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adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Interesting to look at, with art that skitters wildly between elegant, impressionistic inkwash, near-realism, and crude cartooning. That is, unfortunately, all it has going for it. It's a graphic novel, so that's not nothing! But the plot is just proof that no matter what your genre, you can write a tedious middle aged man who thinks infidelity is a personality. There's nothing the story is actually about but tedious heterosexual adultery, and it's tragically sure that's as good as a plot. And to cap it all, a tragic saintly disabled wife narrative, just in case you wanted to be sympathetic.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Racism, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Gore, Death, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Ableism, Suicide, Misogyny, Classism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Murder, and Medical content
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