Reviews

The Monstrous Dreams of Mr. Providence by Daria Schmitt

fruitay's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

twicomb's review

5.0

Gorgeous, and what's more, it succeeds in what it set out to do. By that, I mean, paying homage to H.P. Lovecraft's "aesthetic" (of which I am a long-time fan, and I get very picky and irritated by a lot of stuff that is described as Lovecraftian when all they really mean is that it has a lot of tentacles...nope, you totally missed the memo). This actually delivers the goods. Another reviewer mentioned the Sandman comics and I found that to be a very interesting and apt comparison in many ways. That sense of being pulled into a dream-like alternate reality where things may not make sense but the story is moving forward and you have to just keep moving with it...good stuff, good stuff. I'll be the first to say it's probably not for everyone, but personally I loved it.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing a digital ARC.

emziethebookworm's review

5.0

Now this was out of my usual reading but wow I am actually so glad a came across a book like this one it was amazing in all aspects, even the plot was so easy to follow as well.
The illustrations were so well drawn I loved how the colour tones were featured in most of the pages as well, the colours were chosen perfectly to go with this book which I really loved the most.
All the characters were very good too even if some were a bit odd but in a good way odd.
Will a read more from this author, yes I will as I really enjoyed this one very much.

howiedoowinfam's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

daniellestarredpages's review

1.0

In the description of this book, there was no mention that this was mostly a fan-written prequel to an H.P. Lovecraft story. The book itself was short but then we account for the fact that about 10 pages were used to insert the actual Lovecraft story.

I personally was not a fan of the art style. Most of the art was in a black-and-white sketch style with vivid colours used for the creatures that only the caretaker could see. I didn't like how the humans in the story looked but the magical creatures were nice enough to look at. However, that didn't make up for the fact that I did not enjoy the story.

There was a lot going on with the characters but it gave me no enjoyment as I didn't actually know or care about the characters.

lepremieraccroc's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

wheresthebirds's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

ptitmousse's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

2.5

thelonelycastle's review

1.0

I liked the art in this! and that is about it. The story was boring and confusing most of the time, and I hated literally all of the characters except for the cat. I was so happy when there would be pages with minimal or no text because I hated the writing so much. Would not recommend this at all

bookspaperink's review

fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

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