I am still confused after reading this book all the way through and then going back to read certain sections to try and gain some clarity. I know the main plot of this is that there is a grizzled cop who witnesses a woman get murdered on the street. When they do a retina scan, it is discovered that she has two identities. One of her husbands is a nice dentist and the other is a bad guy who's trying to make a synthetic drug and sell it for a lot of money. Other than that, I couldn't really tell you what happened. The characters were forgettable and I had to constantly flip back and forth to remember who was who and what they were doing. Overall, I don't know if I would recommend this book. I think it may do better for a certain demographic that is not me. Personally, this will not be one that I will be adding to my collection but I do think it has it's place in a library setting and it could be popular. (If I had the option I would give this 2.5 stars instead of 3)

I feel like almost everything I am reading this year is leaving me confused but this one may take the cake. Here is what I can tell you without spoiling too many things:
It is Los Angeles in the year 2050. There is a good, decent cop who witnesses a woman being killed on the street.
The woman has two completely different identities logged in the system. One identity is that of a woman married to a dentist who seems to be a good guy, but is also kind of addicted to virtual reality. The other identity is that of a woman married to chemist who is an absolute piece of crap. This guy has developed a synthetic form of heroin he is trying to sell to a drug dealer.
Before the good cop can figure out why this lady is two different people, her body is stolen from the morgue by shady characters who allegedly want to stop shitty chemist guy from selling his formula on the grounds that it will ruin the economies of a bunch of tiny countries whose entire function is growing opium poppies, therefore throwing the world's economy into chaos.
So are these second group of dudes good guys or bad guys? Who do they work for? Why do they want the woman's body? What is even happening in this hot mess of a story?
I still have no idea.

The place, Los Angeles. The time, the year 2050. A cop ends up on the case of a murdered woman, and things go haywire from there. She has two husbands and two lives that she was living. Did one of her husbands have something to do with her death? Or is there something bigger going on? There's definitely something bigger, but you'll be surprised at the ending.

⭐1 Star

I have no strong feelings for this novel. It didn't excite me, but I wasn't completely bored while reading it.
This graphic novel kept my attention until the end because of the art style but the story was convoluted and lacking the depth I need to feel fully engaged in what I was reading.

Trigger Warning ⚠: Major Character Death, Violence Against Women, Murder, Domestic Violence.

I received an advance review copy for free via NetGalley in alliance with Humanoids. I am leaving this review voluntarily 📚.

Reading this it was little surprise to find out it was originally a French BD, a two-parter involving multiple investigators and multiple crime forces following multiple people, and a female corpse who identifies as two people when her retinal scans are run through the databases. The book makes a merit of its clean, crisp futuristic look, but it isn't all that – for one thing, it also wants to make a virtue out of having grizzled middle-age detectives, and they end up running into each other and confusing the heck out of the reader. With no way of keeping track who's from which office the book ends up far too close to being a fail. One and a half stars.