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This one surprised me! I found it scrolling through Hoopla and I thought the cover looked interesting.
It’s a classic fairytale with a bit of a twist. I loved it.
It’s a classic fairytale with a bit of a twist. I loved it.
I loved the ending so so much.
What did I learn from this? Absolutely nothing, if a fairy offers me a wish I am 100% asking for beauty like Coddie, no questions asked.
What did I learn from this? Absolutely nothing, if a fairy offers me a wish I am 100% asking for beauty like Coddie, no questions asked.
Beauty.
Beauty tells the story of an ugly girl that saves a fairy and gets pretty. Really pretty. I mean, like reeeeally pretty. And then everythin goes to shit.
For some reason, I thought this was a Beauty and the Beast retelling. It's not. It's its own story, and the story is kinda cool.
It's a fun read (and it has been a while since I've read any other comic than Mickey Mouse). Kinda creepy and, as I said, everything blows up into Beauty's face.
But it was cool and it's a new view on how beauty works on human minds, even though it usually is a little more subdued and not as crazy as Beauty portrays it. Still cool. Still creepy.
But was definitely worth the read!
Beauty tells the story of an ugly girl that saves a fairy and gets pretty. Really pretty. I mean, like reeeeally pretty. And then everythin goes to shit.
For some reason, I thought this was a Beauty and the Beast retelling. It's not. It's its own story, and the story is kinda cool.
It's a fun read (and it has been a while since I've read any other comic than Mickey Mouse). Kinda creepy and, as I said, everything blows up into Beauty's face.
But it was cool and it's a new view on how beauty works on human minds, even though it usually is a little more subdued and not as crazy as Beauty portrays it. Still cool. Still creepy.
But was definitely worth the read!
Like a GN made by a Grimm
A wish for beauty echoes the theme of obsession and the monkey's paw of unintended consequences that causes chaos and topples kingdoms. While the artwork has a children's book feel, the images move from implications that would fly over a child's head (mating cattle signifying droit de seigneur) to scenes of nude couples entwined. I'll also warn that the men's reactions range from obsession to rapey and there's some violence and beheadings as well as a man committing suicide by hanging.
A wish for beauty echoes the theme of obsession and the monkey's paw of unintended consequences that causes chaos and topples kingdoms. While the artwork has a children's book feel, the images move from implications that would fly over a child's head (mating cattle signifying droit de seigneur) to scenes of nude couples entwined. I'll also warn that the men's reactions range from obsession to rapey and there's some violence and beheadings as well as a man committing suicide by hanging.
TRIGGER WARNING! Psychological and emotional abuse,graphic sexual assault and exaggerated violence is depicted heavily throughout.
A young woman is granted one wish,and she wishes to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Her wish is granted. But everything comes with a cost. Standard fare,right? No. While the plot is simple and direct, the overarching themes,societal and gender norms, psychological trauma,and sexual abuse is not. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Every element is organically weaved into a harrowing (often times very traumatic) tale of one woman's journey, Cloudine. No matter what Coddie/Cloudine did/didn't do I,I was invested in not only her journey but the side characters journey as well, especially her daughter. I was her biggest cheerleader until i wasn't and then I was again. I was nervous when she got pregnant. I hoped her first husband would let go of his obsession with her. I was very much conflicted with how she wad being framed. In some ways it was as if the writer was saying at times"when you're this beautiful or this sexy it's putting too much responsibility on men to control themselves" . An direct and artistic way of basically saying " but she was asking for it"
A young woman is granted one wish,and she wishes to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Her wish is granted. But everything comes with a cost. Standard fare,right? No. While the plot is simple and direct, the overarching themes,societal and gender norms, psychological trauma,and sexual abuse is not. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Every element is organically weaved into a harrowing (often times very traumatic) tale of one woman's journey, Cloudine. No matter what Coddie/Cloudine did/didn't do I,I was invested in not only her journey but the side characters journey as well, especially her daughter. I was her biggest cheerleader until i wasn't and then I was again. I was nervous when she got pregnant. I hoped her first husband would let go of his obsession with her. I was very much conflicted with how she wad being framed. In some ways it was as if the writer was saying at times"when you're this beautiful or this sexy it's putting too much responsibility on men to control themselves" . An direct and artistic way of basically saying " but she was asking for it"
This didn't knock me off my feet quite so much as the other [a:Kerascoët|752696|Kerascoët|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-ccc56e79bcc2db9e6cdcd450a4940d46.png]-illustrated project, [b:Beautiful Darkness|17287069|Beautiful Darkness|Fabien Vehlmann|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1364599765s/17287069.jpg|6577216], but this is also a solid, disturbing and clever fable. It's also just how I think all fairy tales should be - beautifully grim and somewhat terrifying. The take aways here are classical: beauty is subjective, beauty is only skin deep, beauty is something people want to possess and own - both in themselves, and in a subject/object that they see is beautiful - and will take great, sometimes awful, measures to get there. [a:Hubert|128805|Hubert|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-3fbaf32fc1fc48e6ffaf3f63a026f0ff.png], in his story, taps into some of the same notes of desire and violence that he did with the Miss Don't Touch Me series, which he also did with Kerascoet. I think the art here is sooo much more sophisticated, though, and has some lovely nods to the greats like Aubrey Beardsley and Edmund Dulac.
This book was notably darker than I was anticipating, and more memorable as a result.