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The Green Woman (2010)

by Peter Straub(Favorite Author)

3.07 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1401211003 (ISBN13: 9781401211004)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Vertigo

review 1: This book is an original graphic novel from Vertigo comics and was written by the veteran horror novelist Peter Straub with Michael Easton who is the writer of the Soul Stealer trilogy. The painted art is from illustrator JohnBolton whose work I know from other Vertigo books such as The Furies, God Save the Queen and Menz Insana.This book features characters from Straub's Blue Rose trilogy of books - Koko, Mystery and The Throat. I have to admit that I have come to this book without any previous knowledge of these books, or of any of Straub's previous books as I have not read any. The story was OK but I was left wondering if I would have gotten more out of it if I had read the novels first - it definitely benefits from an immediate re-read and reading in one sitting. The m... moreain reason that I bought this book was for the fantastic painted artwork by John Bolton and this did not disappoint in the slightest. The book features some trademark Bolton gorgeous ladies as well as the likeness of Scottish actor Peter Capaldi as Fielding Bandolier.
review 2: The mood is perfectly set and the illustrations are beautiful. Sadly, the tale itself is not very well told. It has some interesting mysterious elements which drives the reader to keep reading to figure out exactly what is going on (it's a very confusing tale) but there is no structure to be found what so ever, just one quick scene after the other. The end result is a kind of weird collage of scenes of horror and sex, which is nice but which also forces me to stop at three stars. Read it though, but don't expect anything more than a likable short story. less

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