Here’s what we read and loved this week.
Do you need something new for your reading list? This week, we recommend checking out dorianA novel by Nick Cutter, and a comic series by Lorenzo De Felici, Red roots.
dorian
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It should become clear very quickly that the title here is an allusion to Oscar Wilde, one of this book’s major influences. picture of dorian gray. Five men on their deathbeds are stopped by a mysterious man offering them a second chance at life: an experimental treatment that could restore them to their youth. this kind of thing goes on all the time In fact Good for everyone involved, right?
According to the book’s description, “The remarkable mystery lies in the high-tech harnessing of an ancient and extraordinary biological agent… which has no conscience, yet has a single-minded purpose that has helped it persist through the ages: the will to survive.” a lot about dorian reminded me in the beginning alien: earth. A young prodigy with bad guy skills uncovers the secret to lasting youth, opening the way to moral and literal disaster as reality reveals something no one is prepared for. It’s quite a thrill ride, and there’s some real shiver-inducing horror in here.
red roots
image comics
Reading the first two issues of Lorenzo De Felici red rootsIt felt like every time I turned the page I found myself seeing something new that made me say, “What’s going on?” I mean that in a good way. I didn’t really know where it was taking me any step forward with the first issue, and the second issue, which came out this week, only amped it up. In the beginning, we are introduced to two characters whose stories seem unrelated: a teacher who makes a gruesome discovery in her home one day, and a boy who is bent on murder. When their worlds collide, things get even stranger.
red roots It’s been a really weird, really good time so far, and I have a feeling things are about to get even weirder.
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