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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
that was a ride that I’m not sure I wanted to take in the first place, neither am I sure I enjoyed it….
Trigger Warnings: gore, death in all possible scenarios.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Absolutely disgusting, horrifying and visceral - both the plot and the art work. Genuinely sickening.
5 stars, would recommend.
5 stars, would recommend.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It terms of concept, meaning, allegory, artwork, and adding up the puzzle pieces of the story as you go— this is a 5/5 story, no doubt about it. It terms of enjoyment while reading… that’s what brought it down to a 3.5 for me personally (still great mind you).
It reads like a twisted children’s book— which is always a cool concept. I just find I don’t have the mind for children’s fairytale-esque writing styles. Obviously there being a dark twist catches my attention immediately. So I seem to be beside myself here, because the story seems very much to me to be in the background, in the context clues, not in the dialogue or story itself a lot of the time. So I go back and forth from a 4, to a 3, even to a 5. My guess? Depending on the day my rating will most likely change— so how about we settle on a 3.5 for now?
This next bit is the spoiler section you have been warned.
I think it is very obvious the man in the woods is not only her killer, but most likely her sexual abuser. She talked about her prince throughout the book, who ends up being fickle. But in the very end of the book she seems obsessed with the “giant” man in the woods. Calling him “her prince” at the end. I think her child brain was trying to rectify this abuse and make it palatable in some way.
The other characters also do seem to be personalities of the child herself. One being mature and not as present due to the lack of maturity in a child. And then onwards to one’s who are mean. It’s apparent the personality named after the child itself is the dominant personality. Seemingly kind and gracious. But after being hurt one too many times, is angry, and violent. I’m not sure if they are facets of her personality, fantasy, just allegory for hardships in life, or actual DID systems in a sexual abuse victim. Perhaps all of the above.
This is not a graphic novel that aims to teach you anything necessarily, to bring in the light or show you the way home— this is simply a testament to the darkness of life. Not celebrating it, but stating it as a matter of fact.
It reads like a twisted children’s book— which is always a cool concept. I just find I don’t have the mind for children’s fairytale-esque writing styles. Obviously there being a dark twist catches my attention immediately. So I seem to be beside myself here, because the story seems very much to me to be in the background, in the context clues, not in the dialogue or story itself a lot of the time. So I go back and forth from a 4, to a 3, even to a 5. My guess? Depending on the day my rating will most likely change— so how about we settle on a 3.5 for now?
This next bit is the spoiler section you have been warned.
I think it is very obvious the man in the woods is not only her killer, but most likely her sexual abuser. She talked about her prince throughout the book, who ends up being fickle. But in the very end of the book she seems obsessed with the “giant” man in the woods. Calling him “her prince” at the end. I think her child brain was trying to rectify this abuse and make it palatable in some way.
The other characters also do seem to be personalities of the child herself. One being mature and not as present due to the lack of maturity in a child. And then onwards to one’s who are mean. It’s apparent the personality named after the child itself is the dominant personality. Seemingly kind and gracious. But after being hurt one too many times, is angry, and violent. I’m not sure if they are facets of her personality, fantasy, just allegory for hardships in life, or actual DID systems in a sexual abuse victim. Perhaps all of the above.
This is not a graphic novel that aims to teach you anything necessarily, to bring in the light or show you the way home— this is simply a testament to the darkness of life. Not celebrating it, but stating it as a matter of fact.