Book description
The Night Eaters: She Eats the Nights is the first volume in a graphic novel horror trilogy from author Marjorie Liu and illustrator Sana Takeda—the creative team behind the New York Times bestselling series Monstress.
NAMED A BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST
NAMED A BOOK…
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2 authors picked The Night Eaters as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book surprised me a lot. I was expecting a gory, grimdark, good-for-her revenge story—and it is that—but this book is also darkly funny! It gives What We Do in the Shadows vibes, but with demons.
The comic follows a duo of hapless twin siblings who are way over their heads, coming to terms with their demonic heritage, coping with emotionally unavailable parents, and running the family restaurant. I feel it perfectly balances dark comedy and gripping horror in its themes. (CW: gore)
From Johanna's list on comics fans to read during Summerween.
On my first read of this book, I raced through the matte black pages reading as fast as I could, both to discover the ending and to reassure myself that the characters I adored could survive. (Horror, as a genre, can be cruel to the flawed, nerdy, and eccentric sorts of characters that I tend to sympathize with.) So it was my second, more measured, pass through the fantastically dark graphic novel that allowed me to absorb far more of its world and reflect on my own as well. As much as this story is about demons, human sacrifices, and…
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