Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag

2 reviews

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Hey what the fuck (positive)

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adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

 
This book was exactly what i was expecting from it. Morbid and mildly disturbing. The atmospheric world building is very immersive, especially because of the graphics with the text. And It will absorbs you right into the world as if you're experiencing a fever dream. It makes you think what would it feel like to exist in a dystopian future like that.
On top of that, the writing style matches the concept really really well. I didn't really expect a deeper story. I thought it'd just be a concept exploration. But the story is well built and we experience the world through the main character.

I did notice that this book has very similar themes to the My Chemical Romance album+comic "Danger Days". While i was reading this book i was compelled to go and listen to the whole album again!

I wonder if Danger Days was a part of inspiration for it or if themes of such sort are very common in Western graphic novels? 🤔


I hope one day it can be made into a indie sci fi movie. Would love to watch it.

 

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