Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Oct 22, 2016 Nadine in NY Jones rated it it was ok

Shelves: graphic-novels-and-comics, fantasy-and-sci-fi, r2016-in-2016

This was disappointing.

I was expecting something beautiful, powerful, mysterious, and feminist.

I mean, just look at that cover! That's gorgeous! But the artwork is really very underwhelming when taken page-by-page. The backgrounds are gorgeous, don't get me wrong - I was LOVING all the art deco style. But the characters are so blah. All the women have bodaciously large breasts and tiny feet and exaggerated facial features (tiny noses, pointy chins, and either LARGE eyes or small angled eyes). T ...more

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Jun 03, 2016 Adriel added it

Shelves: comics, did-not-finish

I can't even give it any rating because from the outside, I can recognize it as a stunning piece of work, with truly beautiful illustrations and an interesting story. However, i choose not to read stories with too much death, violence, and blood, especially visual ones, so I did not get very far. ...more

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Oct 02, 2017 Cathy rated it it was amazing

The best epic graphic novel I've read since Saga and Y: The Last Man. It seems simple at first, but gets increasingly complex. The drawings are beautiful, the world is well-built, and there is humor throughout. I devoured this book. I was standing up reading it while waiting for my Starbucks order. Im officially hooked. On to volume 2! ...more

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Jan 11, 2019 Roman Colombo rated it it was amazing

Wow. First of all, Takeda's art is breathtakingly gorgeous. And then Liu's writing gives it incredible life. This is one of the most inventive series I've read in any form.

And there are cats. Talking, multi tailed cats. ...more

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