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Bezig met laden... Daphne Byrne (2020)door Laura Marks
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Now, this is a delish little bit of Gothic fun. DAPHNE BYRNE, by Laura Marks and Kelley Jones, from @joe_hill & @dccomics Black Label imprint, Hill House Comics. The story hits all the perfect Gothic horror notes, and Jones’ mastery of the Grand Guignol fits this story and it’s macabre flavor perfectly. Perfect for your spooky season reading! A boring tale of a widow, Althea Byrne, who falls under the sway of a medium who claims to be talking to her dead husband, and her daughter, Daphne, who wants to debunk the psychic while she herself is having supernatural visitations. I was hoping it would trip over into being laughably bad when all the Satanists showed up, but it couldn't even manage to do that. Absolute and utter meh. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
In the gaslit splendor of late 19th-century New York, rage builds inside 14-year-old Daphne. The sudden death of her father has left her alone with her grief-stricken mother who becomes easy prey for a group of occultists promising to contact her dead husband. While fighting to disentangle her mother from these charlatans, Daphne begins to sense a strange, insidious presence in her own body...an entity with unspeakable appetites. What does "Brother" want? And could Daphne stop him even if she tried? Writer Laura Marks (TV's Ray Donovan, The Expanse, and The Good Fight) and horror comics legend Kelley Jones (The Sandman, Batman: Red Rain) join forces to unleash spirits from beyond into DC's Hill House Comics, curated by Joe Hill!. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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When grieving, support can come in many ways. For Daphne, it came as a demon. Turn-of-the-century New York is a growing metropolis for many, but not for Daphne Byrne. After her father's death, her mother is drawn to a spirtualistic group that claims to speak to the dead. Daphne sees through their act right away, but something from the other side sees her too. Or someone? Daphne finds herself in new company, Brother. He offers support and encourages Daphne to stand up for herself...and to use the powers he has too to save herself and her mother. Daphne isn't quite sure what Brother is or wants. Is he a ghost? a Hallucination? A demon?
Kind of a mish-mash, storywise, with the tale of a young girl with a demonic friend intertwined with that of her mother, being taken advantage of a fake clairvoyant whose interests are considerably darker. I'll admit the story feels a bit uneven but overall I enjoyed it and I liked that Daphne used her dark powers to stop evil from happening to her and her mother. It's interesting that her new found dark powers concur with her awakening as a woman as well.
Kelley Jones art is a pretty great throughout. There are some deeply disturbing panels he created.
I'd recommend this if you like gothic horror stories with a feminist bent. ( )