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A review by arachne_reads
Lucifer, Vol. 6: Mansions of the Silence by Peter Gross, David Hahn, Ryan Kelley, Mike Carey, Dean Ormston
4.0
It didn't feel either as epic or profound as previous volumes. The pace was a bit sleepy.
I do want to say that I deeply related to Jill's outright horror at carrying the Basanos' child. The common narrative in so many works when it comes to rape and pregnancy is that the woman learns to love the child spawned on her. I understand that every reaction to this situation is unique, complicated, and the woman's own decision, but it disturbs me that so much shelf space is devoted to the narrative of the "gift" child, the one good thing to come out of a horror. Sorry, no, that's not reality. It felt so good to read a competing narrative. I am so glad Mike Carey pried open a little space for the story of the woman who chooses not to make her body into a vessel. Reading that was a relief and a catharsis.
I do want to say that I deeply related to Jill's outright horror at carrying the Basanos' child. The common narrative in so many works when it comes to rape and pregnancy is that the woman learns to love the child spawned on her. I understand that every reaction to this situation is unique, complicated, and the woman's own decision, but it disturbs me that so much shelf space is devoted to the narrative of the "gift" child, the one good thing to come out of a horror. Sorry, no, that's not reality. It felt so good to read a competing narrative. I am so glad Mike Carey pried open a little space for the story of the woman who chooses not to make her body into a vessel. Reading that was a relief and a catharsis.