author: Nimue Brown
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2013/12/27
date added: 2014/11/24
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
As a disclaimer, I did not read the first volume of Hopeless, Maine, so I found myself foundering at first. All that I needed to understand the series is actually found at the end of the volume where background of the city and it's inhabitants is detailed. I recommend that new readers who are unable to obtain the first volume begin at the end, then dive into this story.
Hopeless, Maine is a town inhabited by the living and dead. The living tend toward the magical side of things. The story concerns a girl named Salamandra who is seeking relatives and answers to mysteries in the town. She is joined by a boy named Owen who just wants to escape town. Can Salamandra find the answers she's looking for and can anyone actually leave Hopeless, Maine?
The story is very Victorian gothic (perhaps earlier, but that's the feel I got from it), the art is dark and moody. I wish I'd read the back of the book first to have a better feel for what I was reading, or perhaps having a short synopsis up front, but that's what I get for diving into Volume 2. There are some nice full page illustrations and creepy characters and monsters.
I was given a copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for letting me review this graphic novel.
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