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Road of Bones
Road of Bones | Rich Douek
1 post | 1 read
Horror, history, and Russian folklore collide in this brutal survival tale, where the worst prison in the world is merely the gateway to even darker terrors. In 1953, the Siberian Gulag of Kolyma is hell on Earth–which is why Roman Morozov leaps at the chance to escape it. But even if they make it out, Roman and his fellow escapees still have hundreds of miles of frozen tundra between them and freedom. With the help of a mysterious being straight out of his childhood fairy tale stories, Roman just might make it–or is the being simply a manifestation of the brutal circumstances driving him insane?
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shanaqui
Road of Bones | Rich Douek
Mehso-so

Well... this graphic novel is horrifying, in a way that totally makes sense. A Soviet gulag is a pretty dark place to begin from, and this goes darker yet.

I think in the end it's a bit of a cop-out if you read this as a literal monster driving Roman's actions, and a bit obvious as a metaphor. I also didn't like the art much -- it suited the story in many ways, but I could barely tell the characters apart unless they spoke each others' names.