Following their move into (much) closer quarters, Charlie and Vita get to know each other better. But the results might be more disastrous than the incompetent crowdfunded gunmen hunting them across Los Angeles. As Vita struggles with the fallout of losing her only sense of security, Charlie looks for a way to slip free of her leash, placing her directly in the crosshairs of Trotter, who's hoping his hugest kill yet will launch him back to the top of death charts. Rebel Wilson has optioned the rights with the goal of starring in and producing the movie adaptation. Wilson will develop the project and produce it via her Camp Sugar production banner. Also producing is Oni Entertainment.
Charlie does A LOT of incredibly stupid stuff for someone with a very large amount of money on her head. I had initially hoped to continue reading this series since Vita is a really cool character, however, Charlie’s actions in the last few pages made me officially drop this.
After two strong issues we started to go in circles in Issue #3. In this issue we start moving forward again. We get more backstory on our two main characters, Vita and Charlie, start to get a sense of why the campaign against Charlie was started, and begin to come up with a survival strategy.
With a lot less monologuing, and less attention to the side characters, there's more room for the Vita-Charlie banter that keeps this tale energized. The art seems to have gone back to the crisp, colorful, kinetic style I liked so much in Issue #1. So, it's all good.
(Please note that I had a chance to read a free ecopy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)
I feel like I keep getting hooked on Image series…but in my defense they’ve been coming out with some really good stuff, especially of late. I love Crowded. From the world it’s based in, to the politics, characters, and all the little quirks that come along with them. There are still a lot of mysteries about our two main characters, though slowly but surely I feel like we’re getting to know them more. Starting to see their true colors, so to speak. At first I was willing to believe that this was all some huge misunderstanding and that Charlie was somehow innocent in all of this. But the longer it goes on? The less I feel that way. There’s no way so many people would be willing to fund for her death if there wasn’t something serious going on with her. And a few times her mask has slipped, giving us an idea of the real person she is. Of course, then there are the debates. Just because Charlie is a bad person, does that mean she deserves to die? And so on and so forth. Luckily I don’t have to make those decisions! Vita is still my favorite character. She’s awesome, badass, and is so unafraid to be the person she is – even if that means she stands out in a crowd. She doesn’t seem to care for all the tech around them, and that seems to truly make her different from everyone around her. But she’s got other quirks too. Luckily most of those habits lend really well to keeping people alive. Some hints were dropped about her past, but honestly I feel like they raised more questions than they answered.