Antoine Revoy

To add to this book's creepy atmosphere, I highly recommend reading it while waiting out a thunderstorm in a grimy pedestrian underpass with dim, flickering lights and water running underfoot. Just saying.

Revoy expertly mixes manga, horror, missing persons, serial killers, and fantasy to create a most awesome yet terrifying playground in Kyoto, Japan, inhabited by a supernatural figure in a scary mask. Two little kids explore the powers and mysteries of the playground and are forever changed by it.

I only wish I fully understood the ending. I get the bits about the little girl, but I don't understand what the boy in the mask has to do with combs and moths.… (altro)

This was a decent book that drew me into the story more than I expected. My son and I picked this up at the library on a whim and both enjoyed it. The premise is a bit creepy but does pull you in.

Kids have been going missing and a couple of young children end up at a mysterious playground with a mysterious boy. The mysterious boy introduces these children to the strange and magical properties of the playground.

I thought the idea of a playground with supernatural powers was cool and the effects the playground had were both eerie and intriguing. The illustration was pretty typical manga style and didn’t really stand out for me.

The ending left me really confused and I felt like a lot of things were left unresolved. I don’t think this is the first book in a series, but it could be. I discussed the ending with my son and we were both confused about what was going on. The mystery behind the huge number of missing children didn’t really seem to be solved either (kind of but not really).

Overall this was an intriguing graphic novel that had some neat ideas but left me a bit confused. I would tentatively recommend if you enjoy strange supernatural stories that are a bit creepy.… (altro)