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Hypericon by Manuele Fior
4.0
"You know what sleep is? Something we invented to keep us from noticing how long nights are. A safe passageway that protects our senses from the effects of the passage of time.
When I can't sleep, time slows down, then finally becomes immobile. It deteriorates... and rots, repeating itself to infinity."
Hypericon follows two interconnected plotlines - one being the the story of Teresa, a young Italian academic, who has just arrived in Berlin on a grant to work on an exhibit of Tutankhamen's tomb, and the other - the discovery of said tomb by Howard Carter, described in a book that Teresa reads during sleepless nights.
This is the most beautifully written graphic novel I've had the pleasure of reading in some time, especially in the part towards the middle where Teresa's reflecting on her insomnia and the role of sleep in our lives. The art in the scenes set in Egypt was likewise beautiful and dreamlike. It's only the art of the scenes set in Berlin that I didn't necessarily enjoy, but overall the story had a nice flow to it, despite jumping between the two plotlines every now and then.
There are quite a few explicit sex scenes though, so if that's not something you enjoy in a graphic novel, maybe this isn't the best fit for you.
Thank you to Netgalley and Europe Comics for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
When I can't sleep, time slows down, then finally becomes immobile. It deteriorates... and rots, repeating itself to infinity."
Hypericon follows two interconnected plotlines - one being the the story of Teresa, a young Italian academic, who has just arrived in Berlin on a grant to work on an exhibit of Tutankhamen's tomb, and the other - the discovery of said tomb by Howard Carter, described in a book that Teresa reads during sleepless nights.
This is the most beautifully written graphic novel I've had the pleasure of reading in some time, especially in the part towards the middle where Teresa's reflecting on her insomnia and the role of sleep in our lives. The art in the scenes set in Egypt was likewise beautiful and dreamlike. It's only the art of the scenes set in Berlin that I didn't necessarily enjoy, but overall the story had a nice flow to it, despite jumping between the two plotlines every now and then.
There are quite a few explicit sex scenes though, so if that's not something you enjoy in a graphic novel, maybe this isn't the best fit for you.
Thank you to Netgalley and Europe Comics for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.