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A review by beartrapped
The Divine by Asaf Hanuka
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
3.0
Notable for: overall nice art, good color and design, interesting worldbuilding
This book felt sort of weird, and that feeling made sense to me when I got to the end and saw the note about the inspiration. I don't think the book is saying much in particular about child soldiers, which makes the way it seems to mythologize and valorize these particular ones seem kind of off-base. But, that aside, I just wasn't very interested in the characters, and the plot felt a little too surface level to grasp onto. So, it all just ended up in the "fine" territory. The art is nice, very fluid and expressive, but again, not overall my thing.
This book felt sort of weird, and that feeling made sense to me when I got to the end and saw the note about the inspiration. I don't think the book is saying much in particular about child soldiers, which makes the way it seems to mythologize and valorize these particular ones seem kind of off-base. But, that aside, I just wasn't very interested in the characters, and the plot felt a little too surface level to grasp onto. So, it all just ended up in the "fine" territory. The art is nice, very fluid and expressive, but again, not overall my thing.