Ethan Hawke

I definitely questioned why Jack would bring his son with him that day, knowing what was to come he wouldn’t just leave a teenager at home alone or drop him off somewhere safe instead? The book does refer to Jack repeatedly as a screw up and there’s certainly examples of that throughout the story so maybe it is possible that this particular father really would have been reckless enough to bring his child in contact with all of that.

There was one instance where it seemed that dialogue was attributed to the wrong character, and a couple times I went in the wrong direction as far as which panel I was meant to read next (maybe that was reader error?), but generally I thought this was really well put together, and the art truly impressive, particularly the faces, Jack being an absolute ringer for Ethan Hawke really added to the action movie-like feel of this.

While there was the aforementioned plausibility issue and I would have preferred more closure in the end, I really did like the father-son relationship especially in the more intense emotional moments, and overall this was an entertaining and memorable page turner.… (more)