sandcastle by pierre oscar levy and frederik peeters

'Sandcastle' is a graphic novel that follows a family visiting a hidden beach. Definitely not happy about how much I paid for this one. The ending I think was supposed to be haunting, but I just went this makes no sense. Plus I have to say that this book just seemed focused on the taboo of things and not actually explaining a blessed thing. It's a graphic novel, and that somehow makes it more upsetting seeing it in black and white. There's a lot of uncomfortable sexual situations involving children. Synopsis: we all live, we all age, we all die. Overall this was a minor but intriguing experience.

Peeters' black and white drawings aren't in my favorite sort of style, but they are certainly effective at capturing a mood that feels both real and dreamlike. Lévy keeps his dialogue straightforward and prosaic, with only the occasional flight of mournful, somber musing. The moral: people will be people, even if their lives are shortened and compressed? One can only guess. The tone for this existential mystery is plaintive and melancholy rather than sinister, as very little time but a lot of ambiguity is given to the reasons behind why this is happening. Adults become even more themselves as their life cycle accelerates. Children grow up rapidly, explore each other's bodies, get pregnant, give birth. There is a plot, of sorts: a handful of people who visit a small stretch of beach come across a corpse, soon realize that their bodies are rapidly aging, and eventually learn that they won't be able to leave this beach. Lévy and Peeters muse on the vicissitudes of life, aging, and death. It sounds like his kind of thing, but I wonder how he’ll be able to capture the concept for live action. Night Shyamalan is adapting this as his next film. Why do authors always feel the need the kill the animals? And don’t fucking come at me with “But people died, too” bullshit. The black and white coloring and style was hard to look at, and many of the details were lost inside the panels.Īlso, the dog dying was upsetting. Maybe I’m missing some subtle allusions to moral, metaphor, or allegory, but I don’t really care.

The ending was expected, but there’s no resolution/explanation whatsoever. Too much nudity and sexual activity involving CHILDREN!!! Seriously, amidst all this insanity: why are all the “kids” so sex-crazed? Actual quote: “We’ll organize an orgy. Half a star for the cool concept (which I won’t spoil), but everything else just made me so damn uncomfortable.

Sandcastle by pierre oscar levy and frederik peeters