saint_eleanor's Reviews (295)

The Need

Helen Phillips

3.0

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Awesome
Maternal horror should b its own genre

Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection

Junji Ito

3.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think truthfully I’m more of a shintaro kago girl. I skipped a big chunk of this one tbh- the third story

Monkey High!, Volume 1

Shouko Akira

4.0

So cute i 🩵 baby monkey 🐒

Smokin' Parade, Vol. 1

Kazuma Kondou, Jinsei Kataoka

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Predictable but love the art and the characters

Trinity Blood, Vol. 1

Sunao Yoshida, 九条キヨ, Kiyo Kyujyo, 吉田直

5.0

adventurous dark funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I luv kiyo QJO’s art sm and i luv vampires

BLAME! MASTER EDITION 2

Melissa Tanaka, 弐瓶勉, Tsutomu Nihei

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This ish is so mf goooooooood AGHHHHHGGGG the paintings make me feel such a type of way

Content Warnings

Of One Blood; Or, the Hidden Self

Pauline E. Hopkins

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This was super interesting and gave me Cortazar’s ‘Noche de la boca arriba’ vibes for sure. Not a horror story imo. More drama/thriller magical realism? When/where it was published and by whom is really important to the story and i think even tho maybe not my favorite story ever it is an important one and def a must-read. Written wonderfully.