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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
dark
tense
medium-paced
I just adore these books - this is my second Emily Carroll and I love the dark and macabre stories which are just plain creepy. But most of all I adore the art style - I love the use of colour and I think it’s amazing how she is able to capture the sinister in her drawings. Love it!
hoy no duermo pero me encantan las cosas ilustradas de horror victoriano
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Carroll’s art is beautiful and disquieting, making excellent use of colour and space. Overall an impressive and deeply creepy collection of stories, putting new spins on familiar tropes, each more unsettling than the last.
My only issue is that the ambiguity of the endings makes me feel almost feral with wanting to know what happens next. (Although a strong case could be made that this is the desired effect.)
My only issue is that the ambiguity of the endings makes me feel almost feral with wanting to know what happens next. (Although a strong case could be made that this is the desired effect.)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Death of parent
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really enjoyed the art in this graphic novel. The stories were not bad, but left a little things a little more up to the reader’s imagination than I like.
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I love Emily Carroll's books so much, this is the second I have picked up.
The stories are dark without being too scary, just a little unsettling. The art style and the way its coloured is perfectly matched to the contents of the stories.
I feel like... I need to know what happens next in the last of the stories but I think that is probably the point!
I would read this again!
The stories are dark without being too scary, just a little unsettling. The art style and the way its coloured is perfectly matched to the contents of the stories.
I feel like... I need to know what happens next in the last of the stories but I think that is probably the point!
I would read this again!