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A review by paigesonpages
Nuit couleur larme by Borja González
3.0
I would like to thank the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a digital copy of this Graphic Novel’s English Edition in exchange for an honest review.
If dark themes, moodiness, and a string of missing women are your thing, then you might enjoy this graphic novel, though it is sometimes hard to find the plot.
Nuit couleur larme, or Night Cry, as some English readers may know it, is a graphic novel following Teresa, an occult bookseller and poet who summons a demon named Laura, who must grant Teresa’s wish before she disappears. The trouble is, Teresa can’t think of anything she desires. She doesn’t want money, fame, or even her one teen customer Matilda to finally leave her alone.
The dark and moody artwork in this graphic novel highlights the underlying themes of depression and loneliness, especially the decision for the characters to be faceless. However, this does cause the emotions of the characters to be dulled to the point that it was hard at the beginning to remember who was who.
In addition, there’s a whole plot of missing women in the graphic novel that seems to not get touched enough. The mentions of those who are missing are almost identical each time, and we never get to learn enough to know what exactly happened to them.
Perhaps this decision was made by the novelist in order to reflect how there is never a concrete answer or result in real life. However, it left me asking too many questions for my liking. Enough questions to leave me wanting more and a sequel? Probably not.
If dark themes, moodiness, and a string of missing women are your thing, then you might enjoy this graphic novel, though it is sometimes hard to find the plot.
Nuit couleur larme, or Night Cry, as some English readers may know it, is a graphic novel following Teresa, an occult bookseller and poet who summons a demon named Laura, who must grant Teresa’s wish before she disappears. The trouble is, Teresa can’t think of anything she desires. She doesn’t want money, fame, or even her one teen customer Matilda to finally leave her alone.
The dark and moody artwork in this graphic novel highlights the underlying themes of depression and loneliness, especially the decision for the characters to be faceless. However, this does cause the emotions of the characters to be dulled to the point that it was hard at the beginning to remember who was who.
In addition, there’s a whole plot of missing women in the graphic novel that seems to not get touched enough. The mentions of those who are missing are almost identical each time, and we never get to learn enough to know what exactly happened to them.
Perhaps this decision was made by the novelist in order to reflect how there is never a concrete answer or result in real life. However, it left me asking too many questions for my liking. Enough questions to leave me wanting more and a sequel? Probably not.