I had a problem with the pacing of the book. They would spend a lot of time on one particular plot and then abruptly move onto something else and it seemed to take an eternity to get back to the original storyline. Subplots are part and parcel of comic books and soap operas but they need to be better balanced than they are here.
True. Though I do have to admit that anything that takes focus away from Barrettstown is fine with me. I have no problem that that plot won't come back into primary focus again until some point in September - especially when so much of Book 1, Issue 4 is Barrettstown. It gives me time to gird my loins, so to speak, for its return.
Plus, you've also got flashbacks to the 18th century which were likely deemed necessary to keep Angelique in the book.
I can forgive all the flashbacks mostly because I like what they did with them, both with the ones that explain events in the present that we didn't see as well as events we didn't see in the past. Plus, they're all so much more interesting than Barrettstown.
The story elements don't blend together the way that they should and it keeps the book unfocused. This would have been a bit more acceptable if the book came out a more regular schedule. But there were so many production delays that made the story extremely difficult to follow.
I am happy that the time to make the comics as high quality as possible was taken. But at the same time I can't help but think that if they had stuck to the original schedule of a new issue every two months, instead of only reaching Book 3, Issue 1, the releases would have gotten all the way through to at least Book 3, Issue 4 before Innovation went under. That way at least three complete stories would have been released rather than leaving Book 3 dangling...
Not to mention subscribers would have gotten their full money's worth...