The series that created the zombie movement reaches its most pivotal, series-altering arc yet They thought they were safe in the prison. They were...
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Jan 04, 2012
Lou
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The pace does not let up in this volume. I must say there is one bad ass femme fatale with a sword in this story. She takes it to the Governor and oh boy some real torture ensues a real gore feast. But she rocks!
They return eventually to the Prison with one person missing a hand and the zombies are still popping out of the woodwork. Loved to hear more from the brutal Governor.
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They return eventually to the Prison with one person missing a hand and the zombies are still popping out of the woodwork. Loved to hear more from the brutal Governor.
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Feb 06, 2009
Robert
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Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead: Made to Suffer (Image, 2008)
The showdown between Rick and his people in the prison and the Governor and his people in the city has been coming for a couple of issues now, and it's finally here. Thankfully, Kirkman stays with the high quality he's set for himself and makes this far less a cinematic winner-take-all blowout than, well, an actual honest-to-pete battle; to say any more would give the game away, and I certainly have no desire to do that. A More...
The showdown between Rick and his people in the prison and the Governor and his people in the city has been coming for a couple of issues now, and it's finally here. Thankfully, Kirkman stays with the high quality he's set for himself and makes this far less a cinematic winner-take-all blowout than, well, an actual honest-to-pete battle; to say any more would give the game away, and I certainly have no desire to do that. A More...
Aug 10, 2008
Brad
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This book is brutal, but brilliant. I had to read it cover to cover in one sitting. At first, I had the same quibbles I often do with new volumes of the book--there are too many almost-anonymous characters and a bit too much grisly violence--but Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard keep up their gritty storytelling. This storyline pays off the build-up from the last two volumes where our Rick and his band of prison-dwellers face off with another camp that watches zombie fights. I thought the Go
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Jan 21, 2009
Lucy
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Nooooooooooooooooooo
In the immortal words of Anakin Skywalker, DO NOT WANT!
Augh.
Way to find a bad guy more terrifying than zombies, Robert Kirkman. And way to take away any false sense of security you ever created.
Augh.
In the immortal words of Anakin Skywalker, DO NOT WANT!
Augh.
Way to find a bad guy more terrifying than zombies, Robert Kirkman. And way to take away any false sense of security you ever created.
Augh.
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Jul 31, 2008
Michael
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On the top of this review box it says "what I learned from this book." What I learned from Vol. 8 of The Walking Dead is not to fall in love with characters. In a series where the cast is introduced and killed off on a fairly regular basis, this collection is absolutely brutal to the regulars. Seriously, when you get to the final panel, the series as you know has wholly and completely changed for good. This story is about battle and loss and a writer who has the guts to destroy his
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Jan 01, 2012
Shannon
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MAJOR SPOILERS in my review!
So my husband, who I count on to warn me when really, really bad things happen in this series, didn't think it was important to tell me that Lori and the baby get shot and killed near the end of this book. They do. Also, most of the rest of my favorite characters were gone by the end of this one.
This volume centers around our gang of protagonists defending their prison against the Governor and his followers. It's good stuff and yet...
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So my husband, who I count on to warn me when really, really bad things happen in this series, didn't think it was important to tell me that Lori and the baby get shot and killed near the end of this book. They do. Also, most of the rest of my favorite characters were gone by the end of this one.
This volume centers around our gang of protagonists defending their prison against the Governor and his followers. It's good stuff and yet...
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Sep 15, 2011
T.w.
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The eighth installment of The Walking Dead should be titled: Santa ate the Easter Bunny, then raped the Tooth Fairy and hung himself. Robert Kirkman chose to go with Made to Suffer.
In case you didn’t get it…this story is all bad. I challenge you to have an ounce of happiness left in your soul after reading this chapter. I couldn’t smile for a week. Suffice it to say, set this one down and find a quiet place and get all your cryin’ done before trying to be around other people.
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In case you didn’t get it…this story is all bad. I challenge you to have an ounce of happiness left in your soul after reading this chapter. I couldn’t smile for a week. Suffice it to say, set this one down and find a quiet place and get all your cryin’ done before trying to be around other people.
