![]() ![]() For having so many characters and taking the reader in so many different directions, the creators have done an astounding job weaving it all together to make a beautiful and heartbreaking story (were I to try creating this type of narrative, I doubt it would even be coherent). ![]() The intricacy of the intersecting narratives is marvelous. ![]() I feel like even trying to describe the book, beyond what I’ve said so far, would be doing it a huge disservice. To name a few, there’s a prince who’s willing to do whatever he needs to reunite with his son, two reporters whose relationship is illegal in their native society, a child who’d been sold into sex trafficking by her family, a transgender woman who takes no crap from anyone, and a writer who’s lost everything to the war that’s taken over the galaxy… again, to name a few. That said, there’s an amazing cast of supporting characters who all have their own storylines and growth alongside our protagonists. Its core is the story of two parents - set up as star-crossed lovers from opposite armies in a galactic war - and the risks they take for the daughter they have. It’s complicated on top of complicated, and the characterization is so well presented it’s painful. Saga is a sucker-punch of a narrative, and it left me reeling up until the last page. Imagine this: a story with the drama of A Song of Ice and Fire in a graphic novel format, except set in space. ![]()
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