Thank you so much to net galley and the publisher for sending me a copy of this graphic novel! The illustration in this is stunning to look at and the plot line of the story is excellent. I definitely would recommend this!

3,5/5

This futuristic graphic novel takes places in Paris in the year 2119. In this futuristic view of the world, teletransportation is the new revolutionary way to travel. But not everybody believes in this technology. Tristan who really distrusts this technology prefers to travel by foot or metro. One day, he witnesses something he is not supposed to have seen. This makes him a target from the authorities in charge of the teletransportation technology and a revealing of unsettling truths behind this technology.

The discussion behind the use of technology and the price to pay for it is very interesting and I really enjoyed this. It is very easy to get into the story and the world building is greatly done. The graphics and the art style are amazing and fits really well to the type of writing/story in this novel. It reads very fast as well.

I was a little disappointed though with how short it was. I would've loved to have the story unfold itself a little more slowly and for it to take it's time to develop. There really was potential for this book to be much more developped than what it really was. Since it's a very small book, the twists reveal itselves pretty quickly and there's not a lot of mystery around what is actually happening. I would have enjoyed that mystery and not knowing what is happening for a while longer before it was revealed. I wasn't 100% satisfied with the resolution at the end of the book, but I believe this minor issue is linked to the short length.

Overall, I think it's a great graphic novel with a great topic and amazing illustrations. If you are look for a great sci-fi graphic novel that is short and has a great discussion on technology, I strongly suggest Paris 2119.

Thank you to NetGalley and tor.com for the e-ARC.

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Actual rating: 3.5 stars

Thanks Netgalley for giving me an advanced copy of this graphic novel in exchange for my honest review.

In this story, we follow Tristan, a guy who lives in a era full of technology, but who doesn't really enjoy it. The main transportation method is teleporting, and our main character is very wary of it. Is he being paranoid or there is actually something wrong with it?
The art was gorgeous. The shades of gray added to the tracing helped set the omnious aura. The plot was interesting, even though there was some holes in it. As for the characters I really wanted to get to know them a bit more.
Overall, it was a cool read, but I wanted it to be a bit longer!

I don’t know if it’s just me but lately I’ve been reading a lot of graphic novels that catch me with the synopsis or the art style, but they ended up with a poor execution. Unfortunately Paris 2119 wasn’t the exception.

In this futuristic world, Tristan is a guy who feels as an outsider surrounded by a bunch of new tech that is 24/7 around him. He has a hard time adjusting to the world he lives in, but contraire to him, his girlfriend has a nice job and finds herself in this magnificent city where everything is possible just by clicking some button, such as teleportation.

The thing is, great advances come with a dark secret: apparently, every time you teleport to someplace else, the device creates a copy of yourself. And where do these copies, dare to say, clones go? We really don’t know much but they get “handled”.

For a moment I thought I was reading just volume 1, and we will eventually know what will happen, but then it ended so abruptly I wasn’t sure if this was a stand-alone or not. The premise, like I said, was interesting but I really didn’t like the execution. The art is quite something and I would recommend it solely for that. But the story wasn’t strong enough like I thought it would.

I feel like this would be better as a series so we could explore the whole world.

Gorgeously illustrated story set a hundred years in the future. Most of the world travels by teleportation now. Our hero, Tristan Keyes, discovers a dark secret about teleportation that's no surprise to anyone who has read scientific theory on how teleportation could actually become possible or just read any science fiction dealing with teleportation. The story follows a lot of action movie tropes and doesn't really go anywhere interesting. It also has a crap ending. So to recap, so-so story, brilliant art.

Gorgeous art, dime store philosophy, and 80s action movie plot combine in an underwhelming graphic novel. There were some interesting idea about future France and more could have been done with central teleportation idea, but the comic was so short that none of the ideas had time to be explored or breathe. Neither did the plot or the relationships between the characters, leading to that action movie feel and an underwhelming ending. Triple the number of pages and they might have had something really good here.

I loved the art, the setting, the characters, my only problem is that it was too hurried and not fleshed-out enough. It's such a shame that a world like this with this story and art isn't a series with multiple volumes!

It kinda throws you in the story and you start discovering this dystopian world. We're in Paris, and this is in the far future, where humans supposedly perfected teleportation, and we see how the rich and well-off live what seems like a comfortable life, and the poor and those who don't trust technology left to rot living ordinary and dirty lives. Our hero stumbles upon a secret about their lifestyle that changes everything.

I'm just sad that there isn't more and that it's this short!

