Reviews

Black Hole by Charles Burns

jess_mango's review

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4.0

bizarre creepy tale set in the 70s...more thoughts later.

secunit's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

kjames199's review

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dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

spectracommunist's review against another edition

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5.0

This by far is the best graphic novel that I've read.
What an analogy for horrors of adolescence: puberty, isolation, hormones and aids.
I loved how it portrays the weird, disfiguration and drugs as normalcy.
In a narrative mode, it has its amazing psychedelic and surrealistic moments.
And quite fascinating sex scenes.

elisabeterkr's review

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.75

the_bfool's review

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challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

henryoz's review

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

dear6hla's review

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adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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csgiansante's review

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2.0

Not my jam. Overly weird. No real story other than everyone in Seattle having an STI.

a_leo_reading's review

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3.0

This "full collection" of all issues of Black Hole, made the whole experience and story so disappointing.
You can tell how so many pages were left out and all the the story lines felt unfinished and rushed.
This was my first time reading Black Hole, and I loved the story and art.
But thanks to how the publishing house put this collection together made it disappointing.