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Book 3 of #12booksof2023 was the 2 volumes that comprise Yeon Sang-Ho's Hellbound, read back-to-back the middle of February. Hellbound (now a Netflix series) has a life prior to being published in book format as an animated series. The animated series appears to have diverged quite a bit from later versions. The 2 volumes are a translation of the innovative webtoon about a world where people are dismembered in (cont.)

A late #weeklyreport
Last week, from Super Bowl Sunday (Chiefs! 😃 🤘) through this past Saturday I read 4 graphic novels, a novella, 2 essay collections, a book on book cover design & a novel. Highlights of the week were Hellbound volumes 1 & 2. Also Carrere's essay collection 97,196 Words. Only disappointment of the week was Vaughan's Swamp Thing.
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I came across this while browsing at the library a few days ago. I've had the show in my Netflix queue since it was released, but what intrigued me about the book was the blurb from Bong Joon-Ho & also seeing that it is written by Yeon Sang-Ho (director of Train to Busan AKA the best zombie movie of the past 10 years). I was immediately sucked in by the premise: police are investigating homicides. It turns out the victims are notified of their

I can appreciate the unique idea behind this plot.

It was a fast-paced read, due to the action and dialogue but also due to the fact that there was multiple pages with no dialogue - just the actions of the characters.

I felt that more should have happened in this volume, but I guess it's all set up for volume 2 and story continuation.

I think it's a decent first volume to a series and I'm interested to see where it goes from here.

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