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3.15 AVERAGE
3.15 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
A sapphic dark academia witch comic. Sara finds Selje in a garden on campus. The comic follows Sara and Selje at a school of magic.
It is a loose sapphic retelling of Eros and psyche’s story. To be honest I was a bit confused the whole time. But it clicks at the end. This is a mystery/thriller comic
Cw/tw
Suicide
Mild nudity
Mild gore
It is a loose sapphic retelling of Eros and psyche’s story. To be honest I was a bit confused the whole time. But it clicks at the end. This is a mystery/thriller comic
Cw/tw
Suicide
Mild nudity
Mild gore
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide
The novel tells the story of Sara and Silje, two girls who study in a boarding school where nothing really is what it seems, where there are secrets and shadows grow under the cypress trees that surround the school.
Art, in the first place, seemed divine to me. The way the protagonists were drawn is 10/10, it will challenge the mysterious, ethereal and somewhat haunted environment of the plot quite well. Also, how sapphic love is portrayed through the details, uff
Art, in the first place, seemed divine to me. The way the protagonists were drawn is 10/10, it will challenge the mysterious, ethereal and somewhat haunted environment of the plot quite well. Also, how sapphic love is portrayed through the details, uff
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Official title: Eros/Psyche
My title: The Bloody Rose
Author: Maria Llovet
Publisher: Ablaze
Fav character: Siljie
Type: Graphic Novel -Series
Will I read the others: Probably
4.3/5
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A hue-full graphic novel of a young woman at a mysterious all-girls school, learning how to navigate its society, her growing obsession with another student and the story of Eros and Psyche.
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There is a new girl at school, Sara 3, and she has found a scarf and the spot Silje loves to escape to. Naturally, this means they should become blood sisters, to keep the secret of the location of this special place at the Rose.
Tests and envelopes signal departures and arrivals at this slightly off-kilter school. Order is kept by the students, who operate through a form of consensus to exit appalling students. Days are spent gathering herbs, making freaky dolls and hanging coloured ribboned scissors over planted seeds…
My title: The Bloody Rose
Author: Maria Llovet
Publisher: Ablaze
Fav character: Siljie
Type: Graphic Novel -Series
Will I read the others: Probably
4.3/5
▪️
A hue-full graphic novel of a young woman at a mysterious all-girls school, learning how to navigate its society, her growing obsession with another student and the story of Eros and Psyche.
▪️
There is a new girl at school, Sara 3, and she has found a scarf and the spot Silje loves to escape to. Naturally, this means they should become blood sisters, to keep the secret of the location of this special place at the Rose.
Tests and envelopes signal departures and arrivals at this slightly off-kilter school. Order is kept by the students, who operate through a form of consensus to exit appalling students. Days are spent gathering herbs, making freaky dolls and hanging coloured ribboned scissors over planted seeds…
Absolutely beautiful art! But I don’t have a singular idea what this was actually about.
I rethought my review and wanted to add that if this was based on the art alone it would have 10 stars, so I moved it up to 3. If the plot didn’t feel so disjointed and confusing (why was she at a school nobody graduates from? Where are her parents??) this would easily have been a favorite
I rethought my review and wanted to add that if this was based on the art alone it would have 10 stars, so I moved it up to 3. If the plot didn’t feel so disjointed and confusing (why was she at a school nobody graduates from? Where are her parents??) this would easily have been a favorite
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Maria Llovet's Eros/Psyche is an absolutely beautiful piece of work. This graphic novel uses colour wonderfully, but the style of the illustrations and the story itself didn't hold up well for me. While it was pretty to look at, I struggled to get involved and stay within the story.
Two out of five stars.
Thank you to NetGalley for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.
Two out of five stars.
Thank you to NetGalley for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.
This is a tough one. The art is gorgeous; visually, it's lovely to look at, and goes well with the story. The story, though...it's barely there. Lots of atmosphere, but not a lot of content. The bones of the story are good- a mysterious all-girl school with a small amount of students that grows ever smaller as students are culled after regular exams, where the girl with the lowest score leaves after each exam; an unknown curriculum that seems to include spells, potions, and the like; sapphic vibes simmering on a slow burn; rules that have dark consequences if broken; and a general sense of something sinister going on underneath everything. Sounds good, right? But all we really get are hints of things without any real explanation. The two main characters, Sara and Silje, don't have much personality, and I couldn't really connect to either of them. They're in school, but nothing is said of classes, other than the two collecting herbs, roots, etc., to make potions, do spells, I don't really know. No teachers (or any other adults) are ever seen, but we're told the are Rules That Must Not Be Broken (but not what the rules are), so someone must enforce them, and there are regular exams (in fact, the exam process is the most explained aspect of the story, in that we learn that the girl with the lowest score is dressed in white and must leave the school, and that's the extent of the explanation), so someone must give and score the exams. There's a mysterious Room that no one wants to be called into, someone must be in there. Then we have the attraction growing between Sara and Silje, but I didn't see a lot for it to be based on. Then the end, the big reveal...isn't a big surprise, and there's still no explanation for why all this is happening. It's dissatisfying, so much potential, but so little substance. I have no problem with vague beginnings, slow revelation of details over time, all of that, but the story should become clearer the further in you go. I don't know, maybe if I was in just the right mood I'd have enjoyed this more, and I didn't dislike it, but I don't feel like it lived up to the description; rather, the description gives you almost all the explanation there is. Have I conveyed how vague this was yet?
Tl;dr: if you're okay mysterious stories with little clue to what's going on but are really pretty to look at, you're good.
#MariaLlovetsErosPsyche #NetGalley
Tl;dr: if you're okay mysterious stories with little clue to what's going on but are really pretty to look at, you're good.
#MariaLlovetsErosPsyche #NetGalley