The Wicked + The Divine

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The Wicked + The Divine by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie is a graphic novel series where twelve gods are reincarnated every ninety years, enjoy two years of fame and then die. It's complicated and gory and confusing and clever. During the space of each of the nine volumes, I went through the same rollercoaster of reactions - intrigued, baffled, not sure if I'd continue, perhaps just about getting it, shocked by the next unexpected twist, reaching for the next one...
There was an awful lot of bait and switch, and I definitely didn't understand it all by the end, but I thought where it eventually ended up was pretty awesome.