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Monstress, Vol. 3: Haven
by Marjorie M. Liu
This is the ultimate Silk Punk Cthulhu talking-animal Fantasy adventure, as far as I’m concerned. I don’t know how all these moving parts work, but they do. Body horror + steampunk + demonic possession + waking dreams + robots, not to mention the two-tailed talking cats who are playing games beyond the enormous war between the humans, anthropomorphic critters, demons and mysterious organizations.
It almost feels like you intuit this story rather than read it, but it’s pretty straightforward. The only reason I give this 4 stars rather than 5 is because there are too many things left unsaid between characters and too many questions left unanswered about the history of the world and the nature of the conflict. But boy it sure makes me want to read the next volume!
I also kinda want a wine red overcoat like Maika Halfwolf’s, so much so that I just spent 40 minutes looking at them online. That’s a testament to Sana Takeda’s cool art. Takeda manages to evoke all the weirdness while mostly keeping the story and action clear. That’s a real feat.
It almost feels like you intuit this story rather than read it, but it’s pretty straightforward. The only reason I give this 4 stars rather than 5 is because there are too many things left unsaid between characters and too many questions left unanswered about the history of the world and the nature of the conflict. But boy it sure makes me want to read the next volume!
I also kinda want a wine red overcoat like Maika Halfwolf’s, so much so that I just spent 40 minutes looking at them online. That’s a testament to Sana Takeda’s cool art. Takeda manages to evoke all the weirdness while mostly keeping the story and action clear. That’s a real feat.