captain_bintang's George R. R. Martin's Fevre Dream #3 review

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    Twists and surprises, but vampire mystery lacks `bite`...

    I was nearly giving up on this series, but something is keeping me reading. True, this third installment was a little more interesting. At least they`ve stopped all that blah, blah about racing steamboats...
    This issue was a little darker, Abner`s investigation of Joshua`s cabin and Joshua `coming clean` so to speak, was interesting. At last we had it out in the open - Joshua York is hunting vampires, and the boat `Fevre Dream` is his fortress in his campaign against nosferatu!
    That in itself was a revelation as I thought Joshua - he of the odd sleeping patterns and mysterious offshore meetings - was a vamp himself (and frankly, he may still be...), and then just when I thought I had it all sussed - that final page when...ah, but you work it out, I`m back to square one...
    The other group of characters, which appear to be just what we think they are - a group of nasty bloodhungry vampires - are a bit more interesting, as they provide something which this story is running thin on - vampire action. I`m talking about cruel Julian and his throng of vamps (and a wannabe) in New Orleans...

     Billy turns nasty with the gentry...
     Billy turns nasty with the gentry...

    I was curious as to what the connections between the two groups are, and after the ending of this issue, I`m just confused...
    Now then, the artwork. Its better in this issue, some panels are very good, but I still think Rafa Lopez sometimes has an odd way of drawing people. That said, Fevre Dream, does have that feel of being in 1857. There`s also alot of dialogue, this isn`t something you`ll skip through in ten minutes...
    Would I recommend it?
    If you started at the beginning, keep at it - who knows what may happen?
    If you didn`t, hmm...try something different...God knows there`s enough vampire stuff about to choose from...

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