What attracted me to this book were the plot and the graphics in beautiful sepia tones. But the graphics seemed to me to be inconsistent at times - characters that seem to look different, breasts that unnaturally change shape and size, wrong shadows, etc. Fortunately, the plot kept its appeal and it made me want to keep going, until sadly it disappointed me towards the end.

* Plot: 4★ / Plot fulfilment 1★
* Characters: 3★
* Language/Humor/Witticism: 3★
* Graphics: 3★
* Enjoyability: 3★

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for making this available..

I really enjoyed this, the artwork is amazing and so beautiful. I just wish that they had explained how their world worked more, I got a little confused at times but other than that its a nice read.

Interesting premise....I am new to graphic novels so this was a great one to start with. Really liked the ideas the scifi accept. Definitely look for a followup story. Art was good too.
Only con is it was a bit short so could have been a little longer to flush out some of the details more.

Paris 2119 is a science fiction work named after the time and place where it is located.
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The main character Tristan is a nostalgic writer on the customs of previous centuries and analog objects. In a reality where everything moves by teleportation and life passes between virtual realities, someone disconnected like Tristan can see from another point of view and begin to ask the right questions, putting his life in danger.
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I liked the illustrations, they reminded me of the old comics with dark palettes filled with gray and opaque blues. If there is a part two, it will be very interesting to see how this tangle of conspiracies is revealed.
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Thanks to #NetGalley and Diamond Book Distributors for let me read #Paris2119 , I'll be looking forward to a second part

A futuristic sci-fi graphic novel featuring diverse characters, Paris 2119 by Zep Bertail tells the story of Tristan Keys. A young man who hangs on to travelling in metros, a bygone transportation system only used by the outcasts and rebels in the age of Transcore. Transcore is the ultimate transportation system guaranteeing fastest travel time with accuracy in location. However, Tristan is not so sure after encountering two incidents that involves the shady business of Transcore.

Okay, first off, I like the illustrations. It is grey, tad bit grim and reminds me of original comic book visuals. I wouldn't recommend it for 12 and below aged children due to some nudity involved, however, the concept of the story is intriguing. All I wish was the story to not end so abruptly. Not sure if there is Vol. 2 coming out, but I would definitely like to read what happens to Transcore with (spoiler alert) Tristen on flee with his identity wiped out.

Thanks to Diamond Book Distributors and #NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this one! We're thrown into a future where teleportation is the normal way of travel. But after our protagonist discovers a major "flaw" within the technology, suddenly everyone is after him - trying to kill him for what he has seen.

The pacing of this graphic novel is very sped up, as I'm used to, but a whole lot of details are thrown into world-building. The main character remains a bit bland throughout the story.

I think I might've enjoyed this one more as a novel. There are so many open questions and so much potential that I'd love to see in a more lengthy book.

Underwhelming.

I'm not huge into graphic novels, but I tried one earlier this year that I absolutely love and this premise seemed interesting to me so I thought I'd give it a shot. Unfortunately, it was just kind of meh. The artwork was alright, but the story itself and its execution fell flat. It's short, rushed, and the interesting idea of teleportation and its impact on the population was very underdeveloped.

I enjoyed this fast paced sci-fi in which a man discovers that the transportation system in his city actually kills people and replaces them with a virtual copy that seems to be real but isn't. You can only tell if someone is real if you touch them.

It is the year 2119, and technology has developed at a very fast rate. Transport is instant and in the blink of an eye you can be on the other side of the world. Old forms of travel, such as trains and the metro still exist. Tristan prefers the old ways to the new despite the pressure to conform and when he realises that things are not as they seem, he finds himself suddenly pushed to the margins and erased but he decides to resist.

The artwork is good and the greys and dark colours convey the darkness behind the story. It reminds me of the Matrix with two worlds laying side by side but only those who understand are able to navigate both worlds and resist.

It is a good story with artwork that does an excellent job of portraying the darkness in the story. I would definitely like to read what happens next.

