the biggest franchises in pop culture including Star Wars Terminator RoboCop Conan The Barbarian Robotech and Planet Of The Apes He s written number one selling series for Marvel Comics And he s created and written multiple canonical stories for the Aliens universe including the Zula Hendricks character site_link GIRL vs THE WORLD A gifted athlete and a mega celebrity Mara Prince is a global brand and the most famous girl alive But when she starts to manifest superhuman traits her world starts to crumble around her Pursued by armies and governments dropped by friends and sponsors and dragged through the media Mara Prince rebels Rejecting those who d reject her she embarks on a global action to let all of humanity know she won t sit down and shut up Collects MARA 1 6 Mara By Brian WoodI guess I have mixed feelings about this book On one hand I was absorbed while I was reading it That could partly be because it s a very fast read with big panels and little text The ending is pretty weak though It s kind of cheap for Mara to regain her faith in humanity through somebody who had been one of her fans It makes Mara s crisis of faith and its resolution look cheaper And Mara herself is kind of a hard character to get attached to Her affect tends to be very flat even when she s experiencing extremes of emotion I get why she d be like that considering but it s distancing Not that this isn t good it is but it could have been so much better English I feel like mine is not a very popular opinion but I really enjoyed this It was very unexpected. Maracas Anyone remember that old show Galactic Football Despite me being the least sports driven person on earth I really used to like that so when I saw this on sale I just grabbed it That was a while back. Maracas I expected this to be like that but really it s a story of an anti hero who is raised in a society that is so cold and emotionally detached that it turns our main character in this very robotic distant person who then takes a look at humanity and simply doesn t like what she sees I though it was a very refreshing and somewhat controversial look at the whole duty to your country topic. Mera pdf And the art work was stunning I can see why it s not for everybody it has a very open ending but I personally would highly recommend giving this a go English I received an electronic copy of this graphic novel from Netgally in exchange for an honest review. Maranatha Mara is an interesting character a young athletic female in a broken world I did like that she wasn t white not that you can tell from that cover and that she was apparently in a non heterosexual relationship although this was pretty low key in the story. Mara Historical fictionmanai However the actual comic was somewhat boring and slow There was narration and then there was story The narrator made Mara out to be a lot interesting and conflicted then she actually ever seemed However the omniscient narration also delivered a lot of plot without justifying it It provided a convenient this happened here s what was being felt here are the reactions of other people etc Very tell based. Maraylya The actual story where Mara interacted with people or they interacted with each other was almost snapshots It seemed like most of the plot developments had to be explained in narration Character interaction was a little shallow in most cases There was interesting depth to some of the artwork but no space for speculation the narration told the reader how to feel about everything. Mara Historical fictionmanai The storyline didn t really hold my attention and a lot of the actual happenings were fairly shallow The most interesting elements of the graphic novel had nothing to do with the plot It wasn t a slow read but it felt that way at times I kept waiting for something really interesting to happen but it didn t I couldn t really feel for any of the characters even though the narrator told me that they were suffering Because of this living a listless sterile life traveling and playing supposedly enjoying the adoring fans while her friend and lover co player handles her corporate endorsements But this all changes when she suddenly begins to develop supernatural powers and recognizes she wants no part of her human world any The adoration is hollow her friendship lover superficial the world inhumane So she leaves and lives in space until a lonely astronaut forces her to reevaluate the roots of her discontent. Book marauder I can definitely see where the author was going with this Mara is a thinly veiled Gabrielle Reese abandoned by her family and turned into a sports robot for the enjoyment of the masses The poor little rich girl is admittedly a bit hard to swallow though and once the weirdness of her suddenly morphing into Superman complete with super speed flying and ability to live in space just fine it just gets a bit odd For the sake of the story and to emphasis Mara s disenfranchisement from humanity she is made super human I can t say it isn t artfully done but at the same time it feels like artifice and a rather heavy handed deus ex machina As the powers allow force Mara to rather unemotionally shed the trappings of her current life betrayed by the public abandoned by her lover etc she starts to realize what she gave up at the behest of others and to try to figure out what she wants Which oddly is to be alone in space making no sense considering how alone and disenchanted she was already with her old life. Mira books The heavy handedness comes in again at the end with a lonely astronaut sent on a one way exploration mission eavesdropped upon by Mara following his space ship to deep space as he communicates his last missives with his family Tacked up on his bulletin board are pictures of Mara playing and a close up of her along with a photo of his family It really wasn t necessary to put Mara into the pictures on his board to show that humanity doesn t always lack faith just the words used when he communicates with his loved ones should have been enough to make Mara realize her exile was just another version of her previous life no less one