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viajentreletras's review
2.0
Vamos a ver, cuando decidí escribir esta reseña pensé en que encontraría el libro en goodreads con menos de tres estrellas, porque no me imaginé que nadie le pondría más que eso, y ahora les cuento porqué.
No sabía las existencia de este libro, de hecho, hasta creo que de haberlo encontrado en alguna librería lo habría ignorado por completo. Pero resulta que lo gané en un sorteo random hace varios meses. El punto es que cuando llegó estaba ilusionada por tener un nuevo libro en mi estantería, pero en cuanto lo abrí todo se me vino abajo.
El “arte”, o simplemente las ilustraciones, no fueron en absoluto para mí. No estaba sola cuando hojeé el libro, así que podrían confirmar que estás fueron mis reacciones al verlas por primera vez: “eeww, aajjj, puaaaj, bleeaaaahh, ay nooo”. Y no, no es que es un libro para no sensibles, no, las ilustraciones no son mi estilo y prometo que tanto así a tal punto de sentir náuseas. Supongo que es un efecto visual, o no sé pero me hacía sentir mal.
Lo dejé, no lo terminé. Pensé en que era solo el hecho de que estaba con el periodo y que por eso podría haber tenido esas reacciones. Pero esta noche lo volví a agarrar y tuve exactamente las mismas reacciones, el problema es que esta vez hojeé mucho más el libro encontrándome así con escenas que puaaaajjj me perturbaron.
Un libro que jamás se lo recomendaría a alguien.
No sabía las existencia de este libro, de hecho, hasta creo que de haberlo encontrado en alguna librería lo habría ignorado por completo. Pero resulta que lo gané en un sorteo random hace varios meses. El punto es que cuando llegó estaba ilusionada por tener un nuevo libro en mi estantería, pero en cuanto lo abrí todo se me vino abajo.
El “arte”, o simplemente las ilustraciones, no fueron en absoluto para mí. No estaba sola cuando hojeé el libro, así que podrían confirmar que estás fueron mis reacciones al verlas por primera vez: “eeww, aajjj, puaaaj, bleeaaaahh, ay nooo”. Y no, no es que es un libro para no sensibles, no, las ilustraciones no son mi estilo y prometo que tanto así a tal punto de sentir náuseas. Supongo que es un efecto visual, o no sé pero me hacía sentir mal.
Lo dejé, no lo terminé. Pensé en que era solo el hecho de que estaba con el periodo y que por eso podría haber tenido esas reacciones. Pero esta noche lo volví a agarrar y tuve exactamente las mismas reacciones, el problema es que esta vez hojeé mucho más el libro encontrándome así con escenas que puaaaajjj me perturbaron.
Un libro que jamás se lo recomendaría a alguien.
lalanier's review
4.0
This was one of the new books at my library and since I wanted to read more graphic novels, I said sure why not? The cover was appealing and I tend to enjoy random comics from Fantagraphics anyway.
I quite enjoyed it. I liked the grittiness and slovenliness of a youth left to their own devices and the illustration style. Reading Sacred Heart made me think back to the days I used to hangout with friends and/or significant others while the parents were away, going to house shows or band practices and just trying to get through high school in a lame Texan suburb. Lots of punk rock and hardcore music in the mix too. While the nostalgia and humor were already selling points, another aspect I enjoyed was the suspense and eeriness that wafted throughout the story. Some of the plot points were predicable, from the usual "will they won't they?" situations to the more of "who's killing people?," but I liked how they were revealed and where Suburbia took the story until the very end.
I still have questions, but I appreciate works that leave you wondering something instead of answering everything. Hope there will be other full length graphic novels to dive into down the road.
