Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Lévy & Frederik Peeters [re-review] [cc]

"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.
But this utopia hides a dark secret.
First there is the dead body of a woman found floating in the crystal-clear water.
Then there is the odd fact that all the children are aging rapidly. Soon everybody is growing older—every half hour—and there doesn’t seem to be any way out of the cove. Levy’s dramatic storytelling works seamlessly with Peeters’s sinister art to create a profoundly disturbing and fantastical mystery."

[Soupcan]

Great run down. Super odd book. You hit the nail on the head when you mentioned loose ends. Beautiful artwork and I loved the pacing. the finale seemed kind of tacked on and a bit of a cop out.


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I really wanted to know what was it with the guy with the binocular glasses the boy saw. Major bummer that was just a red herring

[RememberedReads]

Heh, love the addition of the photo of your cat on the book. 🐱

[katelynthewhitewerewolf]

Old Man: Hey no cutting you gotta wait your turn like everybody else *shows the cemetery bell tolls*
Mr Krabs: Ahh Ahh I AIN'T OLD LIKE YOU I AIN'T OLD I AIN'T OLD I AIN'T OLD
Old Man 2: What's his problem *cemetery is really an ice cream truck and Mr Krabs was actually in line for ice cream*
Ice Cream Man: Next

[MegaBenMatthews]

“I also didn’t realize that apparently next month M. Night Shyamalan is releasing a movie based off this” 🧢🧢🧢

[IvanMtl]

I stopped the video as soon as soon as you mentioned sex and gender and the "hetero patriarchy." Garbage tier review. I will save everyone a lot of time with my review. Both the graphic novel and the movie are shit. Don't waste your time with either.