BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS…..
ORIGINAL IDEA CONCEIVED BY MARIE POMMEPUY
STORY BY……….FABIEN VEHLMANN……
ART BY……. KERASCOET……
FABIEN VEHLMANN is a
well known name among LION FANS
BY HIS EARLIER WORK ‘’ GREEN MANOR ‘’.
THIS IS AN ANTI-FAIRY TALE AND I AM A STRANGER TO THIS
CONCEPT.HENCE IT’S NO WONDER I AM SHOCKED TO READ THIS BOOK AT FIRST.
STORY IN BRIEF…
A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL IS SUDDENLY DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF A FOREST.TINY CHILDREN ARE COMING OUT OF HER
BODY.THESE CHILDREN ARE ATTEMPTING TO SURVIVE IN THE FOREST.THE EVENTS ARE
CHRONICLED IN A BRUTAL MANNER. THE HORRORS AND VIOLENCE ARE DISPLAYED IN SUCH
AWAY THAT I FIND DIFFICULTY IN DIGESTING AT FIRST READING.
THERE ARE MANY CHARACTERS
OF NOTEWORTHY OF WHICH AURORA IS THE LEAD ONE. SWEET AND A GOOD SAMARITAN
,SHE TRANSFORMS INTO A KILLER BY BETRAYAL AND SUBJUGATION ..A SURVIVOR…
ZELIE..POWER-CRAZY,NO MERCY,AUTOCRATIC,CRUEL,ARROGANT..
JANE…DISSOCIATES FROM SOCIETY…..
PRINCE HECTOR….SPINELESS ,DITCHES AURORA FOR ZELIE…POOR
FELLOW SWALLOWED BY A FROG…
AN UNNAMED CANNIBAL WHO IS ALWAYS HUNGRY….
ALL CHARACTERS COMING
OUT OF THE BODY OF THE DEAD GIRL ARE,ONE
CAN INFER, THE GIRL’S (SOME FORM OF ) ALTER EGOS.
THE CARTOON STYLE ART OF
KERASCOET IS VERY APT FOR THIS STORY AND
CAPTIVATING ..
ALBEIT DISTURBED AND
SADDENED AT FIRST READ I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK WHOLE HEARTEDLY..
OFCOURSE NOT FOR KIDS…..
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