Book Review: Tomb Raider #1

Book: Tomb Raider #1: Survivor's Guilt by Gail Simone with illustrations by Nicolas Daniel Selma and color by Michael Atiyeh

Rating: 3 1/2 stars

Review:

I thought the first issue was off to a good start it had a few slow moments but all in all it was a pretty good story.

The story follows as Lara wakes up from a horrible nightmare. After surviving a terrible boating accident it has left her dealing with the after effects. But she's not the only one suffering, her two friends Sam (her roommate) and Jonah were also having those same nightmares.

But those haunting nightmares just might be the key to what's going because after Lara went to check on Jonah (she had received a desperate and frightening call from him) Lara found him in a awful state. It seems they may have taken something from an island they were searching and in doing that may have conjured something that might going after them. While she was trying to talk with Jonah a weird flash storm happened and as Jonah was helping her get away he told her to "beware the four guardians".

As I said it's starting out good, but I do hope there will be a bit more going on in the second issue. I know this might sound weird but I think this book might need a British consultant because even though Gail Simone is a very good writer, Lara doesn't quite seem British. It's easy to over look but American English is different from British English.

I thought the artwork was good, I love how bright and colorful it was. I enjoyed reading this and look forward to reading the second issue.