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Aug 18, 2009
Craig
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Jan 19, 2012
Eslam
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حقا لا أصدق ما أراه بعينى من وصول الرسوم الكاريكاترية إلى هذا المستوى
كم هى رائعة بما تحتوى من تفاصيل مذهلة تشعرك وكأنك داخل المشهد
بالإضافة أنه يروق لى أسلوب الحوار بين الأشخاص بشدة
قصة ذلك العمل تدور حول انتشار أحد الأوبئة التى جعلت البشر أشبه بالزومبى من آكلى لحوم البشر ويستعرض محاولات بعض الناجين البقاء على ظهر الأرض فى ظل عدم وجود أدنى أمل فى استمرار الحياة بقيادة الشرطى ريك
بالاستمرار فى القراءة أشعر بروعة متابعة الأحداث ، فالقصة مشوقة حقا
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كم هى رائعة بما تحتوى من تفاصيل مذهلة تشعرك وكأنك داخل المشهد
بالإضافة أنه يروق لى أسلوب الحوار بين الأشخاص بشدة
قصة ذلك العمل تدور حول انتشار أحد الأوبئة التى جعلت البشر أشبه بالزومبى من آكلى لحوم البشر ويستعرض محاولات بعض الناجين البقاء على ظهر الأرض فى ظل عدم وجود أدنى أمل فى استمرار الحياة بقيادة الشرطى ريك
بالاستمرار فى القراءة أشعر بروعة متابعة الأحداث ، فالقصة مشوقة حقا
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Jul 28, 2011
Matti
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"The Walking Dead" on tällä hetkellä ilmestyvien kauhusarjakuvien ehdotonta aatelia. Kahdeksanteen osaan edennyt tarina on kuvaa pienen ihmisjoukon pinnistelyä romahtaneessa yhteiskunnassa, joka on mystisen zombie-ruton saastuttama. Elävien kuolleiden lisäksi syytä on varoa myös kanssaihmisiä, jotka saattavat olla susia toisilleen, mikäli oma selviytyminen on siitä kiinni.
Kuvio on siis melko perinteinen ja tuttu jokaiselle, joka on katsonut George A. Romeron elokuvia. Kirkman More...
Kuvio on siis melko perinteinen ja tuttu jokaiselle, joka on katsonut George A. Romeron elokuvia. Kirkman More...
Jul 01, 2010
Crazyjamie
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Eight volumes in, and this story gets what could really be called a 'season finale'. The last volume was slower and more sensitive than the volumes before it, with characters preparing themselves for the fight to come. That fight arrives in this volume, and it hits hard and without mercy.
Kirkham has proved in the past that he has no issue with killing characters, but he really reinforces that in the starkest terms in this volume. The crescendo at the end of this installment pulls no More...
Kirkham has proved in the past that he has no issue with killing characters, but he really reinforces that in the starkest terms in this volume. The crescendo at the end of this installment pulls no More...
Aug 11, 2011
Larry
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Well, I didn't see THAT coming! The Governor story arc comes to a fiery conclusion in this volume and honestly, I'm not sure if the series just jumped the shark in spectacular fashion.
The volume itself is incredible. The action is non-stop, as is the tension. Kirkman giveth and Kirkman taketh away, pulling out all the stops to make absolutely certain that reader comes to grip with just how brutal this new zombie-infested world is. The fact that he can convey that dread, terror an More...
The volume itself is incredible. The action is non-stop, as is the tension. Kirkman giveth and Kirkman taketh away, pulling out all the stops to make absolutely certain that reader comes to grip with just how brutal this new zombie-infested world is. The fact that he can convey that dread, terror an More...
Oct 15, 2010
Ian
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Feb 06, 2012
Suzanne
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I recognize the author meant to wrap up several things at once here, but it was a bit too much of a bloodbath for my taste. I found it unsatisfying.
I'd give the series up to this point just three stars. Early on, I suspected that much of the depth I was assigning the characters came from the AMC series. As the graphic novel progressed, it became clear this was the case. I have to give the tv writers some credit -- even with the show's imperfections, they did some great stuff with t More...