Copy provided by publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

Paris, the future. It's a world of weather control set to permanent rain, digitised cyber-clones and people who are not who they appear to be, and of a network of individual and public teleporting boom tubes, sending us from one online, cybernetic interface to another, and never any human-to-human contact. Or babies. Definitely not babies – they're too risky, too random and uncontrollable. Our hero, he of the academic sort of drudge work and buxom businesswoman Nubian goddess partner, meets an awkward, possibly ill, old woman on the Metro, with them being almost the only people still to use such antiquated infrastructure. He then meets her as a perky, bossy new employer. He then meets the out-of-it aged version again, and sees her killed. And then sees the boss… It can't be that he's such a stick-in-the-mud he's out of tune with the modern world, so what the fudge is actually going on?

I take it as writ than you're on board with that premise – it's a good background to a story. But this isn't at all perfect. For one, it's forced me to review the ending, or rather, the complete lack of one. This has to go down as one of the most dubiously incomplete, open endings in years. I've looked for what should be a sequel, but everything points to this being the full 80 pages and that we should never expect any more. Now, some of that is mitigated by the 'twist' of this being a very well-used solution to similar cases elsewhere in genre fiction, but it still boils down to this feeling weirdly dumped by its own creators, before the first date has even reached desserts. Before that we've heard an awkward fanfare about the girlfriend's colour (well, if I also made one above it's only because the book can't stop gawping at the difference in their skin tones), we've admired the architecture and world-building that made this a work of such potential, and yes, loved that set-up. A strong set-up, then, that leads to a strong upset. Three and a half stars, perhaps, when it could have been a lot more.

Beautifully illustrated and good translation. I just wish the plot was a bit easier to follow. Perhaps the next book in the series will be better.

I loved this comic from beginning to end and was left wanting more. It feels like the kick-off to a series and less like a glimpse into the world of these two individuals. So I honestly hope to see more from Dominique in regards to this story.

But I think that this is an interesting look into the future that we could be looking towards in the future and Climate Change is left unmitigated. I also love that Dominique also used one of the notable reasons we likely will never see teleportation in reality as the overarching plot point.

Also, I find the romantic relationship super cute, especially the ending,

C/W: Nudity

"Paris 2119" genuinely has a very interesting art-style that lends itself to partly to nostalgia and comes off as very moody. Set in a very futuristic Paris, the world itself was gorgeously drawn. However, I didn't feel as attached to the characters themselves, especially Tristan Keys (who definitely gives: I'm-not-like-other-people-vibes). The storyline definitely has it's moments but after putting the volume down, I wasn't interested enough to want to reach for the next one.

Basically, major points of futurism, environmentalism, conversations around how technologies convenience and art, but not something, I think, I would reach for again.

Thank you to NetGalley and Magnetic Press for giving me access to a free arc. All opinions are my own.

Paris 2119 follows Tristan, an anomaly in his society because he likes to physically move his legs to get to places, as he uncovers more and more about his world.
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You know those books were you just don’t really have strong feelings on? That is this book for me. The premise was super interesting, but the nudity in the beginning put me off and it was so so short! Only 75 pages!
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The graphics were nice, but this book was just fine for me.
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CW-nudity
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Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an arc of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

I really hate it when something very promising just suddenly sputters out with no reason at all. This is what happens here, since it goes from a lot of big interesting revelations and action to a mwah-mwah ending that comes out of nowhere, resolves nothing and makes no sense.

In the year 2119, Tristan is an anomaly, in that he likes to travel, like physically, using his own legs. He rides the antiquated, disgusting subways, or just walks wherever he needs to go in the city. The rest of the world has become accustomed to teleportation and sometimes, doesn’t even participate in the “real world,” as everyone can just curate a digital world in which to live. Well, that is, if they have enough money. The poorest people still have to live in very real squalor, and often, their digital escapes become addictions that keep them in a cycle of poverty. Sound familiar? Yeah. This neat, sci-fi graphic novel takes on huge issues such as, “over-consumption, climate change, identity theft, and transhumanism” (from publisher’s summary).

