![]() The art in this book is definitely right up my ally with really dramatic black on white line work. I used to watch a lot of Shyamalan but then lost interest. I’m not sure if I would be interested in revisiting this story in that medium, but who knows. Night Shyamalan is releasing a movie based off of this graphic novel entitled Old. ![]() I also didn’t realize that apparently next month M. Levy’s dramatic storytelling works seamlessly with Peeters’s sinister art to create a profoundly disturbing and fantastical mystery.” Soon everybody is growing older-every half hour-and there doesn’t seem to be any way out of the cove. Then there is the odd fact that all the children are aging rapidly. Here’s the official Goodread’s description: “It’s a perfect beach day, or so thought the family, young couple, a few tourists, and a refugee who all end up in the same secluded, idyllic cove filled with rock pools and sandy shore, encircled by green, densely vegetated cliffs.įirst there is the dead body of a woman found floating in the crystal-clear water. What kinds of keywords came to mind? Cycles, beach, family, time, and death. Apparently he is otherwise a documentary director.įrederick Peeters, on the other hand, is a Swiss artist who is also known for his autobiographic graphic novel Blue Pills. Pierre Oscar Levy turned out to be one of those creators that I had a hard time learning much about. So, if you don’t want to know the twist, you might want to bow out now. This edition was published in 2011 by Self Made Hero.Ĭontent notes for quite a bit of non sexual nudity of all ages, some racial profiling, some teen sexual relations, a birth and quite a bit of character death.Īs I noted in my original review, this does remind me a lot of a original Twilight Zone sort of speculative fiction horror with a twist. Peeters, the author of the memoir, Blue Pills, which is about making a baby when one partner is HIV-Positive, a really a fine book, here works with a fictional fable written by Pierre Oscar Levy, about a group of people who find themselves on a beach together, trapped in a kind of bubble, and age a lifetime in a day.Meepelous: Hello and welcome, my name is Meepelous (she/they) and this is Literally Graphic!Īnd today I decided to return to one of the first books I reviewed on this channel, and definitely an early favourite as I dipped my toe into horror comics for the first time.īut what book is it, do you ask? Sand Castle by Frederick Peeters and Pierre Oscar Levy. ![]() The book is for mature readers as it does show full frontal nudity of both sexes, however it is in natural circumstances and not gratuitous at all. But instead, we got a silly abrupt, death is death, myth and an ending that shows life continuing but rather without any hope. ![]() ![]() (I'm Catholic) I find these themes often come out similar to the Catholic view of death in many stories even when the author hasn't set out to do so. But was disappointed with the conclusion as I had really felt that the youngest boy's question about what happens after death was going to lead to a profound examination of death not being the end, or only the beginning or eternal life, etc. more inated by the story, attentive to the end to find out what would happen. The story comes full circle expressing to me the theme of people building walls around themselves, to protect them from the possible evils of life, but then only succumbing to a unfulfilled life that ends in death. The genre is either science fiction (which is actually mentioned in the story) or magical realism (an old myth/fairy tale is related to give this impression). It's up to the reader to make sense of the story and figure out the meaning for themselves. Otherwise, up until that point, I was absolutely mesmerized with this book! Such a unique, gripping story and completely spellbinding. Review 1: May contain spoilers, though I've tried to keep it cryptic.I'm going to start by saying I absolutely *hated* the ending which has brought my rating down to a four. ![]()
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