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A review by zig_zaggie
The Butchery by Bastien Vivès
3.0
This felt like a generic but affecting breakup poem or song; read it in about 10 minutes while listening to Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Department on in the background, which was complementary. Lovely colored pencil drawings; this really felt like art, and has a beautiful, wistful tone. Really sad, but with sweet detail and joy/humor (e.g., dancing at home, ordering a side of compassion along with a breakup at a restaurant).
The metaphors (jumping into a combat zone, hitting a lover with a bat) didn't always come together for me (notably, the jumping into a combat zone drawings in the beginning felt very different than the later metaphorical interludes). I did really like that the interludes ended up including a character that met up with the protagonist (in, again, a sad/agonizing way).
The metaphors (jumping into a combat zone, hitting a lover with a bat) didn't always come together for me (notably, the jumping into a combat zone drawings in the beginning felt very different than the later metaphorical interludes). I did really like that the interludes ended up including a character that met up with the protagonist (in, again, a sad/agonizing way).