dimensional for having made the choice herself this time The well he believed in me so I guess humanity isn t all bad was really shallow when it hit and lacked the punch it should have had. Ebook marido de aluguel The illustrations were very well done and suitability stylistic to create a unique and distinct feel In fact I felt the illustrations were better than the story they realized I feel a less heavy handed and Mara is the biggest star of them all We see her living her daily life and her fall from fame English Book blurb A gifted athlete and a mega celebrity Mara Prince is a global brand and the most famous girl alive But when she starts to manifest superhuman traits her world starts to crumble around her See that premise That s what sucked me in I m disappointed with how this turned out That Mara is an athlete of color and non heterosexual are all pluses The world building is interesting but overall I was bored with this story Mara suddenly realizes that she has super powers and seems to take it all in stride The text would suggest otherwise but nothing about what the character says or does seems to suggest much angst about this turn of events There is zero character development and while the art is good it is not good enough for me to continue with this graphic novel series English copy provided by Image Comics through NetgalleyI was so excited for this The main character is a highly successful woman of colour who is not in a heteronormative relationship How awesome is that Those 2 stars are all for that plus the absence of gratuitous sexualisation and the amazing art work. Epub merger multiple file The story was just too shallow for me yes there are some heavy subjects approached like alienation and empathy and what it means to be human but Mara herself wasn t a particularly developed character Nor was anyone else come to think of it. Marao burgers This just read like a stereotypical super hero origin story with a distinct disconnection between characters I suppose that s deliberate to show how Mara was becoming but stillIt seemed like Watchman ultra light with Mara as a young adult female Dr Manhattan But with none of the grittiness of the position. Marathon So to summarise awesome artwork kudos for a character representing several minorities not that any of these minorities issues are ever approached and not so great on the character development and cohesive narrative side of things. Mira kinderopvang It felt like an exploration of philosophy 101 And I personally am not here for that English I read Mara by Brian Wood This graphic novel was absolutely amazing The author did a phenomenal job of portraying Mara. Marawila This book is amazing because of the author s use of a voice over Toward the end you find out that Mara was doing a voice over while showing how she matured in a matter of days The actual maturity is a huge part of the graphic novel Showing a lifetime of mistakes made and solved in a matter of days The graphic novel is also astounding because Mara was a volleyball player I mean how many graphic novels do you see with a volleyball playing superhero in it English Mara is a book that s easy to read and easy to follow but will remain mysterious and open ended when you ve finished reading and will leave you with questions about what it all means that ll be up to you to answer and that s all to the good It starts out in the near future with Mara Prince as a superstar volleyball player in the near future volleyball is insanely popular which might make you think that this is a sports comic and then Mara suddenly uses super speed in the middle of a game From that point on it s anyone s guess where the story is headed as Mara develops and superpowers flight strength resilience psychic abilities and the world around her reacts with fear and hostility It s a story where you think at different points as Mara discovers superpowers that she might become a superhero and then later you think she s going to choose to become a supervillain but by the end like Mara s powers growing by the chapter the story eventually transcends the final barrier and becomes almost zen like in its outlook and as enigmatic as a Kubrick film If I m making it sound like a tricky read I assure you it isn t Brian Wood is one of the finest writers working in comics today and he writes Mara in a highly accessible way so that even if this is a completely new character and world you can get into it and understand it instantly I ve read a lot of his work recently and Mara is definitely the best thing he s written this year The best part of the book by far and both writer Brian Wood and colourist Jordie Bellaire do first class work so this is saying something is Ming Doyle s artwork It is absolutely gorgeous You know those shots in movies TV shows where a camera films traffic and then you see the sped up footage that looks like a neon line of red or white Doyle does this in the first panel of the book making it look as vibrant and surreal as it does on film in a comic From there you re treated to page after page of incredible illustration The fight sequences between Mara and the military are especially brilliant as Doyle brings the focus tight in on Mara and then pushes it back at just the right moments to give a perfect sense of timing and movement to the scene Or the scenes where Mara is flying and to give the reader an idea of her power and speed the panel remains earth bound looking up at Mara is an utterly genius choice Even a page length shot of Mara meditating while listening to her MP3 player is ridiculously stylised and amazing If nothing else this book will make you a fan of Ming Doyle and make you seek out everything she s ever worked on and is reason enough to pick up this title Is Mara a superhero story told slightly differently Is it a metaphorical story of a teenage girl s journey to self identity Is it a spiritual comic retelling an ages old story of gods You can figure out the meaning of the book for yourself but the one answer I will give you is to definitely pick up this highly entertaining original superhero comic to read English .