Books like The Walking Dead, Vol. 13: Too Far Gone

Rick doesn’t mess around does he? After living in Alexandria for less than a week, it’s so abundantly clear who the most capable leader of the growing community is. It wasn’t really surprising that he would eventually take over, but I didn’t expect it to happen so quickly and with so little blood. I thought Rick would lead a coup, though the pragmatic approach adopted here by the Alexandrians makes more sense. So this series has finally started to pick up again after a few rather dull volumes. Rick’s doing what needs to be done, eliminating the threats early on before they become big problems. He trusts his own instincts, and others are starting to believe in them too. They’ve seen what happens when they ignore them: people die. The story is finally starting to move forward again, as it so desperately needed to. I’m looking forward to finally seeing Negan on the page. The one in the television show is a charismatic bastard who is almost impossible to actually hate despite how nasty he can be. But he did have his reasons, right? He only retaliated. That’s beside the point though; he seems like the perfect rival for Rick, perhaps one that has the potential to become his ally in a weird sort of way. The two are not all that different, though when brutal things are done to the main cast the fans react negatively. After this volume, I may actually read another one this month.