Book Review
Title: The Last Book You’ll Ever Read: The Complete Series by Cullen Bunn & Others
Genre: Graphic Novel, Horror
Rating: 3.75 Stars
This might be the manga in me but I’ve never really got on with western graphic novel because I always felt there was too much dialogue. I personally believe that graphic novels, manga, comics anything in a visual format like this should let the art tell the story except where it is absolutely necessary to put dialogue in which is the way manga works but since this is a horror graphic novel I was willing to give it a shot since the only western graphic novel I have liked in the past is The Walking Dead. All I knew about the story going into it was we are following an author who wrote a book that literally ended the world and we are following the fallout of that event. The basic premise of the novel is that we are following Olivia Kade who wrote Satyr, the book that people are blaming for more violent action and death in the world. While Olivia does hire security in Connor Wilson she treat the whole situation very flippantly even continuing with her book tour despite the increasing amount of violence aimed towards her.
Very quickly Olivia and Connor’s relationship goes from professional to sexual which I anticipated from their first meeting as she comes onto him quite strongly. Throughout the numerous attacks on her person, Olivia continues to move forward with the tour written the actions off as those of protestors who don’t like what she has written but there seems to be something evil manipulating everything known as the Wilding or the devil if you look at its depiction in the graphic novel. After encountering a cult which have a much older copy of Olivia’s book she realises that those aren’t her words and that she was selected to write it but the Wilding and now it wants her to become a sacrifice for it but she refuses and Connor also protects her. In their intimate moments we can see several demonic shifts in Olivia’s appearance and Connor’s as well as the story progresses but both refuse to give into that urge inside them.
Eventually as the book predicted the world begins collapses along with humanity and there seems to be only Connor and Olivia who are unaffected looking for somewhere safe to hide but there doesn’t seem to be such a place anymore. The ending of the last volume was ambiguous with Connor being told that the Wilding can’t be killed only made and he challenges that logic making me think he is going to try and fight the devil himself to keep him and Olivia safe. I am not a fan of ambiguous endings especially in graphic novels so that didn’t sit well with me but I am unsure if this is the end of the series or whether there will be more volumes in the future. I would recommend this for fans of movies like Evil Dead and Midsommer since they have similar vibes to this series but overall, it was really my cup of tea but the artwork was amazing having that 80’s style to it with a touch of noir horror which was something I appreciate.
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