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A review by chantaal
The Marble Queen by Anna Kopp
1.5
Super disappointing, feels like sapphic romantasy in graphic novel form and if that concept works for you, you’ll probably enjoy this. The focus in this overly long graphic novel is on the sapphic romance, which is nicely done, but everything else fell to the wayside. The side characters were nearly indistinguishable from one another - one example is how each queen’s brother was the same happy go lucky dude, only one was white and one was brown. It had the most generic political palace plot you can think of. The anxiety rep felt alright though it seemed like it fell away toward the end, rather than seeing it truly be worked on.
The art is the biggest let down here. This is manga in color, but even most manga these days at least has a background in each panel. 90% of the art was a character set against a solid color background with no indication of space or time. It felt very amateur.
I was really looking forward to this one, alas.
The art is the biggest let down here. This is manga in color, but even most manga these days at least has a background in each panel. 90% of the art was a character set against a solid color background with no indication of space or time. It felt very amateur.
I was really looking forward to this one, alas.