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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
SO GOOD!!! was pitched to me as over the garden wall vibes but darker and it couldn't have been a better match for me and my taste both in storytelling and art!!
dark
The art really makes this comic. Beautiful watercolours with cartoonish children's characters really soften just how gruesome and disturbing this book is.
This really is a fairy tale, rather than a fully thought out story. There's no real meaning or depth. Bad things happen to cute little characters and that's about it. But I enjoyed my time reading it and banged it out in one sitting.
This really is a fairy tale, rather than a fully thought out story. There's no real meaning or depth. Bad things happen to cute little characters and that's about it. But I enjoyed my time reading it and banged it out in one sitting.
[tw: mort d’enfant, corps en décomposition, gore/graphique violence, cannibalisme]
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Ne vous fiez surtout pas au style de dessin qu’on aurait tendance à definir comme enfantin. C’est un roman graphiste à ne pas mettre dans toute les mains car le postulat est de suivre un groupe de petites entités humanoïdes qui doivent quitter leur résidence : le corps sans vie d’une petite fille (dont on voit son visage, et des parties de son corps tout au long du processus de décomposition).
La critique sociétale est évidente et s’appuie sur les mini-scènettes d’une rare violence visuelle pour transmettre ses idées (le rejet de la différence, la loi du plus fort, l’attachement rend vulnérable, ou encore le fait qu’avoir des bonnes intentions n’est pas suffisant.)
Pas la peine de vous attacher à des personnages, ils sont sûrement morts trois-quatre cases plus loin.
En gros : la violence visuelle de Happy Three Friends, la violence psychology de Game of Thrones et l’art de la survie un peu comme Princess Mononoke et un soupson d’Arrietty.
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Ne vous fiez surtout pas au style de dessin qu’on aurait tendance à definir comme enfantin. C’est un roman graphiste à ne pas mettre dans toute les mains car le postulat est de suivre un groupe de petites entités humanoïdes qui doivent quitter leur résidence : le corps sans vie d’une petite fille (dont on voit son visage, et des parties de son corps tout au long du processus de décomposition).
La critique sociétale est évidente et s’appuie sur les mini-scènettes d’une rare violence visuelle pour transmettre ses idées (le rejet de la différence, la loi du plus fort, l’attachement rend vulnérable, ou encore le fait qu’avoir des bonnes intentions n’est pas suffisant.)
Pas la peine de vous attacher à des personnages, ils sont sûrement morts trois-quatre cases plus loin.
En gros : la violence visuelle de Happy Three Friends, la violence psychology de Game of Thrones et l’art de la survie un peu comme Princess Mononoke et un soupson d’Arrietty.
Great graphic novel, a cutsie woodland fantasy that proves to grow out of tragedy and contains a microcosm of horrors. Feels a bit like Big Questions by Anders Nilsen, but with a little bit of "Lord Of The Flies" and a lots more bizarro-world "Alice In Wonderland". A series of vignettes about magical little creatures who exist in a whimsical cruel world and increasingly reflect it.
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Everyone in the reviews: “This is so dark and twisted omg”
Me picking this up: “Surely not, look at the cute cover picture.”
Me finishing the prologue: “OMG WHAT?¿?”
Me throughout the entire book: “Omg this is so dark and twisted and gross I love it!”
This was awesome, and there’s probably something wrong with me for liking it so much.
Me picking this up: “Surely not, look at the cute cover picture.”
Me finishing the prologue: “OMG WHAT?¿?”
Me throughout the entire book: “Omg this is so dark and twisted and gross I love it!”
This was awesome, and there’s probably something wrong with me for liking it so much.
dark
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm trying to figure out how I feel about Beautiful Darkness. It's like Lord of the Flies with illustrations that disarm you with charm and then blindside you with gruesome.
The story features a cast of characters that make up the imaginary world inside a young girl's mind. Within the first couple pages, the characters are evicted, and are forced into the real world. At first, the naivety with which they explore their new world is cute, but soon their childlike exploration turns dark as the characters either die through circumstance (like becoming a bird's snack) or through the actions of another character (like one character burying another alive for a game). Sometimes I felt like I was watching a kid pluck the wings from a dragonfly.
I found the illustration style appealing but the content repulsive. I haven't had that kind of push and pull in a reading experience in a while. That said, it's not an entirely enjoyable feeling and for that, three stars is as high as I'll go.
The story features a cast of characters that make up the imaginary world inside a young girl's mind. Within the first couple pages, the characters are evicted, and are forced into the real world. At first, the naivety with which they explore their new world is cute, but soon their childlike exploration turns dark as the characters either die through circumstance (like becoming a bird's snack) or through the actions of another character (like one character burying another alive for a game). Sometimes I felt like I was watching a kid pluck the wings from a dragonfly.
I found the illustration style appealing but the content repulsive. I haven't had that kind of push and pull in a reading experience in a while. That said, it's not an entirely enjoyable feeling and for that, three stars is as high as I'll go.