My personal moto for 2021 (in jest, of course) is “Make conspiracy theories fun again.” COVID has ruined much of what I hold dear, and I love a good, fun, conspiracy theory. I can get lost for hours inside podcasts taking deeper looks at history’s mysteries, but all these COVID conspiracies are boring, selfish, and outright lunacy, so they’ve kind of been ruined for me.

That was a tangent meant to say that the conspiracy theories presented in Paris 2119 are super cool. They weave together in an expert question of whether there really is more going on below the suraface, and what happens to those who dare to look.

This is timely, and it appears as if it was originally available in French, which makes sense with the title, and is impressive, because that means the translator did an excellent job. The art is super cool, and guess what?! It’s out tomorrow, so you don’t even have to wait.

Keep an eye out for it through your favorite, local indie bookseller, or request a copy through your local library to add to your holiday season reading, because even though we like naps, we can’t sleep on these very real, very timely issues.

8.75 out of 10
Cool and interesting! I wish it was longer.

Keywords: graphic novel, science fiction, noir (?), far future, teleportation; content warning: nudity

REVIEW
Paris 2119 is speculative fiction about the future hundred years from now on. The story follow Tristan, a nostalgic of old things in the world brimming with technological magics. In 2119 climate change ravaged the earth and conventional mode of transportation no longer preferred, people choosing instant teleportation instead. One day, Tristan met something strange in a subway that will change himself forever.

I really like the artstyle. It's imaginative, vivid, and detailed. It also match with the bleak, noir tones of the story. The suspense feels real and it has gritty edges too. The dialogues and explanations work really well too, not crowding nor info dump-y despite a lot of it spent on worldbuilding.

What I like the most is the concept and worldbuilding. It touches many issue like ecological crisis and transhumanism. What is souls and what make human is a human. Also the ethics regarding technology. It's interesting and thought-provoking. The worldbuilding is quite creative and the artwork portrayed it perfectly.

What really bother me is how the female character only act as love interest and have no further rule other than being there having sex with the hero and giving some warnings. And how the story feels lack conclusion. Other than those complaints, this is amazing.

Thank you Netgalley and Magnetic Press for providing me digital arc of this book in an exchange of honest review.

Paris 2119 is a fun sci-fi graphic novel. The story was very easy to follow an wasted no time jumping into the mystery and action. I appreciated the themes of environmental pollution and sustainability the writer touched on. I also really liked the art work. It was bright and clear. I would have preferred for the story to end in a different place than it did, but I'm sure there will be future volumes. If you like graphic novels and sci-fi definitely give this one a try.


Thanks to the publisher Diamond Back Distributors/Magnetic Press via Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for a honest review.

Teleporting has become the main mean for transportation, but Tristan, our main character is old school and doesn't use it. Good choice, taken into consideration what he will discover later.

Despite a few gaps in the logic and characters' behaviour, the story draws you in and delivers.

Add to it some great artwork, the almost sepia colouring being perfect for the narrative, and you get a very good sequential art piece.

Gorgeous art, solid writing, immersive story. Visually breathtaking worldbuilding won me over. .I'm in for more.

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

Paris 2119 is about the future where the people is now so into technology and doesn’t even go out to the streets, because they all travel with teletransportation, Tristan, who is a “Nostalgic” that doesn’t use teletransportation, finds out about a horrible truth that could change everything.

I loved this, this reminded me of “Black Mirror” and this has a great concept of the future, and this is very sci-fi and entertaining for me, I couldn’t stop reading it, but the only thing that really bothers me about this, it’s the fact that it’s only 74 pages and it’s so short and I WANTED more, and also after that end we could want to know more about what happened.

The graphics were so cool and I loved them, and this also gave me vibes of “Love, Death, Robots” and this it’s great and I want more of it. thanks.