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Mirror: The Mountain by Hwei Lim, Emma Ríos

dancingprince's review

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The art Is fascinating, but the story is extremely difficult to follow.

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bigbookslilreads's review

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adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

theangrystackrat's review

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adventurous hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

thrym's review

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dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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? Yes

3.5

kajsaschubeler's review

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hopeful inspiring fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

The artwork of this comic is absolutely stunning. I could spend hours staring at the illustrations thorough out the book. I'm not sure I ever really figured out what the story wanted, but maybe if I return to it again it will make more sense. 

kjtlion's review

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hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

bugparty's review

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5.0

beautiful artwork and a lovely story:) it can get pretty confusing at the beginning tho b/c a lot of information about the basic setting/concepts (that probably should’ve been moved to the beginning) are only revealed toward the end

brizreading's review

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4.0

Weird and wonderful. I put a big premium on Big Imagination stuff: hallucinogenic, acid indie comix hit me, ugh, right in the spot. Mirror is one of those.

I gueeeeess it's kinda comparable to the visionary and weird stuff of Moebius (but without the ughh tedious sexist writing), and is infused with a lot of the naturalist "aaaawwww awwwwww" (heavenly chanting) ambience of Hayao Miyazaki stuff. It veers dangerously close to furry central (there is a sexy dog lady and a buff minotaur man), but I can be tolerant of that.

The world-building is coherent and strange, the plot structure cyclical, the art gentle, atmospheric watercolors. The dialogue was meeeeehhh (and omg I hated the talk bubble fonts), but, again, I can tolerate all that - since its strengths were, yes, strong. I mean, there's a sentient asteroid, for crying out loud.

marimbav's review

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5.0

Mirror es de esas obras que son tan hermosas en tantos aspectos que describir la experiencia lectora es casi imposible. Así que voy hacer lo que siempre hago, recomendarlo. Leedlo no os defraudará.

PD; Reeler Mirror despues de algunos años ( y terminar este primer arco) con una edición tan cuidada ha sido un lujo.

alexanderpaez's review

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5.0

Magia en estado puro.