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In Animal Farm we follow the animal state as it slowly goes from “all animals are equal” to “some are more equal than others”. Here we are already at that stage. We have animals ruled by bull and his dog guards and worked down to the bones like slaves.

This story instead focuses on revolution and finding the best way to fight back. I don't think I should reveal more than that about the story.

I was a bit lukewarm about it at the start. I felt like it wasn’t bringing anything new. But slowly it got more and more interesting and I started to get more emotionally involved, too. And then the end was just perfect.

We get some interesting characters with different personalities and ideas. With their own personal stories. We also get quite strong POVs from the leadership position. I especially enjoyed the character of one of the guard dogs.

I really liked the art. It can be a bit difficult to show detailed emotions on animal faces, but the drawing of the whole scene helped to convey the right atmosphere and feelings.

This was marked as volume 1, so I suppose more is to come, but it also works as a standalone, so I can only recommend it to everyone. ( )