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dayoldcoffee's review
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I loved the art in this comic!
The story though was kind of jumpy from scene to scene and I really thought my computer was as lagging and I missed a page more than once while I was reading.
The ending seemed to come out of nowhere, as in the story wrapped up very quickly with not many pages left to conclude everything. I was left wondering “why” and also just unsatisfied with the ending.
I loved the art in this comic!
The story though was kind of jumpy from scene to scene and I really thought my computer was as lagging and I missed a page more than once while I was reading.
The ending seemed to come out of nowhere, as in the story wrapped up very quickly with not many pages left to conclude everything. I was left wondering “why” and also just unsatisfied with the ending.
jjkmanga's review
3.0
3 stars *may change
Graphic novels are so easy to read and I am so extremely lazy and simple... I've also got no real clue what happened here. I forgot how fast-paced western comics are, Jesus, it's like everything was just bam bam bam and hey, there's also boom boom boom but that's not important to the plot and we're just going to whom wham crash and overlook all of it. That sounded a lot like nonsense, but to be honest this was also a lot of nonsense. I mean, I don't think it really matters. Do people actually read graphic novels for some sort of mind-breaking plot and pacing? I don't.
Thanks to NetGalley for providing an advanced reader's copy.
Graphic novels are so easy to read and I am so extremely lazy and simple... I've also got no real clue what happened here. I forgot how fast-paced western comics are, Jesus, it's like everything was just bam bam bam and hey, there's also boom boom boom but that's not important to the plot and we're just going to whom wham crash and overlook all of it. That sounded a lot like nonsense, but to be honest this was also a lot of nonsense. I mean, I don't think it really matters. Do people actually read graphic novels for some sort of mind-breaking plot and pacing? I don't.
Thanks to NetGalley for providing an advanced reader's copy.
andrereading's review
3.0
Nightmare in Savannah is a gothic story about a teen girl named Alexa who moves in with her grandfather after her parents get themselves into legal trouble. She makes some new friends and after a night of spilling the truth about each of their pasts they come to a startling realization - they've become Fairies.
I'll be honest, I was drawn to this book because of the cover and the "southern gothic" vibe it gave off. I was not entirely disappointed. The sketchy art style was unique and the color pallet used suited the atmosphere of the story almost perfectly.
My only real gripe is how quick this book seemed to move. Of course, I love a fast-paced read, but this one seemed a little too fast. There were moments when I was genuinely confused as to what was happening or where the characters were (not to mention a few moments when I couldn't tell the difference between characters due to the ever-changing colors used for them).
The story itself was very reminiscent of a classic teen horror movie that you would watch on Halloween with your friends that are too scared to watch a slasher movie. In fact, I dare say this would make a pretty good movie.
The inclusion of two separate love interests for Alexa left me a little dazed. Her male love interest is given a flat personality - he's a football player who is apparently not like other football players. They interact at various points in the story, but there's never any indication that he would be a suitable love interest, which is why I don't see this as a love triangle.
It was refreshing to see a sapphic teen couple, but again, I didn't feel like there was all that much build-up to their relationship and the ending of the book. I would have loved to see more interactions between the two of them to make me root for them.
I'll be honest, I was drawn to this book because of the cover and the "southern gothic" vibe it gave off. I was not entirely disappointed. The sketchy art style was unique and the color pallet used suited the atmosphere of the story almost perfectly.
My only real gripe is how quick this book seemed to move. Of course, I love a fast-paced read, but this one seemed a little too fast. There were moments when I was genuinely confused as to what was happening or where the characters were (not to mention a few moments when I couldn't tell the difference between characters due to the ever-changing colors used for them).
The story itself was very reminiscent of a classic teen horror movie that you would watch on Halloween with your friends that are too scared to watch a slasher movie. In fact, I dare say this would make a pretty good movie.
The inclusion of two separate love interests for Alexa left me a little dazed. Her male love interest is given a flat personality - he's a football player who is apparently not like other football players. They interact at various points in the story, but there's never any indication that he would be a suitable love interest, which is why I don't see this as a love triangle.
It was refreshing to see a sapphic teen couple, but again, I didn't feel like there was all that much build-up to their relationship and the ending of the book. I would have loved to see more interactions between the two of them to make me root for them.