The Umbrella Academy Volume 3: Hotel Oblivion
Ratings16
Average rating3.5
Even with giving myself a little refresh of the plot from the first two, there were lots of plot threads here that didn't make sense or weave into any larger story. Have always liked the weirdness and Ba's art, but this felt needlessly scattered.
Fascinating continuation and expansion of the narrative if a bit psychedelic in the telling.
Woah! There's a lot going on (not that that wasn't the case in the previous volumes but it's even more so here) so many characters and stories. It's almost like flicking through the TV channels and trying to make an overall plot out of the snapshots.
I'm not saying I didn't enjoy it because I did. I'm just not quite sure what I enjoyed! Bá's artwork is delightfully graphic, bright and garish and at times the only thing holding the whole thing together. Way's ideas are huge, probably too big to be confined to even a double spread but worth letting yourself go along for the ride.
As before it ends with a beginning, probably this time a beginning that wil never end.
Overall: flawed - yes, yet I am sure I will return to this series again and again.