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A review by octavia_cade
Monstress #1 by Marjorie Liu
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
5.0
This is fascinating and the artwork is incredible. I have so many questions as to what's going on here, and I'm completely hooked.
There's something absolutely horrific about the fantasy here, what with the consumption of and experimentation on the not-quite-human. Much simplified, it seems like a war between fairies and witches, with the witches taking on the role of the Inquisition, which is a nice twist. I think that, as a summary, this is a simplification, as this is only the first issue and so many elements are just being teased at here, but there's clearly been a great deal of thought gone into the worldbuilding. I am not, always, the greatest fan of worldbuilding, as far too often it takes over the story, to my mind, but the story here is very obviously paramount so I'm free to enjoy all the elements without feeling as if narrative has been taken over by encyclopaedia. It's been very, very finely judged is what I'm saying.
There's something absolutely horrific about the fantasy here, what with the consumption of and experimentation on the not-quite-human. Much simplified, it seems like a war between fairies and witches, with the witches taking on the role of the Inquisition, which is a nice twist. I think that, as a summary, this is a simplification, as this is only the first issue and so many elements are just being teased at here, but there's clearly been a great deal of thought gone into the worldbuilding. I am not, always, the greatest fan of worldbuilding, as far too often it takes over the story, to my mind, but the story here is very obviously paramount so I'm free to enjoy all the elements without feeling as if narrative has been taken over by encyclopaedia. It's been very, very finely judged is what I'm saying.