I have never read the novel that this graphic novel is based on, and I'm not sure if I will after this. The concept of the story is pretty interesting. All of the women of the world are slowly being affected by a sleeping sickness called Aurora. They fall asleep and slowly become entwined with a strange cocoon-like substance; if someone removes the cocoon the woman inside will go into a mindless murderous rage. With all of the women falling asleep, the men of the world have turned the world into a warzone. I found the overall story to be very disjointed and a bit confusing. I feel like there's meant to be a deeper theme, but instead, I found myself confused. I think the fact that this story was originally split into 10 comic volumes didn't really help matters. Also, there were WAY too many characters! I very rarely complain about the size of a cast, but there were so many characters I was starting to get different people mixed up. It felt like every chapter was introducing more and more characters. With how overcrowded the story was with characters, it feels like you learn only very tiny pieces about them. I wish there had been fewer characters so the story could have gone a bit deeper into their characters. I'm not sure how I feel about the main character, Eve. The second she introduced herself as Eve, seemed very mysterious yet all-knowing and then seemed to be tied to nature motifs, I instantly understood what she was supposed to be. But it wasn't some great revelation, it was more of a "Oh...okay I guess?" moment. I don't know, maybe this all works better in the original novel. But the story just did not translate well to a graphic novel format. Finally, the art style was just okay. It did have a lot of beautiful imagery, but the facial expressions seemed oddly stale or like they were traced off a photo.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!