Story: Okay. It isn't terribly exciting, although I love the Welcome to Night Vale reference. Mostly this feels like a retread of ground thoroughly covered in the original Hellblazer series.

Characterization: Bland. John Constantine's worst character traits have been mellowed out here, and when you take away Constantine's worst traits there ain't much of him left. Also, there was scant effort put into making him sound British, let alone like a Scouse.

Art: Not good. Constantine looks like a square-jawed hipster.

To sum up: This isn't Constantine's worst outing, but it's far from his best. I just think it's a little sad that a character whose books used to carry a mature audiences label is now in books which make the YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens list. ( )

This is a reboot of Constantine, the start of this so far isn’t as dark as the original one. The take on this has John fighting a demon that is eating ghosts that he knows. This version is introducing new characters that know John and also work magic but were not in the previous books. This take is interesting and I want to see where it goes.

Digital review copy provided by the publisher through Edelweiss
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Bland, non-horrific horror. Constantine's weird knickers and goofy mini-trenchcoat may be the scariest things in this book. ( )

John has always been a favorite. He's such a rich character, various iterations have worked (though Jamie Delano is my fave era) well....
This "new, modern take" - what, because there are smartphones? - is a great place to start if you can't handle little/no technology, or you've just not read Hellblazer before. Kinda like starting Doctor Who with no. 9.
Oh, and the love interest? Refreshing. ( )