Review: Bitch Planet (Volume One) by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine de Landro (L)

Synopsis: In a future just a few years down the road in the wrong direction, a woman's failure to comply with her patriarchal overlords will result in exile to the meanest penal planet in the galaxy. When the newest crop of fresh femmes arrive, can they work together to stay alive or will hidden agendas, crooked guards, and the deadliest sport on (or off!) Earth take them to their maker?

Review: With bold, old-school style art, the author dumps you into a world with little preamble. Patriarchy rules and women who disobey men are sent to a penal colony off-planet.

It took me several pages to figure out the world-building, and the characters. I found myself angry, not with the characters, but with the story. It seemed tangled and preachy, as if the author is trying too hard to convince me of something I already know.

Having said that, I might read the second volume, if only to finish the story. 

Bookmarks: 3 of 5

Awards: TBD

ISBN: 978-1-63215-366-1
Year Published: 2015
Date Finished: 12-5-2018
Pages: 132