The Me You Love In The Dark

This is anecdotal, but I still find it interesting: six people I follow have read it, the three whom (I assume) are male gave it two stars and the three (whom I assume) are women gave it four stars.

I went into this with low expectations, not because the guys gave it two stars, but because I have lower expectations for things that are horror/thriller/‘dark'. If it doesn't disgust or piss me off and has a plot it's at least a three.

This was pretty good. Not the strongest four stars, but the art was awesome, I liked the premise, how the the entity/ghost revealed himself (itself?), the pacing, the discussion of ‘real', Ro's agent, and I felt the fear and vulnerability of not being able to get out of the house. I also loved the reference to Lydia from Beetlejuice.

This was so incredibly gorgeous, and eerie, and breathtaking. I am endlessly in love with stories depicting relationships between the living and the dead, and the most unique shapes those bonds can take. The artwork is beautiful and detailed, with the character design for the nameless entity being my favorite part of all. The Me You Love in the Dark is one of those graphic novels I'll absolutely be picking up a physical copy to keep on my shelf and will be recommending to anyone who enjoys horror, because this captivated me fully. ✨ Representation: a BIPOC side character✨ Content warnings for: violence, gore, murder, abusive relationship, fire———twitter booktok bookstagram blog