I'd give the series up to this point just three stars. Early on, I suspected that much of the depth I was assigning the characters came from the AMC series. As the graphic novel progressed, it became clear this was the case. I have to give the tv writers some credit -- even with the show's imperfections, they did some great stuff with t More...
Jan 23, 2012
Christa (Hooked on Books)
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I had to read this one in a single sitting. I was all consumed by the story and the insanity that unfolded within it.
This is one amazing horror story. It's creepy and terrifying and violent. But the dialogue is still well written, and the artwork adds that perfect air of creepiness.
However I'm a little less than pleased with the ending. I'm just not sure how the series goes on from here. As you may have noticed from my earlier reviews, I'm already becoming a little exha More...
This is one amazing horror story. It's creepy and terrifying and violent. But the dialogue is still well written, and the artwork adds that perfect air of creepiness.
However I'm a little less than pleased with the ending. I'm just not sure how the series goes on from here. As you may have noticed from my earlier reviews, I'm already becoming a little exha More...
Aug 23, 2011
Matt
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Sep 09, 2011
Anthony
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Speechless... I don't really know what to say. Walking away after this end was hard. I wish I had the next volume right here to dive in to.
Made to suffer was a fitting title... So much happens, this was like a season finale right here. This volume has the knock down, drag out fight that was promised in the last volume. The last volume was more sensitive and slow focusing on rebuilding and preparing for impending doom. Well its here and it comes in a big way. The Governor of Woodbury is More...
Made to suffer was a fitting title... So much happens, this was like a season finale right here. This volume has the knock down, drag out fight that was promised in the last volume. The last volume was more sensitive and slow focusing on rebuilding and preparing for impending doom. Well its here and it comes in a big way. The Governor of Woodbury is More...
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Apr 20, 2011
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Dec 16, 2011
Kelly-anne.♥.
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WOOW! Just, wow... That's all I can say. If you enjoy this series, but have not read this one yet, I HIGHLY recommend that you do. It is definately the most important to the story line thus far! I had so many emotions after reading this book, that I want to take a little break from the series, lol. Not because it's bad! Hell no. Just because I was so mad, and sad that the story had to go in that direction. It will make things VERY interesting from this point on, and I don't hate it, but i'm just
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Mar 18, 2011
Frank
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Wow. I wasn't that big a fan of this story arc, but Kirkman just shocked and awed me into submission.
While I liked how there was a focus in the series on man's inhumanity in the face of this apocolyptic terror, they seemed to get away from the zombies a little too much. They became background, and really, they're what brought me to the dance in the first place. They make a comeback at the end of this volume, but by that point the...well, the entire gastrointestinal tract had hit the More...
While I liked how there was a focus in the series on man's inhumanity in the face of this apocolyptic terror, they seemed to get away from the zombies a little too much. They became background, and really, they're what brought me to the dance in the first place. They make a comeback at the end of this volume, but by that point the...well, the entire gastrointestinal tract had hit the More...
Oct 30, 2010
Lloyd
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Wow.
The action ramps right back up here where volume 6 of the series left off. Volume 7 was a bit... um... calm, but we're back to the visceral shock here that makes the series so exciting to read.
What we have in the pages of "Made to Suffer" is nothing short of the chronicle of a war. We've got all the emotions that go into it, all the urgency of why the war must be fought, and all of the ugliness that war brings.
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The action ramps right back up here where volume 6 of the series left off. Volume 7 was a bit... um... calm, but we're back to the visceral shock here that makes the series so exciting to read.
What we have in the pages of "Made to Suffer" is nothing short of the chronicle of a war. We've got all the emotions that go into it, all the urgency of why the war must be fought, and all of the ugliness that war brings.
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Dec 20, 2011
David
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A quick note on The Walking Dead, for those thinking of taking up the series:
If you're squeamish, don't read book six. Really, unless you're a gorehound, don't do it.
And, if, within the frail and withered husk of the body wherein resides the failing spark of your beaten-down but still somehow hopeful soul, you still have the slightest capability for finding any small semblance of love or joy in this broken world in which we live, then for god's sake, whatever you do More...
