Delphine

Sala's art is perfect for this deliciously creepy atmospheric modern fairy tale; inspired by snow white and seen from the Prince's view. Much is left unsaid, for it's a book that revels in mystery as we follow our hero in his search for the girl of dreams. we follow as he descends into dark nightmarish places, as the townsfolk mislead bewilder and confuse. Forget 7 dwarves happily singing songs this is haunting, sinister and fun, a comic that leaves a strong taste too and makes you want to revisit again soon.

Like a bad dream. It has some vivid and memorable scenes, but you can't quite figure out what is going on and will forget the plot shortly after waking.

I was going to tag this for my horror shelf, but it is not quite horror. It is more dark fantasy, and a mystery at that perhaps. It is the tale of some guy who falls in love with a mysterious girl. When the girl vanishes, he goes out to find her. What he finds in her town is a nightmare that threatens to envelop him from rude and hostile strangers to a very dark forest. The tale does have the makings of a good, dark fairy tale, but the author goes back and forth between dreams and reality to the point that it is just confusing. The ending seems to take us back to the beginning, leaving us wonder just who we were following. I honestly did not get into the tale because it just seemed to be one big sinkhole. The reason I liked this book show more was the art, which is very well made and very suited to the darkness of the tale. If nothing, the book can be read in one sitting, but aside from that, I will say this is one to borrow, not buy. show less

WTF did I read? This was dumb. Just dumb.