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A review by saidtheraina
Black River by Josh Simmons
3.0
Do not be deceived by the purple flowerly flowy cover on this baby.
This is a GRIM story.
Or do. It'll be more shocking that way.
We find ourselves plopped down in the middle of the post-apocalypse. No context, just a band of survivors making their way across a snowy wilderness. Basically, Mad Max: Fury Road, but cold. And less styled.
This particular band of travelers happens to be made up mostly of female-presenting individuals. Badass ladies, as it were.
This is a gritty, violent, graphic, sexually explicit story. All told in Simmons partly gorgeous, partly abrasive illustrations. Our characters run into some nasty post-civilizations -- and I would never call our protagonists heroes, themselves.
Read this with [b: The Road|6288|The Road|Cormac McCarthy|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1439197219s/6288.jpg|3355573], [b: The Eleventh Plague|10369932|The Eleventh Plague|Jeff Hirsch|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1300474622s/10369932.jpg|15185764], and myriad other postapocalypic tales you've been meaning to get to.
This is a GRIM story.
Or do. It'll be more shocking that way.
We find ourselves plopped down in the middle of the post-apocalypse. No context, just a band of survivors making their way across a snowy wilderness. Basically, Mad Max: Fury Road, but cold. And less styled.
This particular band of travelers happens to be made up mostly of female-presenting individuals. Badass ladies, as it were.
This is a gritty, violent, graphic, sexually explicit story. All told in Simmons partly gorgeous, partly abrasive illustrations. Our characters run into some nasty post-civilizations -- and I would never call our protagonists heroes, themselves.
Read this with [b: The Road|6288|The Road|Cormac McCarthy|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1439197219s/6288.jpg|3355573], [b: The Eleventh Plague|10369932|The Eleventh Plague|Jeff Hirsch|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1300474622s/10369932.jpg|15185764], and myriad other postapocalypic tales you've been meaning to get to.