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534534564587654323456789's review against another edition
A few things I enjoyed: an ancient vampire living through time (while another character speculates them bipolar); the inclusion of iconographic writings.
But a few cliches as well: the absent mysterious one is someone already been introduced; the protagonist being the last of XXXX; “kill your gays”.
I don’t particularly think it’s a good idea to make the victims exclusively young women. I’m just tired of the larger culture insisting on terrorising women while reassuring men of their safety. And I’d like some reasoning behind why a vampire would turn into a loong. (because they can turn into anything at all? So that’s the form they’d choose when confronting someone of East Asian ancestry? “I can be whatever you want me to be.”(P91) I’m not sure figuratively or literally.)
Overall, a page turner and seemed underdeveloped.
But a few cliches as well: the absent mysterious one is someone already been introduced; the protagonist being the last of XXXX; “kill your gays”.
I don’t particularly think it’s a good idea to make the victims exclusively young women. I’m just tired of the larger culture insisting on terrorising women while reassuring men of their safety. And I’d like some reasoning behind why a vampire would turn into a loong. (because they can turn into anything at all? So that’s the form they’d choose when confronting someone of East Asian ancestry? “I can be whatever you want me to be.”(P91) I’m not sure figuratively or literally.)
Overall, a page turner and seemed underdeveloped.
sciamachy7's review against another edition
5.0
Kind of a mess and all over the place but still gay and Asian so five stars
patrickbatemanreal's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
2.0
cool concept, execution lacking. the art is beautiful.
idun_aurora's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Dark and delicious. Right up my alley.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Infidelity
vickie101101's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
isle_of_polyphemus's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
rollforlibrarian's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
janus's review
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
cbharpy's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
A fun take! But I was left with so many questions. Some of the information and some of the plot felt so sudden. I feel like it could have used a few more pages. The artwork is beautiful, though, and the take on the Carmilla myth is fresh.