Low, Vol. 5: Light Brings Light
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- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Rick Remender
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Reviews
Jason
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Almost boggling in its pacing， and a little heavy-handed in its storytelling， but something I still quite enjoyed。
Rob Barry
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I have loved this entire series， particularly the philosophical tension that energized the story。 Some examples: What is hope？ Is reality relative？ Is reality simply a function of our ability to ascend to particular propositions？ Is hope effectual？ Will all things ultimately be redeemed？ Further， the art is beautiful and so imaginative。 I’ll continue to re-read this series， as there is so much to unpack。
Joshua Religioso
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There were so many points in this volume where it felt like we were reaching the conclusion only for something else terrible to happen。 This occurred so many times over that by the time we reached the true ending it didn't feel real or plausible。 I loved the series as a whole but this volume was rough。 There were so many points in this volume where it felt like we were reaching the conclusion only for something else terrible to happen。 This occurred so many times over that by the time we reached the true ending it didn't feel real or plausible。 I loved the series as a whole but this volume was rough。 。。。more
Jamie
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A pretty good ending to a somewhat spotty series。 For the rest of these books I've been complaining about the art， but it was actually better than the story itself in this volume， so that was a nice surprise， but overall I'm not going to come back and re-read Low any time soon。 Loved the message， but the delivery was a bit of a miss for me。 Nothing horrible， just not particularly great or awesome or anything。 A pretty good ending to a somewhat spotty series。 For the rest of these books I've been complaining about the art， but it was actually better than the story itself in this volume， so that was a nice surprise， but overall I'm not going to come back and re-read Low any time soon。 Loved the message， but the delivery was a bit of a miss for me。 Nothing horrible， just not particularly great or awesome or anything。 。。。more
Chris Thompson
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And hopefully this brings the end of this series， 6 years after Remender started it。 I was always surprised to find another of these books come out because so much time passed between them。 Volume 4 was published 3 and a half years ago， and issue 20， the first in volume 5， came out over two years ago。 This much time passing between books does a disservice to Remender's characters and plot。 I barely remembered much of what happened before， and the female Caine characters are indistinguishable fro And hopefully this brings the end of this series， 6 years after Remender started it。 I was always surprised to find another of these books come out because so much time passed between them。 Volume 4 was published 3 and a half years ago， and issue 20， the first in volume 5， came out over two years ago。 This much time passing between books does a disservice to Remender's characters and plot。 I barely remembered much of what happened before， and the female Caine characters are indistinguishable from one another。This has been an up and down series， with some powerful moments， like Marik's noble sacrifice， and some exciting action sequences。 But it's also one that's been bogged down by Remender's depressing philosophical musings。 It's the depressing philosophical musings that dominate this book， especially the latter half。 The problem with this is that Remender's characters serve as metaphors for his beliefs rather than believable people。 The Caine mother （Stel？ Del？） is the main metaphor， representing a hopeful optimism。 All other characters， including the villains， respond to this belief of hers as if she is the most important person in existence。 This becomes absurd later on when one villain is on the verge of destroying all of humanity， yet somehow sees Stel as so important that he has to endlessly explain the problem with her "false hope。" So tiring。Not only do you have to slog through all kinds of pseudo-inspirational quotes to get through this book， but as a story it is a complete mess， like something Michael Bay might have directed。 The sci-fi elements here are very cool， and some of the images are awesome， but Remender drowns all of that out in boring quotes and a plot filled with deus ex machinas。 Characters will be on the brink of death， or you will think them dead， and then they will show up to save the day， but then you learn the villain wasn't quite defeated， so somebody else has to appear out of nowhere （at one point with an army of mice， no joke） to again save the day。 Rinse。 Repeat。I hope， this time， Remender is done with Low。 That way he can focus on his better projects， like Deadly Class or Seven to Eternity。 。。。more
Kat
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Epic ending to this long-running series。 It’s been so long since the last volume came out that getting back into the story was difficult。。。especially because the first issue in this volume is a hazy， jumbled， dream-like rendition of Stela’s memories and fears。 But once it gets going， it picks up speed quickly。 Very satisfying ending， though be forewarned （which all Low readers should know by now） that Remender is the king of bittersweet endings。。。heavy on the bitter。
Rye Bread
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I have really enjoyed this series since the first volume but this ending felt lacking。 Like it was rushed。Everyone gets rushed with more badness and at the end I felt like there were a lot of "but what about。。。" type questions。At times the art and coloring seemed inconsistent and distorted but， honestly， I think that goes well with a lot of the scenes and general tone of the story so thats nit really a complaint。 I want to say more about how I felt at the end of this but that will go too far int I have really enjoyed this series since the first volume but this ending felt lacking。 Like it was rushed。Everyone gets rushed with more badness and at the end I felt like there were a lot of "but what about。。。" type questions。At times the art and coloring seemed inconsistent and distorted but， honestly， I think that goes well with a lot of the scenes and general tone of the story so thats nit really a complaint。 I want to say more about how I felt at the end of this but that will go too far into spoiler territory。 It is quite likely I'm in the minority with how I feel。 I still like it， it just feels like its missing something。 Maybe let it go another volume， have a couple more issues where tension can ease up in between events and some loose threads could be tied up。 。。。more
RG
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Read as single issues but kinda lost interest
Ian Roditi
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