Monster Portraits by Del Samatar, Sofia Samatar

Monster Portraits

Del Samatar, Sofia Samatar

78 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction art fantasy short stories dark slow-paced
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Monster Portraits is ideal for readers drawn to experimental, hybrid narratives that explore identity and otherness through a blend of dark fantasy, intimate memoir, and surreal art.

Description

Relentlessly original and brilliantly hybrid, Monster Portraits investigates the concept of the monstrous through a mesmerizing combination of words and images. An uncanny autobiography of otherness, it offers the record of a writer in the realms ...

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Community Reviews

4.21
based on 141 reviews

Moods

reflective: 80%

dark: 53%

emotional: 46%

mysterious: 46%

challenging: 33%

adventurous: 26%

funny: 13%

informative: 13%

inspiring: 13%

sad: 13%

tense: 13%

Pace

58% of readers chose fast
41% of readers chose slow
fast
slow

Plot or character driven?

83% of readers chose Character
16% of readers chose N/A
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

57% of readers chose Complicated
42% of readers chose N/A
Complicated
N/A

Loveable characters?

33% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose Complicated
16% of readers chose No
33% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

83% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose N/A
Yes
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

16% of readers chose Yes
66% of readers chose Complicated
16% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
N/A

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