sp1derfairy's reviews
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Pretty Deadly, Vol. 3: The Rat by Emma Ríos, Kelly Sue DeConnick
4.0
I had to read this book twice to really feel like I could review it it’s such a cool comic I love all of the imagery and the commentary it makes on noir and society in general. I love the visual motif of obsession with butterflies because butterflies generally represent hope, and that mislead is soooo good I love it so much. The butterflies swarm the characters, swarm them with hope, making them obsessed. I also love the nature of obsession’s reaper as self-defeating. It’s quite cool how the reaper’s spell their own destruction. This definitely makes me think of the noir genre and the last bit at the end is fascinating. Forgiveness as a tool that can only be useful and truly exist in the face or in opposition of treachery. It’s so hard to think about forgiving something treacherous as not absolving them. I like how forgiveness frees the person, but not the one who hurt them. Or I guess maybe it does in a way. It doesn’t free them, but it opens a door, you can’t free someone without them wanting it too. Really cool stuff to think about as a whole. Also the line, “there’s no defeating shadows, there’s only walking towards the light”. gosh i love that. also ginny makes me sad, there’s two instances right after each other saying that rest and forgiveness are not “what she’s for” but i also see that ginny escapes the traditional bounds of her own identity as a reaper a bit in helping the guy (albeit for absolution of a sort). cool characters.
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
5.0
I really love the characters and how each feels fleshed out and like their own person. Inej and Kaz’s battle with powerlessness, Jesper’s with insecurity and control. Everyone. Those three are my favorites. I love how it’s about people finding their way through the world, finding something out of nothing, especially in the people around them. I love that Kaz’s disability is based on Leigh Bardugo’s and how he is this powerful figure and it’s still
something he struggles with.
The magic system didn’t feel fleshed out here and I’m sure I’ll have to go to shadow and bone to really see it developed.
something he struggles with.
The magic system didn’t feel fleshed out here and I’m sure I’ll have to go to shadow and bone to really see it developed.
Witch Hat Atelier, Volume 8 by Kamome Shirahama
5.0
i love the care taken into portraying disability and how
community and genuine care and effort helps make the world a more caring and accommodating place i love it soooo so much. i love the part about how while you may not have the power to change the whole world, you can make the area around the people you love a safe one and i ugh just love it.i also love that we’re getting to see more conflicts people have with the system set up and how it does leave people behind. it is flawed and the brimmed caps take advantage of that. it reminds me of hobie’s tagline in the spiderpunk comic “with great power there is no
future” as in absolute power corrupts. i love the moment about facing your problems head on because there’s always ways to adapt and possibilities to help them. thinking outside the box. i love love this manga so much.
community and genuine care and effort helps make the world a more caring and accommodating place i love it soooo so much. i love the part about how while you may not have the power to change the whole world, you can make the area around the people you love a safe one and i ugh just love it.
future” as in absolute power corrupts.