A review by ladypalutena
Monstress, Book One by Marjorie Liu

Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.
It feels like we're dropped in on the third or fourth volume of the comics, rather than the first. I gave it 1/3 of the book to see if anything would happen, and found myself googling Monstress to see if it gets better. It seems to be a very divisive comic, but most people seemed to agree with if it hadn't grabbed you by the end of chapter 2, you're not going to find it any easier going forward. I gave it until chapter 5. 

So this is my first DNF in several years, and I don't know how to feel about it. But I don't want to force myself through multiple books and feel like I wasted my time in the end. The art is gorgeous, but the subject matter is hard, and the story is almost...non-existent? I know the main character has some sort of amnesia, but the world building is so slow it's hard to want to pay attention. I kept seeing the phrase "very, very slow burn" thrown around when I was reading about it, and decided this one wasn't for me. 
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