2.0
2.5/5 Wasn't what I was expecting; much too bleak for me.
Feb 23, 2023
2.0
2.5/5 Wasn't what I was expecting; much too bleak for me.
Feb 23, 2023
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"Kerascoët… render Aurora and her friends in the huge-eyed style of classic children's book illustrations, but cuteness is just another Darwinian survival strategy here. Even on her clover-high scale, as Aurora discovers, romance is decided by social pecking order and murderous deceit."―Douglas Wolk, New York Times
Kerascoët's and Fabien Vehlmann's unsettling and gorgeous anti-fairy tale is a searing condemnation of our vast capacity for evil writ tiny. Join princess Aurora and her friends as they journey to civilization's heart of darkness in a bleak allegory about surviving the human experience. The sweet faces and bright leaves of Kerascoët's delicate watercolors serve to highlight the evil that dwells beneath Vehlmann's story as pettiness, greed, and jealousy take over. Beautiful Darkness is a harrowing look behind the routine politeness and meaningless kindness of civilized society.
"Kerascoët… render Aurora and her friends in the huge-eyed style of classic children's book illustrations, but cuteness is just another Darwinian survival strategy here. Even on her clover-high scale, as Aurora discovers, romance is decided by social pecking order and murderous deceit."―Douglas Wolk, New York Times
Kerascoët's and Fabien Vehlmann's unsettling and gorgeous anti-fairy tale is a searing condemnation of our vast capacity for evil writ tiny. Join princess Aurora and her friends as they journey to civilization's heart of darkness in a bleak allegory about surviving the human experience. The sweet faces and bright leaves of Kerascoët's delicate watercolors serve to highlight the evil that dwells beneath Vehlmann's story as pettiness, greed, and jealousy take over. Beautiful Darkness is a harrowing look behind the routine politeness and meaningless kindness of civilized society.
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ISBN9781770461291
PublisherMACMILLAN
Publication Date02/25/14
Pages94
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
Price18.73 €
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4.5 Loved this. Wish this was a series as I would totally read more. Only critique I have is story relations from some certain pages to their very next pages, making it seem like you might be missing some context.
Dec 5, 2022
5.04.5 Loved this. Wish this was a series as I would totally read more. Only critique I have is story relations from some certain pages to their very next pages, making it seem like you might be missing some context.
Dec 5, 2022
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