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A review by scottishben
Alabaster by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Ted Naifeh
3.0
This is a short collection of inter-related short stories that have also been the subject of a series of graphic novels.
Basically they are about a young albino monster hunter who may or may not be led/ guided by an angel. They are atmospheric and effocative and dark as well as full of wonderful moments but I sometimes feel that they dont know quite what they want to be.
Here is a section "And this time the laughter rises like a storm, like an ugly bit of flotsam buoyed on the crest of a wave, echoing off the high obsidian walls of Kearvan Weal."
not the sort of quick easy reading bit of description that fits some of the more actiony moments and we have something with its feet in several different types of story that does not fully work the way I want it to (both feet in any one would be better).
I found the graphic novel Alabaster: Wolves to be superb and recommend if you only read one version of the Darcy stories you go for it but if you feel like there is plenty of worth and value in picking this up.
Basically they are about a young albino monster hunter who may or may not be led/ guided by an angel. They are atmospheric and effocative and dark as well as full of wonderful moments but I sometimes feel that they dont know quite what they want to be.
Here is a section "And this time the laughter rises like a storm, like an ugly bit of flotsam buoyed on the crest of a wave, echoing off the high obsidian walls of Kearvan Weal."
not the sort of quick easy reading bit of description that fits some of the more actiony moments and we have something with its feet in several different types of story that does not fully work the way I want it to (both feet in any one would be better).
I found the graphic novel Alabaster: Wolves to be superb and recommend if you only read one version of the Darcy stories you go for it but if you feel like there is plenty of worth and value in picking this up.