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A review by luss44
Eros/Psyche by Maria Llovet
3.0
dark academia vibes level 1000, ale príbeh mohol byť trochu viac dotiahnutý.
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EDIT: The premise of this book sounded exactly like my cup of tea. Witchy dark academia graphic novel with sapphic romance? Yes, please.
Unfortunately, the execution wasn’t as great for me as I hoped. The story is told retrospectively from the perspective of the main character Sara who was accepted to an elite and secretive academy for witches. As a concept, it’s really interesting, but for it to be well realized it was too short for my liking. The life at the academy as well as romance which I thought would be the main focus of the story was told only in short episodes, plot twists weren’t very surprising. The dialogues and descriptions are very scarce even for the graphic novel, lots of panels are silent. That on the one hand helped build a mysterious atmosphere, but on the other hand, it also made lots of stuff a little bit confusing, at least for me. Overall, I would like if the story would be a little bit longer and more detailed. The characters were, too, (maybe except two main protagonists), quite one-dimensional, and served only as a background. I didn’t even know which one is which most of the time.
An artstyle of the graphic novel is quite simplistic, which didn’t specifically bother me and it accented the dark academia vibes rather well, however it also isn’t something I will particulary remember.
In conclusion, I would say that this graphic novel was quite average. I don’t think it was a complete waste of my time but it also wasn’t something that will stick with me for long.
I want to thank Netgalley for the digital copy of this book for the review.
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EDIT: The premise of this book sounded exactly like my cup of tea. Witchy dark academia graphic novel with sapphic romance? Yes, please.
Unfortunately, the execution wasn’t as great for me as I hoped. The story is told retrospectively from the perspective of the main character Sara who was accepted to an elite and secretive academy for witches. As a concept, it’s really interesting, but for it to be well realized it was too short for my liking. The life at the academy as well as romance which I thought would be the main focus of the story was told only in short episodes, plot twists weren’t very surprising. The dialogues and descriptions are very scarce even for the graphic novel, lots of panels are silent. That on the one hand helped build a mysterious atmosphere, but on the other hand, it also made lots of stuff a little bit confusing, at least for me. Overall, I would like if the story would be a little bit longer and more detailed. The characters were, too, (maybe except two main protagonists), quite one-dimensional, and served only as a background. I didn’t even know which one is which most of the time.
An artstyle of the graphic novel is quite simplistic, which didn’t specifically bother me and it accented the dark academia vibes rather well, however it also isn’t something I will particulary remember.
In conclusion, I would say that this graphic novel was quite average. I don’t think it was a complete waste of my time but it also wasn’t something that will stick with me for long.
I want to thank Netgalley for the digital copy of this book for the review.