I quite enjoyed it. I liked the grittiness and slovenliness of a youth left to their own devices and the illustration style. Reading Sacred Heart made me think back to the days I used to hangout with friends and/or significant others while the parents were away, going to house shows or band practices and just trying to get through high school in a lame Texan suburb. Lots of punk rock and hardcore music in the mix too. While the nostalgia and humor were already selling points, another aspect I enjoyed was the suspense and eeriness that wafted throughout the story. Some of the plot points were predicable, from the usual "will they won't they?" situations to the more of "who's killing people?," but I liked how they were revealed and where Suburbia took the story until the very end.
I still have questions, but I appreciate works that leave you wondering something instead of answering everything. Hope there will be other full length graphic novels to dive into down the road.
chelseamartinez's review
2.0
The characters' interactions and dialogue were interesting, I liked the artists's approach to gender, and I loved the scene where the next band aurally assaults the crowd. The subplot murders and natural disasters were hard to follow but maybe the overall feeling of chaos was intentional.
cassiefleurs's review
2.0
Bunch of teenagers being really sucky and horny teenagers with some murders trown around that don’t upset anybody in the story or affect the plot really.
No adults but people still keep some sense of their routines while getting massively drunk.
I guess the contrast with the ominous feeling and their continuos attempt at normality was supposed to attract but really i just got bored of teenagers wasting around, doing nothing with their lives besides sex and drugs
No adults but people still keep some sense of their routines while getting massively drunk.
I guess the contrast with the ominous feeling and their continuos attempt at normality was supposed to attract but really i just got bored of teenagers wasting around, doing nothing with their lives besides sex and drugs
cadeunderbooks's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
3.5
8.14.22
eraofkara's review
3.0
I dug the art and she captures the punk lifestyle well, but I wasn't into how the story was structured. I'm still going to keep an eye out for her other work, though.
josimmmmmjsjsjssmmssm's review
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
ikovski's review
2.0
I love lost teens with an aesthetical face n body.
Not ugly losers.
Others what we are, what I'm familiar. I used to experience some of it, after all, once I was an ugly lost teen and it's a story that teenagers are involved, however I can hardly say it's a coming of age. Or dystopian lol.
The first it didn't make sense why all faces especially eyes look like belong to a monster, a freaky evil one. And for a long time I could figure out who is who. After finishing I still can't but I think it serves the style and the story.
So there are teenagers look like abandoned by their parents.
There are murders going on that seem no one cares (?)
There is a rock band, palm readers, Ben (the main character) and her friend Otto.
The blurb says (at amazon) their parents r religious, terrible tragedy is coming.
There are lots of horror elements I don't want to elaborate.
Before I give any spoilers, I want to say that if there were nothing 'religious' in this comic, it would make more sense. At least, it will be just teenage drama. I would die for this comic if it just had weird, gothic as fuck scenes without any metaphorical shit with teenage drama.
Then, like why Otto licking some girl's shoes, there are more things I don't know if it's matters for comic's sake.
Like -please someone tells me if I'm wrong- what's the deal of some underneath canal monsters?
Or the fire at the cinema theater.
Or biblical flood at the ending which is not biblical flood.
So the town is actually a cult compound, and what? To me this adds nothing to the story. From the beginning some pages feel like catharsis, u can sense something wrong going on. And it's a good thing, very. I'm not saying it should give away or have to explain to me at some point, or these teens must be characterized as freak children of religious parents than just being punk; yet the taste is hollow.
I read the interview. I know now it's a webcomic and edited. So maybe this cause why
I know I said the style it served the comic, also it's black n white, like the matter of sexuality and gender, or friendship and sisterhood- all of its sharp edges, ying-yang, if it's ever as clear as monochrome. So you have to be careful to see details. I love b&w, just in this didn't work out so well for me.
Again I have to go back to monster-like-style, if the story itself is about those things, why all characters are ugly, I'm not being rude and I don't need to sugarcoat my words. To insult belief (so where are deep elements)? Or to make it more grotesque n horrified?
You can try to read between
You know what, this comic needs pigs
xoxoxo
iko
thanaetos's review
4.0
what the hell.... that fucking ending like I should've seen it coming ohmygod idk what to feel anymore OMG ⊙︿⊙
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