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In the last chapter, after they were thrown out of the farm, the group of survivors found an abandoned prison filled with zombies. In this chapter they decided to live there, so in order to do that they cleaned it up from (almost) all the zombies. When they got in tho they found out that some prisoners live there and while that upsets some of them, they decided to live with them. Rick also goes back to the farm and brings the people who lived there in the prison, in order to be safer. They all spend some time there, but unfortunately they can’t escape death, even if it’s not caused by zombies. Tyreese’s daughter died in a suicide pact she had made with her boyfriend and said boyfriend was killed by Tyreese when he found out. Also, the youngest daughters of the farmer were killed by someone as well (I won’t reveal who).
This was a heavy one… There’s so much death in this chapter that it’s devastating. The amount of death has affected everyone and it’s very interesting to see how everyone’s grieving process is very different and how this whole situation changes them. There’s a lot more action and violence in this chapter than in the last ones and while I didn’t expect to like that, because I’m not a big fan of action and violence, it’s all written in such a great way that I loved it. Also, I truly appreciate that this series doesn’t treat death as something fun and entertaining, instead it shows how horrible it is and how it affects everyone. Rick feels very guilty for the death of the two girls, because he’s the one who told their father to come to the prison with them and this guilt almost breaks him and makes him do things that otherwise he wouldn’t. While there’s all this action and violence, there are still many heated debates and verbal fights in this chapter.
When they find the person who killed the two girls, the characters discus what they should do with him and if in situations like that the punishment should fit the crime. It’s a very interesting and thought provoking debate. Also, in this chapter, Rick and his wife are having some marital problems and they argue very frequently. Their fights are very well written and interesting, but something that bothers me a bit since the beginning of this series is that I don’t think that Rick’s wife is as well written as most of the other characters. She does have a personality, but she’s a bit bland and not very well rounded in my opinion. A character that’s more interesting than her tho is her 7 year old son. In this chapter he starts having a relationship with another girl and it’s very sweet. That might be the most optimistic and heartwarming part of this chapter. Finally, this chapter raises some new questions. At some point, the characters find out that after someone dies, even is he isn’t bitten by a zombie, he still turns into one. This is something very interesting and I’d love to see if there’s an explanation on to why that happens, in a later chapter.
The artwork in this chapter is still not as good as it was in the first one, but I’m getting more used to this artist’s style and I certainly enjoy it more than I did before. The characters’ expressions are clear, they are all easy to tell apart and the panel to panel storytelling is good, so it all works. It’s really nothing special in my opinion, but it’s fine.
Overall, this was a great chapter. Very interesting, captivating and painful. So far it’s the most pessimistic and violent chapter, but I “enjoyed” that.
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