I thank Netgalley for the digital ARC!

Set in the far future, Tristan Keys is one of the few who still looks back on the past with nostalgia; avoiding teleportation devices in favor of walking and loving printed books. But when he see what appears to be a duplicate of his current boss wandering around insane, he is sucked into a noir-ish mystery witn dark sci-fi elements.

I like the concept and Tristan is an interesting character to follow through this adventure but it just... Stops. I expected more; maybe taking down the big baddie or exposing a really dangerous secret but, nope. It just ends. It felt too anticlimactic for me to give this more than a 3 out of 5, even if the art is really good.

Beautiful illustrations but a bit of lacking in the story aspect. While I font read many graphic novels I can always make time for a futuristic sci-fi mystery. It’s short and fast paced with at least an interesting premise.

3.5 not-so-fast stars.

Tristan Keys is a writer looking for work in Paris, who likes to walk under the neverending rain and ride the subway, which goes against everything his society does. For years Transcore has incorporated teleportation as a public means of transportation. Diverse drones watch the streets, and the digital duplicates that replace the identity is a daily thing, while the poor have been left sleeping in the streets.

Then Tristan stumbles upon something he was not supposed to witness, and the plot carries familiar cover-up themes and themes that are certainly not original (view spoiler). But the way Tristan conducts himself is too silly, and it doesn't suit me.

Are anti-tech people so naive? I do not think so. Paranoid is the word I would use.

The end is also too abrupt, (view spoiler) And, we are left for the brevity with the main unsolved ... and an open ending.

All in all, it is a comic that has good visuals, although some vignettes are flat, and it stands out more in the dark planes with the marginal society.

Like all these images of cyberpunk, it draws attention as all the "useful" members of society, that is, making money, are very beautiful and with statuesque bodies. While the rest are not. The comic is also carried away by the fact that the characters who "take charge of things" are not brilliantly beautiful either, uh, probably the poor devils must be raising money for their cosmetic surgery or something similar?

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{Esta vez en castellano:}

Tristan Keys es un escritor en busca de trabajo en París, al que le gusta caminar bajo la lluvia interminable y viajar en metro, lo que va en contra de todo lo que hace su sociedad. Durante años, Transcore ha incorporado la teletransportación como medio de transporte público.


Diversos drones vigilan las calles, y los duplicados digitales que reemplazan la identidad es algo cotidiano, mientras los pobres se han quedado durmiendo en las calles.

Luego Tristan se topa con algo que se suponía que no debía presenciar, y la trama incluye temas familiares de encubrimiento y temas que ciertamente no son originales. (view spoiler). Pero la forma en que Tristan se comporta es demasiado tonta y no me queda bien. ¿Es la gente anti-tecnológica tan ingenua? No lo creo. Paranoico es la palabra que usaría.

El final también es demasiado brusco y no resuelve gran cosa, (view spoiler). Final abierto, creo que le llaman ;)

Con todo, es un cómic que tiene buenas visuales y se lee rápido, aunque algunas viñetas son planas, y se destaca más en los planos oscuros con la sociedad marginal.

Como todas estas imagenes de cyberpunk, llama la atención como todos los miembros "útiles" de la sociedad, es decir haciendo dinero, son muy hermosos y con cuerpos esculturales. Mientras que el resto, no lo son. El comic se deja llevar tambien por eso de que los personajes que "se hacen cargo de las cosas" tampoco son rutilantemente bellos, uh, probablemente los pobresdiablos deben estar juntando dinero para su cirugia estetica o algo parecido?

Takes an interesting sci-fi idea concerning a mystery related to mechanised teleportation, and seems unsure of the point it wants to make, so it clumsily tries to make ALL of them.

The worldbuilding of future Paris is interesting, the art is beautiful. The main characters look cast by a model agency, which makes the whole thing feel slightly unreal. The female main character, Kloe, is basically just there to have sex with the male main character, Tristan, which is nice for him, but kind of disappointing for the reader.

The continued relation between Kloe and Tristan is confusing, as it negates one of the negative philosophical arguments involved with the teleportation mystery (look at me, dancing around the subject), negates it so strongly to make the whole mystery kind of redundant.

2.5 stars

I really enjoyed this one. Tristan begins to notice strange things near the subway. He starts investigating and finds out there are clones of people.
The art was so good it was like watching a tv show!

In a futuristic Paris illustrated in muted colours with some unexpected details - leashed armadillos on the metro, people walking their anteaters past cafés - we follow a writer who distrusts the transporter pods that have become commonplace for both local and international travel. Given the genre, he's naturally correct to be suspicious.

