A review by mandalynreads
The Nice House on the Lake (2021-) #1 by James Tynion IV

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

2.0

After thinking I had lost access to this book (didn't download my arc in time) I recently found it on my ipad so I'm here with a review! 

The Nice House on the Lake is a short horror graphic novel series about this group of "friends" who are brought together to live in this nice house on a lake by a mutual friend they all share. After getting there he tells them the rest of the world is gone and some weird things start happening .

I was really excited to try this horror/scifi graphic novel. I saw the art was amazing and was so excited to get super creeped out. Unfortunately I was let down in almost all areas. 

The story was boring and introduced its characters back to back, leaving no time for any of them to develop beyond their title in this house. Along with the fast paced nature, the story jumps in time leaving me with a feeling of loss and confusion. Like I said I was drawn in by the art, but the page to page style wasn't my personal favorite and left it feeling like it had no personality. The coloring and line art were things I could find in any other graphic novel, and did not lead to a better understanding of the story. Along with that there were pages of text, which took too long to read for a graphic novel. 

The one good thing I can say about this graphic novel is the one shot pages were phenomenal! 

Thanks to Netgalley and DC comics for giving me a copy of this graphic novel in exchange for an honest review!