An intriguing, quirky, violent adventure. If you miss DC's Vertigo imprint, be aware that Karen Berger, the original editor of the classic imprint, is now at Dark Horse Comics, shepherding a new stable of talent and editing Berger Books, a line of comics similar in feel to the old Vertigo.

There are WAY too many things the author tried to include in this relatively short book. It gets increasingly confusing and so much more violent and graphic than I anticipated.

I could tell from the very beginning this is a very special one. I think I first heard about it at NYCC two years ago before it came out. It was from Berger Books who usually do unique things, it was the first comics from Halt and Catch Fire creator Christopher Cantwell, and it dealt with mental illness using some light sci-fi setting. 

So while I never seen Halt and Catch Fire (don't yell at me, I know,) I was very curious about this one and finally got it at this year's NYCC. 

And I truly do love the way they portrayed Luna's illness. A brain that won't stop and will send her way these images she really doesn't want to see.I do think it's a story that stands out and I'm very glad that there's a volume 2  which I now need to get my hands on..

So I picked this up because Cantwell is the co-creator of one of my favorite TV shows Halt and Catch Fire and I was curious what a comic from him would be like. And I’m not sure what I think? It was a weird story - intense and gruesome. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t what I expecting.

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Very bizarre. The MC is a seriously disturbed individual. I'd prefer to not read or see any more of this.

After reading you realize it suffers from ‘looks cool’ disease.

Cantwell’s extremely brutal and intricate story fits Martin Morazzo’s art style perfectly and I can’t honestly understand why this Goodreads listing doesn’t mention Morazzo at all!! I came to know of him from his work on The Ice Cream Man and his style is so pretty yet so incredibly unsettling, it made even me, the biggest scaredy cat in the world, read and truly enjoy this macabre horror story. Highly recommended (and credit the artist, goddamn it!!!)!

She Could Fly is an onion in an onion.

A teenager whose mental illness has her convinced that she's evil and will eventually hurt everyone she loves, becomes obsessed with a flying woman, and then entangled in a web of espionage surrounding her death. It's a great setup for a book. I loved the art, and felt like the author had a tight grip on each of these characters. Unfortunately, it didn't flow well for me. A few times I thought I might have missed a page when the action abruptly turned from one scene to another. And I felt that the ending wrapped up way too fast, given the setup.

I'm still going to check out the next chapter "Lost Pilots" as it comes out, but I'm not as excited as I was when I finished reading the first issue.

I recommend it for readers looking for a realistically portrayed mentally ill female protagonist, and people who miss the feel of early 21st century Vertigo books.