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This is the first full length graphic novel which contains the first six issues of the Welcome to Lovecraft story arc. It was a really good collection. The drawings are beautiful and in full color and the story is creepy and intricate. There are two more full length graphic novels out already; Head Games and Crown of Shadows. The fourth is being released issue to issue this year and is called Keys to the Kingdom.
After the murder of their father Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode Locke relocate to the Keyhouse with their mother. Bode finds that certain keys lead through certain doors that do things; the one he finds turns him into corporeal form for as long as he wants. Meanwhile the kid that murdered the Lockes' dad is trying to escape from juvenile detention to come back and finish what he started. Also Bode meets someone mysterious in a well outside the house.
This book is very creepy in a number of ways. You have a brutal murderer on the loose at one point, a house with doors that lead you to mysterious place and do mysterious things, and a strange creepy person in a well. It was a great story and the illustrations are just wonderful. It was very engaging and very hard to put down. The characters are well done and you are really rooting for them throughout the book. This is definitely a horror novel.
Overall a great graphic novel. It is on the borderline of being a bit too creepy for me. I am super curious about what else the Locke's will find in the house though, so I will definitely pick up the next compilation "Head Games".
After the murder of their father Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode Locke relocate to the Keyhouse with their mother. Bode finds that certain keys lead through certain doors that do things; the one he finds turns him into corporeal form for as long as he wants. Meanwhile the kid that murdered the Lockes' dad is trying to escape from juvenile detention to come back and finish what he started. Also Bode meets someone mysterious in a well outside the house.
This book is very creepy in a number of ways. You have a brutal murderer on the loose at one point, a house with doors that lead you to mysterious place and do mysterious things, and a strange creepy person in a well. It was a great story and the illustrations are just wonderful. It was very engaging and very hard to put down. The characters are well done and you are really rooting for them throughout the book. This is definitely a horror novel.
Overall a great graphic novel. It is on the borderline of being a bit too creepy for me. I am super curious about what else the Locke's will find in the house though, so I will definitely pick up the next compilation "Head Games".
GAIL L. (my2luvsemmyandmally) reviewed Locke And Key: Welcome to Lovecraft on + 758 more book reviews
Really did not care for this storyline !
Shannon M. (confuzzledbooks) reviewed Locke And Key: Welcome to Lovecraft on + 486 more book reviews
I have never read any thing by Joe Hill or Lovecraft and I have to say I was impressed with the creepiness of the story. My favorite supernatural thing that happened was the the door in the house you go through and you die but you can come back to your body later. As you are dead you see everything going on in the house.
I am not sure where Lovecraft comes into play but I know that Lovecraft is known for generally insinuating creepy feeling. I think this does that to some extent but it is a graphic novel so most of it is visual. The writing is definitely is what helps it along.
Visually the art is stunning and gets the job done.
I couldnt really ask for more or a better storyline for this graphic novel.
I am not sure where Lovecraft comes into play but I know that Lovecraft is known for generally insinuating creepy feeling. I think this does that to some extent but it is a graphic novel so most of it is visual. The writing is definitely is what helps it along.
Visually the art is stunning and gets the job done.
I couldnt really ask for more or a better storyline for this graphic novel.
I also did not know this was written as a comic book, but once I started to read this book I had to buy the other 4. It is about a family who loses their father/husband and they move to a new home that is full of keys that reveil lots of surprises. This book is not the same old thing that we read over and over again. It was very refreshing to see and read some new ideas. I read all 5 that are in this series and everyone I could not put down until I was done. And the art work was amazing. I think there will be one more in the story line to finish it up and I can not wait to read it.
If I had known it was written in comic book form, I would have never purchased.