The general concept is common enough that initial suspense-building is a little wasted on any audience that's familiar with SF tropes (the transport issue is one that we've seen everywhere from Star Trek to The Prestige), but it's still an entertaining romp through a visually interesting space.

I really liked the art style and thr colours. They were tasteful and evocative. However, I found the storyboarding to be extremely weak.. The novel presents an argument of technology and its subsequent effects. No one lives in the "real world" anymore, just virtual. The concept wasn't anything that we haven't encountered, so many of such stories exist. But they all have something that makes them stand out and sets them apart, puts a new light on the perspective. This story, however, fails to do any of that.

I found the cover of this novel to be very misleading. I had thought that Kloé and Tristan would both be the main characters. But the book relegates Kloé to just being the love interest who does not subscribe to the same ideology as Tristan, has sex with him everytime they appear together, is used to threaten and subdue him and eventually given to him as a reward for, I don't know, surviving?

I had expected so much more from this but was sorely disappointed.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Diamond Book Distributors Magnetic Press for providing me with this arc.
The art in this novel was so gorgeous, I just wanted to stop reading and look at it.
The story itself fell flat for me, I wish there was more to keep me interested. 5 ★ for the graphics 3 ★ for the story and 2★ on an enjoyment level.

Imagine a world where you can teleport wherever you want in microseconds, too good to be true? Maybe. This SF graphic novel shows us a world of teleportation modules, what it makes us gain, and what we lose.
There is nothing very new in this comic, I’m pretty sure I read the exact same main plot mystery in a classic SF book, I can’t seem to remember what book or perhaps film or manga, but it felt so familiar I was a little impatient with the main characters for taking so long to figure it out. It is a chilling tale made to think about what it means to be a human being. Big SF readers might be disappointed, they will want more, but casual readers who like to crunch on interesting thoughts should really like it. I mean this is the type of thoughts we need to think about for the future of humanity. This is very much a warning tale of anticipation.
What made the story stand out was perhaps it’s love story… a bit like in Brazil, love is what makes harsh lives palatable.
The pictures are extremely pleasant and readable, not my style, I prefer more personal drawings, but should appeal to most. The colours are wonderful and really give life to the drawing.
This is a very quick read, I would have liked more to ponder in it, I must admit it felt a little too rehashed, but it is a solid work and cannot be faulted for people who encounter that teleportation twist for the first time.

I would like to thank Diamond Back Distributors/Magnetic Press via Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Graphic novels and science fiction aren’t really something that mixes together nicely in my reading preferences. However, the idea and summary of the story were more than enough for me to consider reading this.

Originally translated in French, Paris 2119 is a very short and fast-paced science fiction graphic novel about how the world is already on the ultimate cusp of technological advancement where things such as teleportation is already considered as a normal everyday occurrence, and “old school stuff” such as paper books and public mass transportation are deteriorating. The over-all concept was really promising, it just felt like it was a bit too rushed and simple. A little bit underwhelming. I would have liked to see how things fare out more if the story was just a little bit longer and the ideas were more expounded. The really good markers of a sci-fi novel (or graphic novel, in this case) were already there, but it just needed a bit more push into the right direction.

On the other hand, the art style was something more in my forte. The illustrations were compelling, and the color scheme used really matched the theme of the book. I liked how the illustrator really gave focus on the different new technology items in his world so that it was really easy for the readers to visualize what he wanted it to be portrayed.

If there was ever a second book in this novel, I would definitely be picking it up because I would like to know more what would happen, especially with how the story ended in this book.

It is a work of fiction set in future. A future where your identity is not secure. And big organization rule the system that controls everyone. And when they start to mess with normal people nobody stands a chance to fight. Because it is hard to differentiate truth from virtual world.
People are happy to feel their dreams being fulfilled in virtual bubbles that they don't want to leave. One man who likes normal life and old books tries to fight system which deletes his existance from all records.
An interesting story that one will love to read except graphic nudity that covers number of pages.

3.5 stars for this gorgeous graphic novel!

The year is 2119, and teleportation is all the rage. But what happens when someone starts questioning the ethics of the teleporters?

I am so conflicted about this graphic novel. The artwork and color palate were gorgeous. What drew me in was the girl on the front, Khloe. She is GORGEOUS.
The plot was a little confusing at times. I felt like the ending was rushed and nothing was really tied together with a bow. I don't think this is a series, but if it was I would read the next installment to try to get some clarity and closure.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.