I'm not much for graphic novels either, but here are some I like:
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang, young adult
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, graphic memoir, and companion book Are You My Mother?
Any of the volumes of Saga by Bryan K Vaughn and Fiona Staples. I'm behind a volume on that one, so I'll probably pick it up for the comic square or fantasy/sf, which it also is.
It's the Bechdel test I was thinking of - just such a perfect way of thinking about things that we see and read, and something that should be obvious, but often wasn't... Complete respect to her!
What?! The ending was not at all abrupt, and everything was explained! Not in a here-I'll-talk-you-through-it-like-Poirot-does kind of way, but there was totally resolution!
...just went to see what the reviewers said, and if you ask me most of them missed the point of the story altogether! Obviously it depends what you want from a ghost story, and I suppose seeing Hammer as the publisher might lead you to expect overt horror (I didn't even notice the publisher until I got to the end), but...
To me, the horror was in the psychology - the position that Isabel was in, isolated for various reasons, her reaction to the landlady, what it turned out was actually happening (the ghost story itself - and there was a ghost!) and then what happened at the end, in fact (from both sides) (I don't want to spoiler the story by saying more, though if you'll never read it then I will!) And to me, again, everything was explained too - I knew what had gone on and why, and that brought in a bit more psychological horror too, because that's how
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Another interesting rec. And if my TBR pile wasn't too high to jump over... *shrugs*. I need to start keeping a list of titles to replenish the pile once it's down a bit and this sounds like it deserves a place there.
Speaking of the TBR pile - I have a copy of A Study In Pink in manga style so that should nicely fit my bingo square for comic/ graphic novel, once I read it.
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American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang, young adult
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, graphic memoir, and companion book Are You My Mother?
Any of the volumes of Saga by Bryan K Vaughn and Fiona Staples. I'm behind a volume on that one, so I'll probably pick it up for the comic square or fantasy/sf, which it also is.
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...just went to see what the reviewers said, and if you ask me most of them missed the point of the story altogether! Obviously it depends what you want from a ghost story, and I suppose seeing Hammer as the publisher might lead you to expect overt horror (I didn't even notice the publisher until I got to the end), but...
To me, the horror was in the psychology - the position that Isabel was in, isolated for various reasons, her reaction to the landlady, what it turned out was actually happening (the ghost story itself - and there was a ghost!) and then what happened at the end, in fact (from both sides) (I don't want to spoiler the story by saying more, though if you'll never read it then I will!) And to me, again, everything was explained too - I knew what had gone on and why, and that brought in a bit more psychological horror too, because that's how ( ... )
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But if it's not too much trouble, could you send me a message with the ending? I'm curious why the opinions are so split on this novella.
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Speaking of the TBR pile - I have a copy of A Study In Pink in manga style so that should nicely fit my bingo square for comic/ graphic novel, once I read it.
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I'd say this deserved adding to a list (though some people have complained it wasn't scary enough for them)
Heee for Sherlock manga fitting the graphic novel square - I guess it would! *g*
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And, yeah, I was a bit put off by them combining the three genres. They really aren't the same.
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