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Fauna by Pablo Strauss, Christiane Vadnais

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

Ok i see the vision 🧐
I loved the imagery and the mysteriousness of it all, but i wish it had been a bit more fleshed out. There wasn’t anything for me to hold on to, each time a character was vulnerable and i felt like i could relate to them the author cuts away to a different thing. 
#ecohorror #biohorror #lgbtqia+ 
ディザインズ 1, Volume 1 by 五十嵐大介

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

So magical and beautiful and dark and delicious. I had to translate it from Japanese so some of the political stuff is harder to follow like
I’m confused about Okuda and if he’s dead or not and like sean vs. dr victoria etc like do they all work for Summont or are they separate agents?? And who’s mr big?
The art is just incredible and amazing
The Troop by Nick Cutter

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adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I was so pleasantly surprised by this!! I was expecting like 80’s goop horror and instead i got a hybrid of Lord of the Flies ,  Russian Sleep Experiment ,  &  Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. All wrapped up in like a devastating painting of boyhood.
I was so sad that Newt got infected and also that Ephraim went crazy bc of Shelley-thing. Rest in peace baby boys.
i want a sequel! Reading this book is like watching the worm-fight scene from the movie Splice.
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Biomega, Vol. 2 by Tsutomu Nihei

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Tsutomu nihei is daddy
Goddess of Filth by V. Castro

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dark funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I loved this omg
I usually don't do well w YA or teen books but this felt grown and had so many moving parts. 
It's very short, and is essentially a possession story but then has like eco-horror components, feminist critique of the church, the necessity of the Nahuatl language to be kept alive, and coming-of-age issues as well for a group of girls in the barrio. 
I loved that
the inhabitant was not necessarily evil or that any inhabitant has necessarily been evil but simply misunderstood by  white male dominated spaces like the church  who would of course see a woman acting out as evil or possessed. That made this story unique.
 
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Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth

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dark slow-paced
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I think this wasn't quite for me i kind of wanted more 
but i really liked it like as a short story its definitely really visceral and relatable and i loved the main character but i wanted more horror i feel teased 
and
i believe that there WAS NO real ghost and that they both were just going kinda nuts
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Sugar Sugar Rune, Volume 1 by Moyoco Anno

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5.0

Air Gear, Vol. 3 by Oh! Great, 大暮維人

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3.75

No chance at passing the bechdel test, but the art is so good that I don't really care 😘
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.
Love the story, HATE the writing style 
Idk
Its trying too hard or something
Beowulf: A New Translation by Anonymous

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fast-paced

5.0

Read this to compare w the Seamus Heaney translation and decided i like them both alot! But i like this one better i think, its more poetic even though the use of modern slang at times is slightly jarring. But i think there’s more description and i like the focus on grendel’s mother. Can’t wait to read the Mere Wife!