Stephen Gilpin

This installment of Wires and Nerve was objectively so much better than the first one.

In this, the final part of The Lunar Chronicles masterpiece, Iko finally gets her time to shine (and her own romance—though it's undoubtedly the least rewarding of TLC romances). The graphic novel is filled with all of the excitement, personality, and straight-up nonsense (see: Thorne) of the previous TLC novels. While this duology does not (dare I say, could not) hold a candle to the original series, it show more is still a fun and worthy addition. If you love The Lunar Chronicles as much as I do (and as much as most of Goodreads does) I encourage you to give this one a try!

My biggest complaint is still the artwork. There will always be a little tension between the readers and the artwork anytime a series is adapted in some way to a graphic novel. I know this. To be so honest, I pictured most of the characters as looking fairly different than their adaptations (which I realize is a fault of mine but I simply do not care).

Regardless, I still did not care for the artwork in this series. It isn't very pretty, and characters like Winter, who are supposed to be straight-up stunning, come across as... well... the same as all of the other boring-looking characters. It wasn't enough to take me out of the story, though, so I'd still recommend this duology.

Bottom line: It may be ugly, but it's got a great personality. show less

Nice second installment, nice to to revisit these characters. I could wish that they did not all have to be so darn willowy, but it is an idealistic medium, and so we get what we get. I do appreciate that an android character has strengths and challenges that humans do not, and Meyer does a fantastic job exploring those.

This pains me to say, but though the writing was a 5, the art was a 2 at most, so all together I gave this volume a 3. I also think that some of the suspense with this volume doesn't work if you read [b:Stars Above|25689074|Stars Above (The Lunar Chronicles, #4.5)|Marissa Meyer|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1472473049s/25689074.jpg|45517469] since you get to see the group with their HEA. So maybe it would have been better to just have the group dealing with things after [redacted ]. show more

"Gone Rogue" is the second and last volume in "Wires and Nerves." This time Meyer does not just focus on Iko. She instead includes everyone in a better way than she did in volume 1. I still needed more Thorne and Jacin though. We do get more of Cress, Scarlett, and Wolf so that was an upside to this volume.

"Gone Rogue" has Iko and the rest of our Lunar Chronicles heroes trying to do what they can to stop a murderous group of bio-engineered wolves from wrecking havoc on Earth. They demand that Cinder reverses the procedures are they are taking out everyone. The leader of the group seems fixated on Cinder. I get why he's angry, but he's definitely taking it out on the wrong person here.

The writing as I said was great. The flow in this one was much better. You get to complete arcs in the chapters you read. And I have to say that the ending made me smile.

But as I said in the first volume, the artwork is lacking. Why does Winter have a terrible afro? Can you tell me why everyone has the same face? I think some pops of color would have dressed up the drabness of the color scheme and artwork. I know not everything can compare to [b:Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born|342445|Stephen King's The Dark Tower The Gunslinger Born|Peter David|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1489721554s/342445.jpg|2402933], but I kept comparing the two graphic novels and definitely thought that the later work is heads and shoulders above "Gone Rogue." show less

An amazing conclusion to the Lunar Chronicles' graphic novel follow-up story. I love that Meyer allowed Iko to shine in her own right. It also included some events only alluded to in the short story collection, which was nice to see played out. Excellent. Now I want to reread the entire series.