Rachel Rising Volume 6 Review: It’s Die, Wake, Rage, Repeat
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Rachel wakes up after dying for the 100th time in ‘Rachel Rising’. Lilith is back from dead too. They fight. And the plan is still to stop the more evil Malus.
What’s even new?
Not much. Except for a new revelation about Rachel’s biblical connection with Lilith. Which didn’t even seem like much of a surprise. Flashbacks in earlier issues of the horror comic hinted at some sort of sisterhood between the two, but it turns out their bond runs deeper than merely being women feared as witches by religious zealots.
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Artistically, there are quite a few changes through the comic-book series. For instance, it’s no longer incessantly snowing in Manson, Rachel’s little town plagued by ancient malevolent entities, herself included.
Volume 6 of ‘Rachel Rising’ starts with a rain-soaked scene, where a fresh bleeding body is lying covered on the road. The town has yet another murder mystery to solve, and the body ends up in aunt Johnny’s morgue.
The plot is getting repetitive at this point, but I’ve grown fond of some of the characters, so it’s still entertaining to watch them chat, bicker, gossip, and plot. Lilith, who was out of commission for a while, is back on the scene, seeking both Zoey’s and Rachel’s help in her mission to stop Malus from unleashing hell on Earth.
Why can’t Lilith pick a lane? On one hand, she wants to annihilate Manson and everyone in the little town; on the other, she wants to win ‘God’s’ favor by defeating Malus. So… does she hate humans or not? Rachel almost half-solves her murder mystery, but still has a mission to complete.
The only bit that was perhaps slightly uncharacteristic in this volume of ‘Rachel Rising’ was the cutesy, sweet blossoming romance between Rachel’s best-friend Jet and the nerdy, gentle-giant Earl. The sprinkling of their unlikely romantic bond was perhaps the only fresh offering in these chapters.
Well, there’s only one more volume to go, and I am hoping we get an explosive finale, because things are beginning to lose steam in ‘Rachel Rising’. It’s Terry Moore’s excellent artwork that’s keeping me around.
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars. ‘Rachel Rising‘ is also on Kindle Unlimited.
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