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overledene van kermellec 1
Voor de één is Yann de Kermeur een nobele Breton. In de ogen van anderen is hij de Havik; een piraat. Weer anderen zien in hem een gemene boef. Maar indruk maakt hij op iedereen... Vooral wanneer hij aangetroffen wordt op de plaats van de moord op de Kermellec. Hij zal en moet hangen! De overledene van Kermellec is het eerste deel van een nieuwe pakkende avonturenreeks.
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First published May 1, 1994
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July 31, 2026
Good start but I'm not hooked yet.
Drawing are absolutely amazing and you can feel the time and dedication that went into it. Story sadly has a lot of cliché beats but that can also be charming, I'm not sure yet.
I've read another review that said that all women are drawn exactly the same and that is true. It's a bit weird because all male characters are all very different to each other. So I do hope that improves with other stories. Luckily this is my only real complaint.
It probably won't be long before I start the second one and then I can hopefully tell more easily if this is for me of not.
Drawing are absolutely amazing and you can feel the time and dedication that went into it. Story sadly has a lot of cliché beats but that can also be charming, I'm not sure yet.
I've read another review that said that all women are drawn exactly the same and that is true. It's a bit weird because all male characters are all very different to each other. So I do hope that improves with other stories. Luckily this is my only real complaint.
It probably won't be long before I start the second one and then I can hopefully tell more easily if this is for me of not.
September 28, 2023
Du potentiel
Il s’agit d’un premier tome d’une longue série et je dois avouer que le plot est du genre qui me plait tout de suite : un chevalier, ancien pirate, se retrouve accusé à tord d’un meurtre qu’il doit élucider tout en étant hors la loi.
Le graphisme est un peu vieillot, pas tout à fait à mon gout, mais l’intrigue est bien amenée, posant assez de mystère pour avoir envie de lire la suite!
Il s’agit d’un premier tome d’une longue série et je dois avouer que le plot est du genre qui me plait tout de suite : un chevalier, ancien pirate, se retrouve accusé à tord d’un meurtre qu’il doit élucider tout en étant hors la loi.
Le graphisme est un peu vieillot, pas tout à fait à mon gout, mais l’intrigue est bien amenée, posant assez de mystère pour avoir envie de lire la suite!
March 7, 2019
I'm not entirely sucked in yet, but this is a passable period mystery-adventure novel.
Pros: nice realistic art style, I enjoy this time-period as a setting, and the identity of the bad-guy isn't painfully obvious (I'm 90% sure I know who he is, but there's this other guy, too...either way, his ultimate motive is still mysterious)
Cons: every woman under 45 looks the same. EVERY. WOMAN. They might have different hair colour, but everyone from the lady protagonist to the helpful dock-girl to the background prostitute has the same face. It's like there's only one possible configuration of female features that the artist considers attractive and he won't deviate and inch from that, dagnabbit! To top things off, there is also an Obligatory Noble Savage Blood-Brother, complete with stereotypical superman physique/stamina and stereotypical Injun-talk right out of 1930s Westerns ("Standing Bull friend in trouble! Standing Bull help friend!") in case you needed to exercise your eye-rolling or cringing muscles, because I guess every 1700s period adventure must have one as the perfect accessory for any cool protagonist.
There is a glimmer of potential here that the author might still redeem this thing, so I will look up the next volume to see how the story and characters evolve, but come on, dude. Really.
Pros: nice realistic art style, I enjoy this time-period as a setting, and the identity of the bad-guy isn't painfully obvious (I'm 90% sure I know who he is, but there's this other guy, too...either way, his ultimate motive is still mysterious)
Cons: every woman under 45 looks the same. EVERY. WOMAN. They might have different hair colour, but everyone from the lady protagonist to the helpful dock-girl to the background prostitute has the same face. It's like there's only one possible configuration of female features that the artist considers attractive and he won't deviate and inch from that, dagnabbit! To top things off, there is also an Obligatory Noble Savage Blood-Brother, complete with stereotypical superman physique/stamina and stereotypical Injun-talk right out of 1930s Westerns ("Standing Bull friend in trouble! Standing Bull help friend!") in case you needed to exercise your eye-rolling or cringing muscles, because I guess every 1700s period adventure must have one as the perfect accessory for any cool protagonist.
There is a glimmer of potential here that the author might still redeem this thing, so I will look up the next volume to see how the story and characters evolve, but come on, dude. Really.
July 5, 2026
Le 18e siècle, des bateaux, les paysages sauvages du bout de la Bretagne, un héros injustement accusé d'un crime qu'il n'a pas commis : tous les ingrédients sont réunis pour une bonne série. Il manque juste une presentation des personnages parce qu'on ne sait rien sur eux. Ça s'explique parce qu'à l'origine le scénario était destiné à la série Barbe Rouge et Yann de Kermeur était en fait Eric, le fils adoptif du pirate. Mais une adaptation pour la nouvelle série aurait fait plaisir
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