Graphic Novel Review – Clockwork Assassin (Lady Mechanika, Vol 4) by Joe Benitez, M. M. Chen, Peter Steigerwald, Beth Sotelo, Mike Garcia (3/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult
Genre: Steampunk/Graphic Novel
Length: 88 pages
Publisher: Benitez Productions
Release Date: June 26, 2018
ISBN-13: 978-0996603096
Stand Alone or Series: 4th volume in the Lady Mechanika series
Source: Bought
Rating: 3/5 stars
“When a series of brutal murders linked to Mr. Lewis’ past leads Detective Inspector Singh to Lady Mechanika’s doorstep, the Inspector is finally forced to consider: is Lady Mechanika a crime-fighting hero or a cold blooded killer?”
This is the fourth book in the Lady Mechanika series. I didn’t like it quite as much as previous volumes in the series. I felt like there was a lot less action and a lot more “who done it” mystery type story. I continue to really enjoy the illustration and love the main characters.
Someone is killing people who were involved in a secret device program and Lady Mechanika is being blamed because the assassin appears to have mechanical abilities. Lady Mechanika tries to help the police find the killer in order to clear her name.
There are a ton of names and characters in the first few pages of this graphic novel; I thought given the rather simplistic plot that this just wasn’t needed and just took up page space. The plot is very simplistic and predictable. It’s supposed to be one of those twist turny “gotcha” type of mysteries but it just wasn’t.
I really love the illustration style still. There is a lot of detail and the color pallette is deep and rich. The illustration is easy to follow and I enjoyed it.
Overall this was an okay volume in the Lady Mechanika series. It was very short and the story/plot was a bit lacking. There is less action and more mystery solving. If the next volume is like this I will probably give up reading this series.
This book goes towards the following reading challenges:
– New Release Reading Challenge
– Goodreads Reading Challenge
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge