A review by zana_reads_arcs
Blink by Christopher Sebela
3.0
I'd describe this graphic novel as Junji Ito meets Midsommar. You have an MC, Wren, who has a huge obsession with finding out about her past as a child who lived in a closed-off cult-like society/environment called Blink. And when she confronts her past, everything spirals out of control pretty quickly.
I just wish there was some kind of prequel into her childhood since we only get snippets. So it was kind of difficult for me to understand why she's so obsessed with going back to what's essentially a haunted house with a murderous cult living in it. There's a lot of suspension of disbelief in the beginning so as the reader, you pretty much have to go along with it.
The art is colorful and hectic and really conveys the sense of desperation that Wren feels when she goes through the house/structure/compound. In a way it reminds me of the film As Above, So Below because you feel trapped, suffocated, and claustrophobic in the hellhole of a house as humanlike monsters chase Wren and company. Kudos to the artist.
The ending raises a lot of questions though instead of providing any answers. I also wished Cy, the nightmare creature that haunts Wren's dreams, had been more fully developed. They're inseparable and he's "real" to her, but why? I guess there's a volume 2 that might explain everything in more detail.
Thank you to Oni Press and NetGalley for this arc.
I just wish there was some kind of prequel into her childhood since we only get snippets. So it was kind of difficult for me to understand why she's so obsessed with going back to what's essentially a haunted house with a murderous cult living in it. There's a lot of suspension of disbelief in the beginning so as the reader, you pretty much have to go along with it.
The art is colorful and hectic and really conveys the sense of desperation that Wren feels when she goes through the house/structure/compound. In a way it reminds me of the film As Above, So Below because you feel trapped, suffocated, and claustrophobic in the hellhole of a house as humanlike monsters chase Wren and company. Kudos to the artist.
The ending raises a lot of questions though instead of providing any answers. I also wished Cy, the nightmare creature that haunts Wren's dreams, had been more fully developed. They're inseparable and he's "real" to her, but why? I guess there's a volume 2 that might explain everything in more detail.
Thank you to Oni Press and NetGalley for this arc.