Lemire does it again. An utterly thrilling sci-fi adventure.

Like most of Lemire’s best work the themes of family and making the best of terrible situations are explored with a typically deft touch.

The shocking opening of the book left me breathless. I read this in one sitting flipping through the pages with more haste than the brilliant artwork deserved. Walta’s work here is lovely. The design of the spaceship and characters is realistic yet striking. While all the action scenes are terrifically choreographed, the book really soars when our protagonists are talking to each other, all the pain and uncertainty writ large across their faces as they seek to find a way through the awful circumstances they find themselves in.

Melancholic yet unsentimental Sentient is a story of survival and love that is just wonderfully told.

Brilliant stuff.

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