Reviews - The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Deluxe Edition I

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The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Deluxe Edition I

Nagabe

4.46 AVERAGE

carebea1899's review

3.25

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

vienna_books's review

4.0

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The art in this is stunning! I find the characters lovable but the nuances of the plot were hard to grasp for me at points. I feel like there is a lot of underlying meaning that completely went over my head and overall I enjoyed this more from an artistic perspective than a literary one. The whole feeling I got while reading this was “dark whimsical fairytale“. Another word I would describe this story with is “weird“ - it is certainly not for everybody but it made me like it more.
A word I would NOT use to describe this book is “cozy“. There is a scene where a character gets beheaded with an axe in front of a child, so I would not call this a cozy read, just in case anyone was thinking that.

Even though I enjoyed reading this, I‘m not sure if I will continue on with the series because the actual plot didn‘t really intrigue me. I can see myself rereading the first book for the art and whimsy though.

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worlds_to_conquer's review

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

anna__b's review

4.5

gorgeous art with a spooky, dark, fairytale-esque story. this deluxe edition is one of the nicest books i own and certainly the nicest manga series in my collection. the paper is so crisp and it really lets the art pop. i love the art style overall but sometimes the panels are just too dark and it’s hard to make out the outsider characters against the background. i do enjoy being in this world just due to the impeccable atmosphere but the vagueness of the worldbuilding is getting a little frustrating so i’m hoping to get some more answers in the next volume!