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A review by house_of_hannah
Everything is Fine Volume One by Mike Birchall
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Thank you so much to the Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group and to NetGalley for providing me with an e-ARC; it is greatly appreciated.
So this started off as a Webtoon Comic, but is now being published in a graphic novel format like Heartstopper and Lore Olympus were. However, this is a completely different genre ! I will probably have to find the webtoon to read, because I am very intrigued in where this story is going, as this volume ended on a rather huge cliffhanger.
It seemingly takes place in a dystopian society where everything is monitered à la Big Brother in the book 1984. At the beginning I actually thought these were supposed to be cat people, as in those are actually their heads, but we quickly find out they are simply masks that everyone has to constantly wear. There is constant talk of, "We must forget", and it's slowly revealed what that actually means. There is a lot of subtle horror and tension, as the characters fight with themselves to be these perfect beings.
Overall, I find this to be really well done. The way it handles the horror and reveals is done in one of my favorite styles. The masks everyone wears are expressionless, yet you can 100% feel what the characters are thinking and feeling. I will definitely be keeping my eye out for future volumes !
So this started off as a Webtoon Comic, but is now being published in a graphic novel format like Heartstopper and Lore Olympus were. However, this is a completely different genre ! I will probably have to find the webtoon to read, because I am very intrigued in where this story is going, as this volume ended on a rather huge cliffhanger.
It seemingly takes place in a dystopian society where everything is monitered à la Big Brother in the book 1984. At the beginning I actually thought these were supposed to be cat people, as in those are actually their heads, but we quickly find out they are simply masks that everyone has to constantly wear. There is constant talk of, "We must forget", and it's slowly revealed what that actually means. There is a lot of subtle horror and tension, as the characters fight with themselves to be these perfect beings.
Overall, I find this to be really well done. The way it handles the horror and reveals is done in one of my favorite styles. The masks everyone wears are expressionless, yet you can 100% feel what the characters are thinking and feeling. I will definitely be keeping my eye out for future volumes !
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Murder