Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann - Illustrations by Kerascoët

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5 Stars
 
Beautiful Darkness begins with Prince Hector and Princess Aurora enjoying a spot of tea when all of a sudden the roof starts dripping all over them . . .

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If you’re anything like me you’re wondering WTF kind of house are they living in that has a roof that leaks splooshy red shit all over??? You immediately regret asking that question . . .

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What the F*!?!?!?!?!

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The synopsis sums things up quite brilliantly. Beautiful Darkness is indeed an “unsettling and gorgeous anti-fairy tale.” Nearly every page is filled with breathtaking watercolor illustrations detailing some sort of delightful squickyness via a plethora of characters who literally come pouring out of the corpse. Terrifying little characters like this . . .

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and this . . .

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and these . . .

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and ones who goes from this . . . .

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to this . . .

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via this . . .

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Charming, right? All of those characters had me thinking maybe that creepy child killer had the right idea after all.

This gets 5 Stars for the sheer f*&^ery of it all (and because Mitchell said he would hurt me if I gave it less). 

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