3.73 AVERAGE

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

wooooooooooowowow this shit rocked me so hard. the character designs?? the visceral lushness of the art??? that bonkers paneling???? the format break with the prose interludes???? as soon as i finished i immediately flipped back to the beginning so i could devour it again. this legit has the feeling of a storybook for adults, so dark and inviting in a way that felt really earnest somehow. really enjoyed sinking my teeth into this one!!!
dark mysterious fast-paced

loved the artwork, didn't love the story.

tarahnova's review

3.0

The art is tea, but the story isn't really...
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I love homoeroticism. I still get jumpscared by the keyhole panels.
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

ELSKER kunsten, men forstår ingenting av handlinga. Forvirrende, og ikke på en god måte 
dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Picked this up from the library when I went to get a different comic, this one was up on display, and I can see why, it's got gorgeous art! However reading it felt a little... lackluster. I looked at some other reviews of this and they mention the writing is lacking or vague. I personally don't think that's the problem this book has - the writing is just as good as the art but the problem lies in merging the two together. If you just took the words from this comic it would make for a decent short story with pretty much no edits needed for clarity. However in a comic format it ends up with the writing and art both describing the same thing with the same emotion and fighting for attention rather than complimenting each other. towards the end this fades away and turns more into the art contradicting the writing in a more metaphorical way... that isn't very well done and leaves the reader more confused than anything. In other thoughts, I love the red foil on the cover. 
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes