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The Crow

James O'Barr

4.18 AVERAGE

dark emotional
adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
dark emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Wow, just wow. 
This is a beautiful depiction of a mans decent into grief, what it makes him and how he chooses to grow from what it has made him. 

The artwork is phenomenal. I especially loved the soft pencil-like work when there are flash-backs to Shelley and Eric while they were alive contracted with the rough ink-blotch style of Eric as the Crow. 
dark emotional
dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

"It was one of those defining moments when your life suddenly turns sideways for no goddamned good reason... a series of choices that trip and fall like dominoes, ending in irreversible consequences." Intro

"Like a mad cartographer, I charted an ink-on-paper landscape swept in rage. If there was no justice in the real world, I would invent some" Intro

"No one ever really dies as long as they are loved" Intro

"One day you are going to lose everything you have. Nothing will prepare you for that day. Not faith... Not religion... Nothing. When someone you love dies, you will know emptiness... You will know what it means to be completely and utterly alone. You will never forget and never ever forgive" Intro

"And never ever fear. Fear is for the enemy."

"Still, so still, in the city tonight, twelve o'clock tick-tock, when all that is good slinks away like a beaten dog and the black black shadows are alive with the dead, twisted poetry in broken english, flesh and blood and staring faces... So grey and despairing, strong as steel but collapsed inside, The Crow laughs under a streetlight, a voodoo smile of one who lived and died and yet still lives... He makes his way home where he can be shapeless in the dark and paint his face in the colours of joy... Tonight, hell sends and angel bearing gifts..." 

"A twisted soul- the motar... Despair- the bricks... To build a temple to sadness. He ties a spent shell in his hair. "Number one," he says"

"So The Crow spirals down through a collapsed dream"

"Life is lousy with hurt but it also shimmers with beauty. Don't miss your chance to be a part of that beauty, you may not get another"

"I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life! And if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death..."

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry for everything that has happened to you... and for everything that is going to happen to you. Please... Don't be afraid, Sherri. Someday all things will be fair and there will be wonderful surprises. I truly do believe this"
dark sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think this is one of the most interesting works of grief I’ve read. The Crow is dark but also beautiful.