Mirror: The Mountain by Emma RíosMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
This is a really beautiful graphic novel, there is no doubt about that. The style of the art is gorgeous and totally dreamlike, but I'm afraid that is where my fondness for it ends. It's such a shame because I really felt as though the story had amazing potential - like serious potential.
BUT nothing gets enough time. This could have done with being at least two volumes this long, if not three, to give time for the world building to really have a chance and for us to actually get to know the characters. Some of them had the potential to be truly complex and in depth and I wanted to know so much more about them. The story is so rushed and the time jumps all over the place so you have to rely on really little details to try and understand what is going on.
It's such a shame because I loved the idea and the art is a dream. Then it just doesn't deliver. I wanted to loved it and couldn't make myself.
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