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A review by carroq
Virgil by Steve Orlando
2.0
Meh. That about sums up my feelings on this book. Virgil is the story of a gay police officer in Jamaica that gets outed, is beaten and left for dead, and goes on a killing spree.
This book does a great job of shining a light on how gays can be treated in society, whether intentionally or not. It's disturbing to see how quickly these characters turn on each other mostly because I could see it happening, although probably without the same level of violence shown in the book. For all that, I felt like the book was lacking in depth.
The illustrations are done well, but the color choices were odd. The vibrancy works for the locale and the subject matter. However, some images used colors that were so different from what the reader might expect that they seemed out of place. This book goes all out in so many ways. It might have been better served by toning something back.
This book does a great job of shining a light on how gays can be treated in society, whether intentionally or not. It's disturbing to see how quickly these characters turn on each other mostly because I could see it happening, although probably without the same level of violence shown in the book. For all that, I felt like the book was lacking in depth.
The illustrations are done well, but the color choices were odd. The vibrancy works for the locale and the subject matter. However, some images used colors that were so different from what the reader might expect that they seemed out of place. This book goes all out in so many ways. It might have been better served by toning something back.