Paris 2119 transports readers to the future, a world where technology has provided people with everything they could ever need, instant entertainment, security, and easy travel. Despite this world of wonders Tristan pines for the days of old, and forgoes as much of technology that he can, particularly the new travel pods from the Transcore corporation that allow people to teleport from one location on the planet to another in the blink of an eye, instead, he prefers to walk through the streets of Paris and take the old, battered metro system.

Whilst travelling on the metro Tristan comes across a strange woman who seems to be in a daze, walking around in a trance, barely able to talk. He doesn't think anything of it until he ends up meeting this woman again, as his new boss. However, the woman seems fine now and has no memory of their first meeting. When Tristan sees her on the street acting strange again he follows her, only to see her killed by employees of Transcore. When she turns up alive and well Tristan finds himself wanting to get to the bottom of things, and soon stumbles across a conspiracy beyond anything that he could have imagined.

One of the things that immediately jumps out at you about Paris 2119 is how good the book looks. The artwork has been supplied by Dominique Bertail, and it looks stunning. The watercolour artwork is something that you don't often see in comics, and with the very fine line work that does with it, it gives the book an almost delicate and ethereal look at times. This style of art, coupled with some of the designs for the future architecture and art that fills the streets of Paris makes for some stand out visuals, and locations that reminds me of films like Blade Runner.

The central mystery of the book is one that I saw coming before Tristan, and is one that has been done before in science fiction, particularly in any story that involves teleportation, but it was still entertaining to watch him try and figure things out, and the journey he had to take to do so; especially when he pops across the channel to visit London, which is very different visually from Paris.

Paris 2119 might not be the most original book in terms of story, but thanks to likeable characters, some great designs and a visual style that feels unique, it end up being a book that really impressed me and that I found myself wanting more of by the time it came to an end.

Amazing graphics. I felt like I was watching a film. Suspense thriller about technology's impact on the human body and mind. There is a cliffhanger so maybe we'll get a part two.

In 2119, most people travel by teleporting, but Tristan is old school. He still prefers the metro and walking, and his distrust of technology only gets worse when he begins to notice some strange things happening to people that all seem to have something to do with teleportation.

This is a very short graphic novel with an interesting premise. The tone of the art is dark, which fits the story perfectly. I do feel like the story itself needed more fleshing out; the ending especially felt abrupt and kind of "oh well what can you do 🤷‍♀️".

There is a lot of female nudity in this book, and it almost feels like the goal of some of the pages was "how long can we keep Kloe's boobs on display?" There's one page especially where we're treated to a zoomed in view of her genitals but one panel below that, Triston covers his with his pants when he gets up. No double standards here or anything.

I am not normally a fan of graphic novels but something about this really spoke to me. I really loved the graphics but even more than that, I loved the content. I thought it hit on so many important issues and what a dystopian future could look like. I think this book opens the door for many conversations which isn't totally normal for graphic novels, at least none that I have encountered.

My thanks to Magnetic Press and NetGalley for the ARC of PARIS 2119.
This was such an interesting read for me! Firstly, I absolutely loved the art style. The characters are so peculiar and the overall premise of the story is intriguing. The only reason why my rating is not 5 stars is that the story felt incomplete somehow. When I reached the end, I expected a few more pages to give closure. Tristan's loss of his identity felt like the real beginning of the story, rather than the end. Other than that, I would definitely love to read a more fleshed-out version of this book!

I enjoyed this easy to read sci-fi dystopian short graphic novel.

I find the sequential art quite appealing and amazingly done.

The characters are convincing and developed well.

However, the plot needs more convincing I feel. The ending wrapped up well.

Warning for nudity and drugs.

Thanks authors and the publisher for the copy.