Dolmon

Les épées de verre #4

by Sylviane Corgiat (Scénario), Laura Zuccheri (Illustrator)

Dans un monde voué à disparaître à cause de l'extinction prochaine de son soleil, une jeune fille se révèle dotée d'un pouvoir lui permettant d'échapper à la catastrophe finale. Pour cela, il lui faudra réunir quatre épées de verre tombées du ciel en quatre points de la planète. Mais il lui faudra aussi composer avec sa propre histoire et son désir de vengeance qui pourrait bien éclipser la mission dont la destinée l'a chargée.

Genres: Comics, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Adventure, Graphic Novels Comics, Bande Dessinée

56 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2014

About the author

see https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvian...

Reviews

[♛ Garima ♛ · Rating 3 out of 5]

The conclusion: a couple of things don't make sense. A rather weak ending for such a wonderful story, lacks creativity in final suspense but everybody knows I am not fond of time-travelling.

[Juho Pohjalainen · Rating 3 out of 5]

The final volume feels rather rushed, brings up too many things at once and doesn't develop many of them nearly enough, and the conclusion felt unsatisfying.

[Cathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Here we are again. And straight away we stumble across another sword... I love those little guys!



Great costumes. The first volumes reminded me strongly of Southern America and it‘s ancient cultures. In volumes three and four I see Asian and African influences.

The ending and resolution of the prophecy felt a bit rushed. I think this could probably have done with another volume. It felt as if they ran out of pages to tell their story properly. I did like where it ended up though. So, a worthwhile read, despite the not quite fully explored ending.

[Carey Healy · Rating 3 out of 5]

An average conclusion to the series. Volume 4 concludes Yama’s tale, but doesn’t satisfy like the previous volumes. The story is fine and it provides an interesting conclusion to General Miklo’s story. The overall plot wraps up in an unnecessary twist that leans too heavily into science fiction tropes that depart from the fantasy setting, and it doesn’t quite land. Also, I was uncomfortable with the romantic leanings of Yama throughout. Although potentially realistic, I didn’t like them.

The art continues to be strong, but the coloring is less spellcasting than the previous volumes. This volume especially suffers from poor layouts and too many words. It isn’t very successful as a comic.

Overall, the art and characters carry the reader to the conclusion of the volume, but the plot and poor layouts hold it back.

[Saphirablue · Rating 3 out of 5]

Still like it.

The art is truly wonderful and the story? What a twist! Cool.

Even though - why has Dolmon been able to steal the sword from Shona? *scratches head*

[Oneirosophos · Rating 2 out of 5]

And thus, the swords of glass ends.

Having wonderful art and extremely generic fantasy story.

Do not bother...

[Tristan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This fourth volume is not as spectacular in art terms as the third, and the story is strained too. The forest scenes and the frozen city are not as inspired as the city backdrops in volume three. The story of the third sword is bland and short. That of the fourth is non existent. That makes the story very imbalanced. Trying to shoehorn a lot into this last instalment makes the progress of the story choppy.

The stories of the characters are also poorly concluded. The resolution of the deadly rivalry between Miklos and Dolmon is too easy. The way Yama’s feelings for Miklos are built up only to be dismissed raises the question why bother have that aspect in the story in the first place? Do all female protagonists have to fall in love with a man or at all, to soften their warrior role? I think not.

Finally, the ending falls flat. A time loop, a race of alien “ancients”, that all feels a bit like a cop out.

Nevertheless, this is still a beautiful graphic novel. That enables the series to end on 3/5 rather than 2/5.

[Carolina · Rating 3 out of 5]

A história é bacana, mas a cada volume terminado não tem como deixar de pensar em como ela seria melhor se a autora tivesse mais páginas para trabalhar o roteiro. Aqui Yama e companhia encontram o desfecho para a questão da profecia, e o que se seque é um final bem diferente do esperado para esse gênero. No geral todo o desenvolvimento foi mediano mas ainda assim não deixou de ser uma leitura leve, um bom passa tempo. O destaque fica com a arte incrível de Laura Zuccheri, que a partir de agora passarei a acompanhar com atenção.

[Chuck · Rating 2 out of 5]

A super disappointing end to the beautiful series. Story elements didn’t feel as cohesive and thought the artwork really suffered from having a new colorist. The previous volumes seemed to be masterfully painted with watercolor. #4 appears to have been colored digitally. Bummer. Not a fan of that and not a fan of the visual inconsistency.

[Freya LaRouge · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a nice way to wrap up this series

We finally learn who is destined for each sword and see the journey the people will take. In the end the learn to accept each other and work together. Truly a happy ending to a great and unique world. I hope there will be more books that are about the new world and Yamas new adventures.

[Adrian Bloxham · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good ending

[Lia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as the other books in my opinion, but overall I would still recommend the series.

[Matthew WK · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not worth a read - to many good stories out there to recommend this one. Definite pass.

[Maria]

Stunning designs, stupid story.

[Al Capwned · Rating 2 out of 5]

The ending is the worst part of the whole comic unfortunately (not that the rest of it so much better but anyway).

[Luke Shea · Rating 5 out of 5]

the final act of this is so completely bananas and out of the blue that it made me like the whole thing more. I love the art and I love how all the animals look uncomfortably human

[Aildiin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first half of this serie was much better than the second half