Kairos

Beautiful art. Everything else is pretty bad. Spoilers, but it doesn’t matter because you probably shouldn’t read this book anyway. Ok, so.... *deep breath* Seriously, the female lead has to marry her FATHER?? WTF?? And she has to “consummate” the marriage?? Why is this super creepy incest needed to Leggi tutto

È difficile descrivere in poche righe quanto sia bello e travolgente #Kairos di Ulysse Malassagne. #EdizioniBD porta in Italia un graphic novel tanto avventuroso, quanto intimo e commovente. Una storia che, appena conclusa, ricominceresti a leggere dall'inizio (e io l'ho fatto... due volte, insaziab Leggi tutto

A story saved by amazing art, but the writing is rather frustrating. While it's tries to deconstruct the damsel in distress narrative, it fails to make it land in the last bit because the set ups basically try and force the theme over it being a natural consequence of the story. Nillis is being bera Leggi tutto

3 stars for art. But minus 2 for the story. I am really grossed out by some of the things in this. Simply gross! Also the synopsis says something about “turning damsel in distress trope on this head”. Lol. No. It was not done. Others have done better job at it.

This guy's girlfriend is such a bitch. "You're such a bad person for trying to save me from incest", WTF?

The art was stunning. Every pose was extremely dynamic and there was such a wonderful sense of motion and action throughout. The story was SO GOOD too! Not your conventional fairytale but grounded more in the reality of intentions and different people's needs and wants. I loved it. This was so refre Leggi tutto

4.0 rounded up because it deserves more than the goodreads average lol. i think it does a solid job of being what it's trying to be. plot is pretty straightforward (it was written in 2013 and u can kinda feel that given which tropes it's got floating around). themes/message are solid & clearly commu Leggi tutto