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inkdrinkers's review
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Brunehilde is a wolf-charmer, a woman raised to be a healer, traveling through the country with only her wolf-dog companion by her side. While traversing the south of France, she stumbles upon a series of villages pillaged by famine, deforestation, and driven mad - all while children are being found beaten and maimed in the woods.
This was such an interesting graphic novel! I picked this up because of it's cover, and I'm a huge fan of any stories that attempt to explore real-life historical issues, like the rise of Catholicism/religion and how it impacted Paganism. I waffled back and forth on my review for this, but ultimately it's a solid 3.5 stars for it's accurate, but gory portrayal of the violence of man.
I had a hard time sinking into this story, it's very dense and very heavy from the beginning. I enjoyed Brunehilde's character, and the eventual plot as it was revealed, but it felt like it could have been pared down a bit in the beginning, as it does take a very long time to get to the meat of the story. I really liked the twist included - but again, it felt strange to suddenly have it thrust into the story so late and not very well explained (via text or image).
I'm not sure I'd pick up another novel by the author, though the note by the author at the end did make me reflect on the graphic novel in a different light. Overall, this felt like a story that struggled to get to it's point, and by the time it did, it had lost my focus and enjoyment.
Thank you to NetGalley and Europa Comics for providing me a copy of this book for an honest review.
Content warnings: death (animal, child, general), gore, war, violence, religious bigotry, slavery
This was such an interesting graphic novel! I picked this up because of it's cover, and I'm a huge fan of any stories that attempt to explore real-life historical issues, like the rise of Catholicism/religion and how it impacted Paganism. I waffled back and forth on my review for this, but ultimately it's a solid 3.5 stars for it's accurate, but gory portrayal of the violence of man.
I had a hard time sinking into this story, it's very dense and very heavy from the beginning. I enjoyed Brunehilde's character, and the eventual plot as it was revealed, but it felt like it could have been pared down a bit in the beginning, as it does take a very long time to get to the meat of the story. I really liked the twist included - but again, it felt strange to suddenly have it thrust into the story so late and not very well explained (via text or image).
I'm not sure I'd pick up another novel by the author, though the note by the author at the end did make me reflect on the graphic novel in a different light. Overall, this felt like a story that struggled to get to it's point, and by the time it did, it had lost my focus and enjoyment.
Thank you to NetGalley and Europa Comics for providing me a copy of this book for an honest review.
Content warnings: death (animal, child, general), gore, war, violence, religious bigotry, slavery
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Violence, War, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Slavery
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