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Title: Four Women by Sam Kieth ISBN: 1-56389-910-8 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: must own graphic novel; psychological & characterization pc
Comment: "Four Women" by Sam Kieth, is one of the best psychological graphic novels I have read in the long while.It is as well one of the most enjoyable & lingering books I have ahold a chance for quite sometime. Not to mention, this book is extremely cunning in regards to its plotting & execution. Four Women,the book per se, is radically rife with suspense, slight violence, extreme tension, poignancy & a hardcore matured-theme story all fluidly interwoven together.
"Four Women",on its core theme, was entirely about heavy, psychological-ridden story told. The theme of the story was rape. This critical story presented how a person would had acted and reacted to a chance encounter in juxtaposition to the pertinent subject of rape and violence. The realism & the execution of the story portrayed here was more than accurate, if I may say so. It was also very profound & with breadth & depth in regards how the book winningly tackled the subject as was evidently shown by the author impressive & informed penstroke.
The aftermath of this unfortunate incident,being raped, also utterly tackled its repercussions. Since this graphic novel originally was a comic compilations of 5(or 6) issues, the last issue or last part of this book was completely dedicated to the ramification & the reactions of the rape victims concerned. Deftly Sam Kieth,the author, literately & precisely showed us how each of the rape victims dealt with this unfortunate encounter. His portrayal to each one of his characters concerned were never been truer.The author is one of the best in tackling psychological story, whom he is widely reknown for. The other one in parallel to this category, whom I like a lot, is J.M De Matteis. Sam Kieth writing & artwork for this project was at his best. Four Women is the culmination & benchmark of his career.
The short summary of this yarn commence when the four lead/protagonist women-- they are the elderly, 40's-like Marion, manly Bev, middle-aged & married Donna & the youngest, a college student Cindy were travelling by car. And suddenly, on the middle of the road, there car broke down. It was this moment when the two would-be-rapists approach their car pretending to have good faith by helping.
On the characterization front, the author's four leads were varied & each had their own disparate personalities. However, from my observation, two leads stood out. They were Bev & Donna. It is quite evident to a cautious eyes to discern that Bev & Donna are having some sort of unspoken competition with each other. The object of their grudges seemingly is "inner-strenght or character strenght".
Characterization is this book secondary objective towards consummating a great story & profundity overall. The primary objectives are-- rape, which is the book theme, & psychological, which is the book genre. Throughout the story, one of the lens focus, was the implicit actions between Bev & Donna. The manly looking Bev, assumed for herself, thru her actions, as more than capable & the captain of the four. She is the supposed in-charge person, decision-maker & arbitrator. But Donna, also seen through her actions, saw otherwise. She deemed she was the sheperd of the herd & had the strongest will & character including Bev, especially moreso, in moments of crisis arisen.
Up to the last page, their bickerings & abhorrence to each other stemmed from that singular, relevant yet worst experience.Indeed, who among the two of them should actually presided the situation. Lying before the psychiatrist in a counselling by Donna, she did her best to twist the real score, to be defensive, to tell lies & make-up stories, just to assert her presumed superiority for the group, which she earnestly believed for herself. Not much positive can be said of Bev as well. She is also one of the fires that started the whole incendiary.
"Four Women" by Sam Kieth, is a satisfying hardcore book to read & one of the best graphic novels today. If you are looking to read other "literary" GN, I have a small list Im very fond. "The Maxx" by Sam Kieth; "Age of Bronze" by Eric Shanower; "Maus" vol. 1 & 2 by. Art Spiegelman; "the Picture Bible" by Iva Hoth; "A Jew in Communist Prague" vol. 1-3 TP by. Vittorio Giardino.
"Four Women", the graphic novel is a "must own" & great to add to your collections.
Most highly recommended !
Rating: 4
Summary: Gave me massive chills
Comment: This is why I read comics. For the thrill of a story told in a way only this medium can do it. Kieth is a master at pacing and composition, and with an appealing style that avoids the unpleasant unnatural realism that has wandered into much mainstream work (his anatomy, while cartoony, is at least much more realistic, as women are allowed to have normal bodies with hips and flab and all).
This is not an easy read: Dealing with the violence and rape in the story is difficult. You have to pay careful attention to both what is being said and what is being shown, because they don't always even up, and for good reason. Kieth manages not to be exploitative in some very difficult situations, and builds the complete horror of the story.
It could be a bit better. Just a bit more characterization up front, and the ending seems a bit rushed. This may be down to the fact that it was published originally as comics, which creates a problem when each "chapter" has to be of equal lenght.
Highly recommended, though. Much better than Zero Girl, which sort of fizzled at the end. If you want to see how comics can approach serious and realistic themes without any of the trappings people usually associate with comics (superheroes, magic, science fiction), get this one immediately.
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