Far Sector

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I read this twice before we met to talk about it in book club, largely because it took me so much of the book to really understand what was going on, so I thought rereading it with full knowledge of the plot would help me fill in the logic. As the populace rises up against the legacy of the Emotion Exploit and leaders grapple for power under threat of a new war, Jo must rely on her unique instincts—as a Green Lantern and the only human in this sector—to solve the crime and guide the City Enduring toward a more promi sing future. Its astonishing to look at, really maybe his best work and knowing that he will be on Superman next, I can't wait to see more of his stuff but as fa as this book goes do read it for a different type of GL story, a new thought out world with interesting ideas and amazing art! A civilization that is supposedly emotionless by design — except for it’s pretty impossible to tell, and had it not been stated over and over again I would have completely forgotten the premise. As always, Jemisin’s worldbuilding is top-notch, her dialogue is refreshing, and her lead character is dynamic.

But we are given the barest of information of her life in Brooklyn on Earth in the tiniest and sparsest of flashbacks, as we are dropped with her into a planetary-sized city in the farthest reaches of space.Murders can be committed for consolidating power, for profit, and in the case of psychopaths, for no reason at all, so it seems to be a bit unbelievable that merely turning off emotions would eliminate murder. Jo is also a great character and well-developed in this short span of 12 issues, with so many great character quirks, like the fact that she’s a Lantern with a total fear of flying. I also did not have any prior knowledge of Green Lanterns, so I was very slow to realize things that longtime comics fans would have understood intuitively about who this character was, and why she was different but also placed into a long lineage of lanterns. Lumir, the Council’s seneshall and an anti-Exploit supporter, states that it is an antibomb (small weapons of mass destruction that release antimatter pulses) and more will go off all over the City if the referendum servers don’t come back online. Why did the Council send for a Green Lantern anyway when the crooks in charge could get away with their crimes easier without their interference?

So, the story here is a blend of murder-investigation-that-goes-all-the-way-to-the-top, sci-fi world building, coming of. Jemisin crafts a gripping story that shows us the origin of her new hero throughout, and how she handles her first real case as a hero. The next day, Syzn messages Jo asking her to quell an unapproved protest of over a hundred thousand people in Platform Forget Not. Jo meets with An again, who knows that the Council will likely ignore the demands of the people but the protestors will fight for change anyway. It has enough to make this a black label book, but as they are not overused the speech seems more natural and authentic.

Its an intriguing book with amazing concepts and thought out worlds and people but honestly towards half way of the book it starts to meander and towards the end gets boring sort of and the investigation and reveals while has some fun reveals feels a bit too cliché but then again you can consider it as good too because Jo doesn't do the whole punch first, ask questions later.