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sura_reads_books's review
4.0
4.5 stars- Found this on clearance when browsing and decided to check it out! Very glad I did! I will absolutely be searching for the other 4 issues
nipomuki's review
4.0
Very promising. Also: gory.
Thank you Reading Glasses podcast for the recommendation.
My smartphone is really not a good way to read comics. Maybe one of this days I’ll have to get a tablet. Botheration.
Thank you Reading Glasses podcast for the recommendation.
My smartphone is really not a good way to read comics. Maybe one of this days I’ll have to get a tablet. Botheration.
enjoyjournaling's review
adventurous
fast-paced
3.0
I’m interested, glad I have the next ones to read as well
quirkycatsfatstacks's review
5.0
Sparrowhawk is a new series that Boom! Box picked up. I might have overlooked this one, had I not noticed that one of my favorite authors was involved in the project; Delilah Dawson. Without needing to know any more about the series I knew I was going to have to give it a try.
Artemesia (I love the name choice) had the life we’d expect any down trodden fairytale princess to have. Well, more or less. Her stepmother doesn’t want anything to do with her (due to her being illegitimate and all), and while one sister (stepsister) adored her, the other didn’t seem to like her. When the elder sister dies (the one that didn’t like her) Artemesia had no idea her life was about to change…however.
It sounds like a banal start to a series, but trust me, things get pretty weird from that point on. Like any fae story, Sparrowhawk did a wonderful job of assuring us that not everything is how it looks. Sometimes the pretty things can be the most dangerous, especially in fae.
We haven’t seen much of the fae world that Artemesia has been thrown into, but what I’ve seen so far I’ve liked. It looks like they put a lot of effort into balancing the rules of the world, which for a fae story is an incredibly big deal. I can’t wait to see what happens next.
Artemesia (I love the name choice) had the life we’d expect any down trodden fairytale princess to have. Well, more or less. Her stepmother doesn’t want anything to do with her (due to her being illegitimate and all), and while one sister (stepsister) adored her, the other didn’t seem to like her. When the elder sister dies (the one that didn’t like her) Artemesia had no idea her life was about to change…however.
It sounds like a banal start to a series, but trust me, things get pretty weird from that point on. Like any fae story, Sparrowhawk did a wonderful job of assuring us that not everything is how it looks. Sometimes the pretty things can be the most dangerous, especially in fae.
We haven’t seen much of the fae world that Artemesia has been thrown into, but what I’ve seen so far I’ve liked. It looks like they put a lot of effort into balancing the rules of the world, which for a fae story is an incredibly big deal. I can’t wait to see what happens next.
alexandrian_arxhives's review
4.0
I'm counting this as a #1-5 review on my blog but will add them separately on GR because I'm desperate to reach my goal lmao
Plus it counts, right?
Anyways, solid start, this was fun. I'm not a huge comics fan but it's cool
Plus it counts, right?
Anyways, solid start, this was fun. I'm not a huge comics fan but it's cool
1siobhan's review
5.0
*I received an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thanks for the free graphic novel*
Jane Austen meets Alice in Wonderland meets Fight Club meets Victorianism.
Artemisia is the product of colonisation, her father supposedly raped a Native somewhere and took the baby girl home with him. Now she is to be married off to a very old man, but when she steps to a mirror into the fairy realm, everything changes. She has to evolve to come back to the human world and fight the evil fairy queen that took her place. Artemisia also meets a morally dubios cat-like guide and the melancholic, unloved son of the evil fairy queen. (If this ever made into a movie, can we please have Tom Hiddleston for that? It would be perfect.)
Very gory, fast-paced, well-drawn and entertaining. I felt thoroughly entertained despite the lack of world-building. Especially the depiction of fairies as cunning, dangerous and evil is refreshing. It's not all flowers and sweet wine in Fairy!
4,5 Stars
Jane Austen meets Alice in Wonderland meets Fight Club meets Victorianism.
Artemisia is the product of colonisation, her father supposedly raped a Native somewhere and took the baby girl home with him. Now she is to be married off to a very old man, but when she steps to a mirror into the fairy realm, everything changes. She has to evolve to come back to the human world and fight the evil fairy queen that took her place. Artemisia also meets a morally dubios cat-like guide and the melancholic, unloved son of the evil fairy queen. (If this ever made into a movie, can we please have Tom Hiddleston for that? It would be perfect.)
Very gory, fast-paced, well-drawn and entertaining. I felt thoroughly entertained despite the lack of world-building. Especially the depiction of fairies as cunning, dangerous and evil is refreshing. It's not all flowers and sweet wine in Fairy!
4,5 Stars
martifeliciani's review
3.0
I got this book as a granted wish. (I love it when that happens.) The artwork is not my style and it took a while to get used to it, but it is objectively pretty cool. The story was awesome. I am a sucker for dark stories, and this one definitely delivers its share of darkness. It gives the feeling of a darker and creepier Alice in Wonderland for sure. It touches on many important topics like feminism and racism. The ending was so crazy but great! Wow, it left me speechless. The characters are fun to read and even if the main character was annoying at times, overall I didn’t have a problem with her.
jillb30442's review
2.0
Disappointing. Nice concept. It just didn’t have enough heart to carry off the dark storyline. Lovely artwork though.
larondaflyingpaperbacks's review
3.0
06/20-- 3.5 stars for the art and kind of the story, but it was a bit confusing