If you're squeamish, don't read book six. Really, unless you're a gorehound, don't do it.
And, if, within the frail and withered husk of the body wherein resides the failing spark of your beaten-down but still somehow hopeful soul, you still have the slightest capability for finding any small semblance of love or joy in this broken world in which we live, then for god's sake, whatever you do More...
Jul 31, 2011
Jennifer
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Knew that it was coming . . . still heart-breaking.
This is a pivotal point in the series - the survivors and the Governor's people from Woodbury finally have their face-off - and it is just as awful and terrible and heart-breaking as I kept fearing.
How do survive when the worst really has happened to you and your family?
"The Walking Dead" is about so much more than zombies. It really is about what it means to be human when everything is ripped away from More...
This is a pivotal point in the series - the survivors and the Governor's people from Woodbury finally have their face-off - and it is just as awful and terrible and heart-breaking as I kept fearing.
How do survive when the worst really has happened to you and your family?
"The Walking Dead" is about so much more than zombies. It really is about what it means to be human when everything is ripped away from More...
Jul 18, 2011
Jennifer
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Made to Suffer, the eighth volume in The Walking Dead graphic novel series, is by far the very best one - at least in terms of shocking deaths. In the past, Robert Kirkman has managed to surprise us repeatedly with his ability to kill off characters that we think of as safe. In Made to Suffer, it's not just the quantity of deaths (it's a truckload), nor the specific people he kills off (even the most cynical horror fan may find themselves surprised by the end of this one), but both - mixed with
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Sep 28, 2010
logankstewart
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This is the hardest hitting volume of The Walking Dead so far. So much happened by the end of the book that it was hard to fall asleep after reading it. I turned to my wife and said, "I don't know why I read this stuff. It's too sad."
I lay in bed thinking about this series, especially the events of Made to Suffer. Robert Kirkman is telling a brutal zombie story, and this addition pulls the rug out from under you and injects questions (like, Why?) in your heart.
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I lay in bed thinking about this series, especially the events of Made to Suffer. Robert Kirkman is telling a brutal zombie story, and this addition pulls the rug out from under you and injects questions (like, Why?) in your heart.
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Aug 04, 2011
Holy crap! The Govenor is so crazy and evil!!! I must admit though, it was fun to watch him totally loose his cool as his army is consistantly rebuffed by our heroes! The prison is easily defended and when all else fails, the Govenor drives the tank over the fence to gain access and allowing all the roamers in as well. Unfortunately for our heroes, many do not survive the breech. I think about half of the characters are killed in this volume. It ends with many questions left unanswered.
Sep 16, 2010
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Jun 19, 2011
Stephanie
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The action ramps up full force in this installment of the series. The governor comes back to end the story arc and overtake the prison. There is a lot of violence in this issue, about the same amount Kirkman has in previous chapters. Everything you came to think of as stable or put together is suddenly shaken. Characters you loved are killed off, and suddenly everything is thrown into upheaval. It ends on a cliffhanger and makes you want to keep reading the next one
Sep 22, 2011
Andy
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Wow, the inevitable brutal climax of the recent collections is violent, surprising and very shocking. A lot of people die and it seems no-one is sacred in the world Kirkman has created. It's handled well and certainly doesn't play out quite how you'd expect. The art remains gritty and perfect for the text in stark black and white.
From this point forwards, everything has changed and my fear is where we go from here (especially when most of my favourite characters are dead). Kind More...
From this point forwards, everything has changed and my fear is where we go from here (especially when most of my favourite characters are dead). Kind More...
Jul 28, 2011
Jami
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This series gets more and more intense to the point where I almost screamed at the end. That would have been ok if I weren't sitting in a coffee shop in Mountain View, surrounded by quiet retirees and white collar workers hurrying to get their daily dose of java. OH MY GOD!!! I have NO idea how they could film some of these scenes for the tv show, but I want to find out.
The only down side is there are only 4 volumes left. <sigh>
The only down side is there are only 4 volumes left. <sigh>
