Saga, Volume 7
The seventh volume of Saga deals with love and loss, mostly loss. Hazel and her family find themselves stranded on the comet Phang while their ship refuels. Phang, the book reminds us, is where The Will found Sophie. It's a poor, exploited, downtrodden war zone. But Hazel and her family end up enjoying some of the best months of their lives their. Right up until it all turns to shit.
Hazel's older now, and it's fun to see her as a bratty six-year-old. She's dealing with conflicting feelings about her mom's pregnancy, lashing out at her baby-sitter, making new friends with the locals. It's all very sweet and heartwarming, but the impending doom adds a lot of tension.
Things go belly-up pretty spectacularly. A new assassin has been sent after the family, but the two warring nations are also conspiring to just get rid of Phang once and for all. Why continue to expend resources when you can just cut your losses?
It's always sad to lose characters, but if I'm being honesty it's almost a relief in a sprawling story like this. I can only keep track of so many, and if the writers want to keep adding new ones, then they need to let some of the older ones go. So this installment serves to clear the field a bit and set up the next series of adventures.
It's been a while since I read the last volume of Saga. And one of these days I am going to go back and read the whole thing straight through. But this volume did a good job of reminding me of relevant details. I had no problem following the story and all the emotional beats hit. I'm excited to see where it goes from here, even if that means more chaos and despair.
Hazel's older now, and it's fun to see her as a bratty six-year-old. She's dealing with conflicting feelings about her mom's pregnancy, lashing out at her baby-sitter, making new friends with the locals. It's all very sweet and heartwarming, but the impending doom adds a lot of tension.
Things go belly-up pretty spectacularly. A new assassin has been sent after the family, but the two warring nations are also conspiring to just get rid of Phang once and for all. Why continue to expend resources when you can just cut your losses?
It's always sad to lose characters, but if I'm being honesty it's almost a relief in a sprawling story like this. I can only keep track of so many, and if the writers want to keep adding new ones, then they need to let some of the older ones go. So this installment serves to clear the field a bit and set up the next series of adventures.
It's been a while since I read the last volume of Saga. And one of these days I am going to go back and read the whole thing straight through. But this volume did a good job of reminding me of relevant details. I had no problem following the story and all the emotional beats hit. I'm excited to see where it goes from here, even if that means more chaos and despair.
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