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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Deceivingly cute but juxtaposed against a dark brutal view on survival and how death can loom around every corner. It's the perfect combination of sweetness and horror, with its characters that feel soo naïve in a world out to kill. And it slowly becomes "kill or be killed" as tensions rise. I personally enjoyed it a lot, although it's a rather simple story with short execution. I was kinda wishing for more because I love the way the world builds and character relationships form but I think everything is told very succinctly here in a deliberate but good way.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Wow! Gorgeous and disturbing and charming and ick! A dark allegory for this disturbing existence we know as life. Told like a fairy tale.
This should really get 2.5 stars but they won't allow that, so...it's very well illustrated and that's its strength and its weakness because it is so very disturbing. A bleak, nihilistic contemplation on the ugly, stupid, selfish brutality of man through the lens of cute, childlike fae creatures. But it's not merely the faerie folk who are responsible for all the death and suffering, the world, nature itself is sometimes actively malicious but generally indifferent to the plight of Aurora--the main character--and her dwindling group of friends. It was never entirely clear to me what the connection between the tiny people and the dead human girl was (not a spoiler, this happens in the first few pages). The tiny people themselves don't seem to be particularly aware of her or their surroundings in general. It's...interesting...and has some beautiful watercolors as I said, but I can't say I'd recommend it to too many people.
dark
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
fast-paced
This story seems to be a commentary on human empathy and compassion (and lack thereof), but I don’t understand what the ultimate message is. Maybe that humans will always trend towards selfishness? I don’t know. But so much of the gore that they seemed to want to make deeply affecting and metaphorical ended up feeling unnecessary and pointless— it was disturbing for the sake of being disturbing.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Jeg hørte den mandlige kunster fra Kerascoët snakke om tegningerne til denne bog i forbindelse med dette års Copenhagen Comics. Det vækkede min nysgerrighed, da jeg virkelig godt kunne lide stregen på de billeder, der blev fremvist. Nu har jeg så læst bogen, og jeg er stadig helt forundret - det er en virkelig flot tegnestil, og den passer så godt til fortællingen, der egentlig er eventyrlig, men også rå og barsk på sin egen måde.
Fortællingen er på sin vis letforståelig og grusom, men der ligger også mange flere uudtalte lag i den - blandt andet i tegningerne. Jeg var meget overrasket over, hvor barsk og 'klam' den egentlig var, men også meget fascineret. Der er en form for leg mellem billeder og ord, og den efterlader en med både varme og afsky.
"Jeg gør mit bedste for, at tingene skal blive, som de var før. Tror du mig?" - citat side 33.
Uanset om man læser graphic-novels eller ej, så er den her altså virkelig anbefalelsesværdig. Især fordi den har den lidt tegnefilmsagtige streg, som de fleste nok vil synes om. Derudover har den vundet Ping-prisen i 2017 for "Bedste internationale tegneserie på dansk", og det er virkelig fuldt ud fortjent. Det eneste jeg savnede, var lidt flere lyspunkter i den mørke fortælling, men den er også noget helt særligt, sådan som den er.
Fortællingen er på sin vis letforståelig og grusom, men der ligger også mange flere uudtalte lag i den - blandt andet i tegningerne. Jeg var meget overrasket over, hvor barsk og 'klam' den egentlig var, men også meget fascineret. Der er en form for leg mellem billeder og ord, og den efterlader en med både varme og afsky.
"Jeg gør mit bedste for, at tingene skal blive, som de var før. Tror du mig?" - citat side 33.
Uanset om man læser graphic-novels eller ej, så er den her altså virkelig anbefalelsesværdig. Især fordi den har den lidt tegnefilmsagtige streg, som de fleste nok vil synes om. Derudover har den vundet Ping-prisen i 2017 for "Bedste internationale tegneserie på dansk", og det er virkelig fuldt ud fortjent. Det eneste jeg savnede, var lidt flere lyspunkter i den mørke fortælling, men den er også noget helt særligt, sådan som den er.