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isabelleverdino's Reviews (368)
An exquisitely spooky but emotionally taxing horror story. The prose is beautiful and there were so many parts that resonated: from the fears of coming out to your family, having to carry the guilt and baggage your father left to you, and feeling unwelcome in a place that should be your home.
I feel like I need to process this one. But I also feel like this story and it’s imagery is going to stay with me for a long time. I have not read much YA Horror (if any…) but this is really a testament to the genre. Considering it’s their debut, Trang Thanh Tran crafted a chilling, beautiful, and emotional story.
I’ll add that this book is a combination of Haunting of Hill House and Grady Hendrix’s My Best Friends Exorcism. But Tran has taken the most poignant and unsettling pieces of both.
I received this arc through my bookseller position at Barnes & Noble :)
I feel like I need to process this one. But I also feel like this story and it’s imagery is going to stay with me for a long time. I have not read much YA Horror (if any…) but this is really a testament to the genre. Considering it’s their debut, Trang Thanh Tran crafted a chilling, beautiful, and emotional story.
I’ll add that this book is a combination of Haunting of Hill House and Grady Hendrix’s My Best Friends Exorcism. But Tran has taken the most poignant and unsettling pieces of both.
I received this arc through my bookseller position at Barnes & Noble :)
Alright to start, I love queer graphic novels. The art in this one was beautiful. On the other hand, I just did not like the characters. The story frustrated me more than anything.
Ok I know we needed Emsy to move back into this coven with no knowledge of it so that the readers could learn about the coven with her. To be honest, though, if my parents made a decision to move away to give me a normal life, did not in 16 years work to have me connect with THEIR coven, and then suddenly ran TOWARDS the danger at my expense…
I was a kid who moved around a lot anyway and I can’t imagine moving for the first time as a junior in high school. ANYWAY I was so bothered by the logistics of this setup that it took me a WHILE to focus on the story without that.
And even though the art style is GORGEOUS and I’m attracted to at least half of the adults drawn in this book… I did not like them. Made me feel like an angsty teen again but maybe that was the point?
Ok I know we needed Emsy to move back into this coven with no knowledge of it so that the readers could learn about the coven with her. To be honest, though, if my parents made a decision to move away to give me a normal life, did not in 16 years work to have me connect with THEIR coven, and then suddenly ran TOWARDS the danger at my expense…
I was a kid who moved around a lot anyway and I can’t imagine moving for the first time as a junior in high school. ANYWAY I was so bothered by the logistics of this setup that it took me a WHILE to focus on the story without that.
And even though the art style is GORGEOUS and I’m attracted to at least half of the adults drawn in this book… I did not like them. Made me feel like an angsty teen again but maybe that was the point?
Ok finally the secret is out but now I have to WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE???? Rude
Holy moly this book felt very profound to me. A combination of the Truly Devious Series and Night Film, but one that works in a lot of complex gender politics and discussions.
It was slow to start because I was expecting a mystery thriller from the get-go. So it took a bit of an investment at the beginning but I think it was worth it.
It was slow to start because I was expecting a mystery thriller from the get-go. So it took a bit of an investment at the beginning but I think it was worth it.
4.5⭐️ Do you ever wish that the King Killer Chronicles has more women, more queerness, and more pirates? Me too. This is the perfect answer to that!
3.5⭐️ I thought this book was very cute. But I think it’s reputation led me to think that it would be some sort of revelation and it wasn’t that for me.
The first 100 pages were significantly darker than I was expecting. And although the rest of the book was a much easier, enjoyable read, I’m not sure I would have finished it at all if my mom didn’t tell me it was worth it lol.
The first 100 pages were significantly darker than I was expecting. And although the rest of the book was a much easier, enjoyable read, I’m not sure I would have finished it at all if my mom didn’t tell me it was worth it lol.
I will read anything K. O’Neill writes. Their art is just so cozy and beautiful.