emfiliane reviewed Road to Perdition by Max Allan Collins
Review of 'Road to Perdition' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Basically just fanfiction for the original, despite being written by the original author. A naked cash-in, the plots and dialogue never hang together the way the real Road to Perdition does, and nothing bad ever really happens to any of the good guys in this miniseries. For being a story about vengeance, a bunch of side stories about honorable bank robberies with narration that sounds like a pastiche of the original is hard to enjoy.
The final third, Detour, is the only one that kept my attention at all; there were a few intersecting plot lines, a lot of negotiation, and a bit of daring-do that injected some freshness into the series. It still never once made the reader feel tension or danger, but at least it was better than the first 200 pages, which were just clumsy all around.
The art is consistently good, however. That alone saves it …
Basically just fanfiction for the original, despite being written by the original author. A naked cash-in, the plots and dialogue never hang together the way the real Road to Perdition does, and nothing bad ever really happens to any of the good guys in this miniseries. For being a story about vengeance, a bunch of side stories about honorable bank robberies with narration that sounds like a pastiche of the original is hard to enjoy.
The final third, Detour, is the only one that kept my attention at all; there were a few intersecting plot lines, a lot of negotiation, and a bit of daring-do that injected some freshness into the series. It still never once made the reader feel tension or danger, but at least it was better than the first 200 pages, which were just clumsy all around.
The art is consistently good, however. That alone saves it from my trash heap, and I don't mind going back to it from time to time.