Reviews

Trance by Joey Capuana

emily_mh's review

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I’m not going to review this thoroughly, as I’ve realised this is issue #1 in the series, NOT voume #1 as Goodreads says, and I don’t really like reviewing individual issues as there isn’t enough content for me to be able to do a full review (and judge things like character and plot arcs). What I will say is that there is so much potential here. We have a queer coven trying to track down a homophobic serial killer for starters (one of them is a drag queen who can magic snakes!). Four of the five members of the coven have already been set up for compelling sub-plots, too. The art style is great; I was worried it would be difficult to read, but this was not the case at all. I think I’m going to wait until the actual first volume is released before continuing with the series, but it’ll be a tough wait! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Animal death, Murder, Death, Hate crime, and Violence

Moderate: Religious bigotry

Minor: Vomit, Blood, Ableism, Drug use, Misogyny, Cursing, Alcohol, Infidelity, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: missing loved one, self-injury Minor: 1 HP ref

lucys_library's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

4.0

gabriele_queerbookdom's review

3.0

Representation: gay Black protagonist, gay white protagonist, lesbian white secondary character, queer secondary characters, queer Asian tertiary character, Black tertiary character.

Content Warning: blood, gore, death, violence, homophobia, HP reference, mind control, hate crime.

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful illustrations and intriguing story. That HP reference really put me off though.