Monstress Volume 2 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
My Rating: 5 Stars!!!
Cover Rating: 10/10 these covers are always stunningly beautiful. True works of art like the comics inside are.
Publisher: Image comics
Publish Date: July 5th, 2017
Number of Pages: 152 pages
Received: Purchased off Amazon
Purchase: Amazon
Synopsis: The Eisner-nominated MONSTRESS is back! Maika, Kippa, and Ren journey to Thyria in search of answers to her past… and discover a new, terrible, threat. Collects MONSTRESS #7-12
Opening Sentence: “ “Miss? I woke up last night, and you were gone.””
Musings:
I cannot say enough how much I love these comics!!!! They are so goooood!!! I could never hype them up enough. Sometimes the best things you can barely talk about cause you mind is shouting continually everyone must read this thing!!! It’s so goooood!!! Over and over. These comics are top notch in every way.
What I Loved:
THE ART!!! I will never not be obsessed with this art. I finish one of these comics and immediately want to go back and obsess over how god damn gorgeous it is. It’s glorious. Sana Takeda is a queen!
It’s dark. The story itself has this continued sense of foreboding and urgency with horrific tones throughout. I love for it. Even the adorable cat history parts always have grim stories and grim imagery it’s perfection.
The Hispanic influences. It’s the little touches too of mixing in Hispanic culture. Specifically the use of Spanish words and acknowledging that background context that Maika has in this unique fantasy world is beautiful I love to see it!
How invested I get. You can’t read this without wanting to know more or caring for these characters. It’s dripping with mystery and curiosity. Both at the larger world level and at the individual motivation and wants level. Every single facet of the story itself is interesting.
It’s so gorgeous! The writing is so good! The art is a *chefs kiss*. Both writing and art are so nuanced and work together seamlessly to propel the story forward. I LOVE IT!
All in all:
I don’t want to spoil this I just want everyone to read it for themselves. It’s soooo good!
About the Author
New York Times bestselling and award-winning writer Marjorie Liu is best known for her fiction and comic books. She teaches comic book writing at MIT, and she leads a class on Popular Fiction at the Voices of Our Nation (VONA) workshop.
Ms. Liu was born in Philadelphia, and has lived in numerous cities in the Midwest, as well as Beijing and Shanghai. Prior to writing full-time, she was a lawyer. She currently resides in Boston.
About the Artist
Sana Takeda is based in Japan and is best known in the United States for working with Marjorie Liu, most recently on their hit fantasy series MONSTRESS.
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I tried reading Marjorie Liu’s urban fantasy romance books and they were good. I’m not surprised that this was good too. I have not read Monstress but it is on my radar. I’m happy that you enjoyed it
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It’s amazing!!! Cannot recommend it enough!!
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Hey Tiana!
Thank you for an interesting review!
How are you doing?? 😃
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I’m doing well! Been a lot of learning and growing. A lot of listening too. I want to do and be better for the community and I think I’m on a good path to that and also adding routine to continue it.
How are you doing?
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Nice.
I think you’re doing an amazing job and I think you’re on a good job too ❤️
I’m great thanks!
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