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A review by bellwetherbird
Animus by Antoine Revoy
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
2.5
I am certainly glad I read this in one sitting, I think the ending would have been incredibly disappointing if I had invested much time into it at all. I still found it wanting, but I can already tell I won't remember this book well enough to be bothered by it.
There are good concepts, the art is lovely, and I appreciate how the children are written. But overall, this felt like a first draft to me. Concepts and plotlines are dropped and added randomly. I just think this needed more time in the conceptual stage, expanding and removing from the story as needed.
The book is also a little noncomitted to how scary/upsetting it wants to be. Any sense of horrors and unease disappeared about halfway through the book, which was a shame. I wasn't expecting Junjo Ito levels of horror, but some sense of building/increasing tension would have been nice.
There are good concepts, the art is lovely, and I appreciate how the children are written. But overall, this felt like a first draft to me. Concepts and plotlines are dropped and added randomly. I just think this needed more time in the conceptual stage, expanding and removing from the story as needed.
The book is also a little noncomitted to how scary/upsetting it wants to be. Any sense of horrors and unease disappeared about halfway through the book, which was a shame. I wasn't expecting Junjo Ito levels of horror, but some sense of building/increasing tension would have been nice.