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katskarbinec's review
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
3.75
Very short, but attention-grabbing and the art has a weathered sketch-like quality that doesn't shy away from being gruesome. A nice twist on the familiar fairytale.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror
bengriffin's review
4.0
Another excellent example of Read and Wildgoose's skills, with fantastic storytelling that plays with your expectations and has a deep rooted love and knowledge of fairytales, and stunning, intricate art that is exciting, expressive and beautiful. The only downside really is the brevity, and waiting for what comes next.
kittyg's review
3.0
This is the second book I have picked up which is by Benjamin Read and Chris Wildgoose and I have to say I was pleasantly (or maybe more accurate would be brutally) surprised by this book. It starts out with a very classic fairytale of the valiant Prince riding up the the brambles in order to rescue the Princess, and then things start to get rather messy...
This book was a great little sneaky trick, because when I bought it I thought I was getting a fairly standard story, maybe a 2* read, but luckily when I did actually read it my rating was instantly bumped up to a 3.5*s as it's surprising, exciting and very different to how I foresaw it going. I do think that maybe there could have been some more of the story (as it was a little on the pricy side for the length) but honestly it was fun and beautiful so I can;t really complain!
I loved the artwork as Chris always does a fabulous job and after reading Porcelain I knew I needed to get this when it came out. I was enchanted by some of the beauty of the full page spreads, and I think that there is certainly nothing I could complain about there. I still prefer the art of Porcelain a little, but overall it's just stunning to look at in this one too.
A good 3.5* read which is a lot of fun and maybe not quite what you expect.
This book was a great little sneaky trick, because when I bought it I thought I was getting a fairly standard story, maybe a 2* read, but luckily when I did actually read it my rating was instantly bumped up to a 3.5*s as it's surprising, exciting and very different to how I foresaw it going. I do think that maybe there could have been some more of the story (as it was a little on the pricy side for the length) but honestly it was fun and beautiful so I can;t really complain!
I loved the artwork as Chris always does a fabulous job and after reading Porcelain I knew I needed to get this when it came out. I was enchanted by some of the beauty of the full page spreads, and I think that there is certainly nothing I could complain about there. I still prefer the art of Porcelain a little, but overall it's just stunning to look at in this one too.
A good 3.5* read which is a lot of fun and maybe not quite what you expect.
mossyforest's review
4.0
I picked up a preview of this at Thought Bubble a couple of years ago and have been looking forward to reading it since then, and it did not disappoint.
Briar takes the fairy tale trope of a princess trapped in a tower waiting for a knight to rescue her and turns it on it’s head. This book acts very much like a first issue, introducing the characters and giving you some clues about what is going on but it doesn’t give you everything. The art is amazing, full of little details. I especially loved the way each new character was introduced with a full page drawing. I am really looking forward to reading more, just hope I don’t have to wait another 2 years to do so.
Briar takes the fairy tale trope of a princess trapped in a tower waiting for a knight to rescue her and turns it on it’s head. This book acts very much like a first issue, introducing the characters and giving you some clues about what is going on but it doesn’t give you everything. The art is amazing, full of little details. I especially loved the way each new character was introduced with a full page drawing. I am really looking forward to reading more, just hope I don’t have to wait another 2 years to do so.
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