I received an egalley of The Sacrifice of Darkness from BOOM! Studios in exchange for an honest review.

In The Sacrifice of Darkness by Roxane Gay and Tracy Lynne Oliver, a miner who has been living in the darkness of the mines for the past five years decides to fly into the fun, and ends up swallowing all the light that the sun had to offer. The world is plunged into darkness and now needs to figure out how to adapt. But the miner’s family is left to deal with the consequences as well. And such is the interesting, dark, yet hopeful premise that begins the journey in this graphic novel. I loved the usage of colour and jumping back and forth between time to unravel the stories and characters. I thought it was actually quite thought provoking - about social responsibility and capitalism and hope in the face of darkness.

Thank you to BOOM! Studios for the copy of the book.

Thank you to the publisher for giving me a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this. I loved following the the "love story" so to say and it was so interesting. I never really thought it was predictable and I always was eager to know what might happen next which was a good thing! I did get a bit heartbroken during the ending because I thought it was gonna go different but that's how books work and I think that is also beautiful and keeps the fun in reading.
I really think this book can be loved by many different age groups, and even by people who don't enjoy comics themselves. It has a good story and a good structure as well!

I really recommend this comic a lot :D

This was based on a short story, and it showed. It was a one note story, and it just kept hitting that one note.

And although it is science fiction, there is something that bothered me, how a world could live without the sun. How there could be a full moon, without the sun, and how anything could grow. How could anyone survive?

But, lets say that somehow all that is possible, somehow. Then why did it take a generation to figure out the solution?

Other than that, the art work was good.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

It's a story about a town coping with darkness after one of its miners flew into the sun and it stopped shining. The premise reminded me a bit of 'The Last Day', but here, it felt better executed. The creators didn't get lost in technicalities and attempts to explain the phenomenon, so it's a bit more on the surreal side rather than realistic. And it's a plus, because when the science was largely omitted, the people and the society became the main focus of the book.⁠
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The story explores the relationship between Hiram, the miner, and Mara, a well-born girl, and slowly explains the reasons behind Hiram attack on the sun and desire for darkness. It later progresses to show kids from the next generation, Claire and Joshua, starting a similar relationship. In both cases, there are the issues of class inequalities and prejudice playing a role. ⁠
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The style of illustrations was just gorgeous, using hues to present different time lines and the characters' relationship to light and darkness.⁠
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It's a beautiful graphic novel and a little more profound than what I usually see. It explores guilt, grief, and the repercussions of greed and workplace abuse.⁠

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. Thank YOu Net Galley and Publishers.

First things first the artwork is great. I feel like the coloringing is amazing! I think it really helped with the story.

I would give it a 3.5 stars (round up tp 4 for the purpose of the current star system). Very easy quick read. Engaging right from the beginning but definitely confusing. I think this is due to the limited real estate in a graphic novel but I just did not understand the world building and the choices being made or why.

There is the Corona Council (which is trippy in and of itself) but the council made no sense . There demands and the fickleness.

There were certain times where I felt like something was missing so that I could enjoy the story more.

I recommend it just because of how weird it is.

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I've thought about this book overnight and while I would still give it 3.5 I will round it down to 3. This is because of one of the main characters Bear. She seemed a bit flat. She put up with a lot of abuse from being with Joshua and she never seemed to be effected by it it. It was like it was her job from the time she was a child. To be there for him.

I didn't like that aspect and I feel like there needed to be some show of resistance on her part to that task.
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I received this as an eARC and audiobook to read for free in exchange for my honest review. Thank you to The NetGalley and BOOM! Studios for giving me access.

3.5 starts closer to the 3 mark.

The storyline was a little slow for me and I wasn't really sure what I was reading. Going back and forth between past and present was easy enough to follow though.

The art work was great but wasn't enough to keep me intrigued.

Sacrifice Of Darkness is a short story turned graphic novel. It tells the story of a young boy named Joshua Hightower whose father flew up to the sun and was never seen since. Ever since that incident, the whole town lives in darkness without the sun and Joshua Hightower and his family have to pay the price for his father’s actions.

I thought this book was beautiful, from it’s art style to it’s plot. Sacrifice Of Darkness is my first graphic novel where I can actually sympathize and relate to Joshua and his family’s problems. From loneliness to grief, the book shows these problems very subtle yet relatable. I appreciated so much how the main characters were POC and praise the authors for it. I highly recommend Sacrifice Of Darkness, it has perfect elements of sci-fi fiction with contemporary fiction (the ending made me ball so pls read it.)

Really pretty! I’d read the short story and vaguely remembered the plot, but I really enjoyed this gorgeous, fleshed out, version.

Incredibly unique in its concept. Though remnants remind me of the hunger games oddly enough. However the ending was a bit abrupt for me. I'd say just roll with this one lol

I felt that the story line was a bit confusing and hard to follow with the jumping back and forth between characters. But I did like the story and the underlying themes.
I liked the illustrations and the color palette chosen.
What I really did like was in the story there are the deep concepts of love and blame and overcoming metaphorical and literal darkness. I find myself feeling in the dark sometimes so that really stood out to me. The illustrations take on subtle changes from light to dark to mirror themes in the book in ways that enhance the story; as graphic novels should. I think teens and adults will relate to the themes in this book.

Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC!

The art in this graphic novelization of one of Roxane Gay's short stories is gorgeous, some of the most striking I've seen in awhile. The story itself isn't my favorite: it's set in a dystopian future but the world-building is sparse in crucial ways. This makes some of the major plot points/character motivations confusing and random-seeming, which was my main issue with the graphic novel. The character development, on the other hand, is brilliantly done, and the central relationships are very sweet, even in the midst of the hellish harassment and threats these central characters receive. All-in-all, this was a very mixed bag for me, but since the gorgeous images linger after reading, I'll round up for my rating. [This review is based on an ARC.]

I have enjoyed reading works by Roxane Gay before. However, I was unfamiliar with her short story "We are the Sacrifice of Darkness," so I didn't have any notion of the plot before reading this. The story began in a confusing manner for me: a miner who took a starship into the sun, and it was extinguished. The town (and one assumes the world) was put into eternal darkness. That part of the story is not visited in great depth-- the novel jumps back and forth between the father and the son as well as the woman in their lives who they love and their interactions with each other and those in the town. What does jump out in the story are the deep concepts of love and blame and identity and overcoming metaphorical and literal darkness to find joy and light. The graphic design by Tracy Lynne Oliver is beautiful in muted tones, but they are not an aside. In parts the subtly changes from light to dark to mirror themes in the book in ways that enhance the story as graphic novels should. This story may be geared more for an adult crowd simply because the action is minimal, but the topics are accessible for an older teen audience as well. Thank you to #NetGally and the publishers for the advanced copy of this book.

One day Joshua's father takes an airship and flies it into the sun causing the sun to go dark. As the sun shows no signs of returning, people take out their anger on Joshua and his mother. Joshua eventually marries his best friend and searches for a way to end the darkness.