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saltylane 's review for:
The Knights of Heliopolis
by Alejandro Jodorowsky
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I’m only giving it a half star because I at least was able to finish the book. (Though multiple times, I was tempted to just not do that…)
Overall, the story is confusing and very weird at the end… It is also incredibly ablest and sexist… among other things. Even though there are a lot of things going on (at a very strenuous pace), the plot twists and turns into a storyline that is very hard to follow. The “romantic relationships“ in the story fall very flat, and there’s absolutely no chemistry between the characters, other than what you’re “told” to believe in the story. The ending also doesn’t make much sense…
I guess the only positive I can really find with the story is that the main character is intersex, which you don’t really see much of…though the author handled that poorly. The art is pretty good, if you don’t consider the blatant objectification of women, the lightening of dark-colored skin, and the depiction of mentally ill people.
It’s very telling that Kanye West has a positive review plastered on the front cover of the edition I read (which I honestly didn’t notice until after finishing the book).
I would not recommend this book to anybody.
Overall, the story is confusing and very weird at the end… It is also incredibly ablest and sexist… among other things. Even though there are a lot of things going on (at a very strenuous pace), the plot twists and turns into a storyline that is very hard to follow. The “romantic relationships“ in the story fall very flat, and there’s absolutely no chemistry between the characters, other than what you’re “told” to believe in the story. The ending also doesn’t make much sense…
I guess the only positive I can really find with the story is that
It’s very telling that Kanye West has a positive review plastered on the front cover of the edition I read (which I honestly didn’t notice until after finishing the book).
I would not recommend this book to anybody.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, Xenophobia, Vomit, Islamophobia, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail