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ppetropoulakis's review against another edition
4.0
The story takes a turn to expand the lore of Harrow County. In the southern gothic horror style we are presented with snake charmers and haunted houses. The creators give us extraordinary worldbuilding with characters you care for and amazing art to top it all.
kvltprincess's review against another edition
5.0
Bernice!! No seriously. I loved the focus on Bernice in the first two thirds of this one. I can't wait to see her story develop further.
caitcoy's review against another edition
3.0
In volume 3, the story of Harrow County shifts focus slightly to Emmy’s childhood friend, Bernice. After the discovery that she herself was part of the sordid history of Harrow County, Bernice struggles with how to understand her place in it and how to be friends with someone who has the kind dark power (whether she uses it or not) that Emmy does. While trying to find a lost friend, Bernice stumbles upon the path to the house of a woman rumored to be a dangerous witch and finds herself entangled with a different sort of power.
I’ve enjoyed Bernice as a character since her introduction as Emmy’s friend in Countless Haints so it was really fun to see more of her perspective on the events in Harrow County. After having discovered the strange origins of the people in Harrow County (including herself), Bernice is really struggling with her identity and the kind of questions that that kind of experience brings up. After all, if you’re made out of mud, do you count as a person? What does Emmy’s connection to the witch Hester Beck mean for Bernice and the other less powerful residents of the town? And how do you stay friends with someone whose own history is directly responsible for your life and could take it away at any moment if she turned evil? I like seeing more of Harrow County from Bernice’s perspective and particularly because she doesn’t feel like a stereotype. Her confusion and frustrations really help to make her a very compelling character.
While volume 1 introduced Bernice as a sidekick/BFF type character, in Snake Doctor, Bernice gets to explore her own path a bit and separate herself from Emmy. I’m looking forward to seeing where Bunn and Crook take Bernice in future volumes and whether this path is going to lead her into conflict with Emmy.
Full series review here
em_harring's review against another edition
5.0
Gave this 4 stars in 2017, but I'm bumping it up on my reread. I love that we get to see more of Harrow County in this volume, particularly with Bernice.
ruminations_reverie's review against another edition
3.0
The story continues to be interesting, but a little juvenile. This definitely strikes me as a more YA series. That said, I like some of the support characters and the world that has been built here. I think I will read the entire series to see if it is worth it. I am confident the story will reach a more exciting climax and that will be worth the slow build issues.
droar's review against another edition
3.0
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a story driven graphic novel series must contain at least one collection of shorts with no previous warning, this is one such collection. All told the 3 stories presented here are pretty good though I am not a fan of the art style of the first one. The title story is by far the strongest (& uses the regular illustrator who is amazing) but the last story works well too. I will say thought that I was disappointed at the very limited amount of narrative this book contains, the last third of it is a sketchbook with mostly rough illustrations of backgrounds. I'm very much looking forward to the continuation of the narrative in the next book.
ecote525's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. loved the story just focused on the skinless boy, but anyone else's art besides Tyler Crook's for this series feels wrong to me :/ as always, excellent extras at the end!
fantasmariana's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 estrellas.
Hasta ahora mi menos favorito de los volúmenes que he leído... lo cual no quiere decir que sea malo, sólo que los anteriores eran MUY buenos.
La historia le quita el foco a Emmy y se dirige hacia su querida amiga Bernice. A través de lo que ella está viviendo, se incorporan elementos interesantes que siguen creando ese ambiente de gótico sureño tan característico de este cómic. Por ejemplo, aparecerá otra bruja que vive apartada de todos, en una cabaña y en torno a la cual se escuchan extrañas leyendas... pero como siempre pasa en Harrow County, las cosas no son lo que parecen.
La historia que cierra el volumen me gustó, sin embargo, el estilo de dibujo del artista invitado no me gustó para nada y eso le cortó la magia, como dicen por ahí ¿para qué arreglar algo que no está roto?
En fin, acabó en un cliffhanger buenísimo, ¡no puedo esperar a seguir leyendo!
Hasta ahora mi menos favorito de los volúmenes que he leído... lo cual no quiere decir que sea malo, sólo que los anteriores eran MUY buenos.
La historia le quita el foco a Emmy y se dirige hacia su querida amiga Bernice. A través de lo que ella está viviendo, se incorporan elementos interesantes que siguen creando ese ambiente de gótico sureño tan característico de este cómic. Por ejemplo, aparecerá otra bruja que vive apartada de todos, en una cabaña y en torno a la cual se escuchan extrañas leyendas... pero como siempre pasa en Harrow County, las cosas no son lo que parecen.
La historia que cierra el volumen me gustó, sin embargo, el estilo de dibujo del artista invitado no me gustó para nada y eso le cortó la magia, como dicen por ahí ¿para qué arreglar algo que no está roto?
En fin, acabó en un cliffhanger buenísimo, ¡no puedo esperar a seguir leyendo!
jexjthomas's review against another edition
4.0
Seeing artists other than Tyler Crook illustrate the story of Emmy and her friends took me aback somewhat. Don't get me wrong. The two artists featured here are both good. But Crook has made this world his own, and it just doesn't feel quite right without him. Thankfully he's not gone entirely. The two issues at the center of this collection are pure Tyler Crook goodness, with his beautiful watercolors showing us a haunting and surprising tale. Bunn and Crook's ability to subvert our expectations remains one of this book's greatest strengths.