I enjoyed this graphic novel at some points. The art style is very spooky and helps to add to the overall vibe of the story. Unfortunately I just didn’t love the plot as much, I found it confusing and and didn’t pull me into the story.

I really appreciated this comic.
The illustrations are excellent, I realy liked the way the faces aren't extremely defined.
The events of the story are also very different and unexpected.
Can't wait for it to be published, I would love to have a physical version in my collection. I'm looking forward to a sequel.

This graphic novel is beautifully illustrated and is a lovely addition to anyone graphic novel collection, I did however find the story a little confusing and I found that the story ended just when the plot really got moving, but I would recommend this book as I think it is still a wonderful and beautiful graphic novel.

Rating: 3.5 stars
I'm not entirely sure what was happening through a lot of this comic, but I also couldn't stop reading it. I really love the art style, and dug the sort of mundane ho-hum life but with some spooky and wistful overtones mood. I found Laura super interesting, and really loved Matilda. Through most of the story I was just sort of puzzled, and at the end a few of the puzzle pieces clicked into place (but I still felt like I wasn't working with the whole picture). It's sort of hauntingly wistful, and beautiful in a sort of sparse, spartan way.

Night Cry peaked my interest when an anime loving demon Laura is summoned to help Teresa grant a wish.

The art work in this book is beautiful! The growing relationships between the characters was also interesting to read about.

I will say that the ending was a little confusing for me and think I may have to re-read it to put the clues together. Also for an anime loving demon there was only a handful of mentions about anime from them, so that was a little disappointing.

This was a great book and I thoroughly devoured it in one sitting! Although I read it during January, this would be a perfect story for those October, spooky season vibes! If you’re into occult, witchy, autumn book store vibes, this’ll be a great addition to your shelf!

Teresa was such a fun character with lots of traits I really connected to/with and I loved her personality. She was interesting and well developed enough for such a short graphic novel. The story was easy to follow, albeit a bit simple, but the art was gorgeous. The art style is my personal aesthetic and really fit the mood of the story! The other characters were great but I definitely liked Teresa the most. I have never read anything by Borja Gonzalez before this graphic novel, but would definitely try out some of their future works!

More like 3.5 stars

Thanks to NetGalley for providing me an arc.

Night Cry is a sapphic graphic novel, it's set in a town where many people have gone missing and everyone starts forgetting their names. In the same place we meet Teresa, a witch running a bookstore that specializes in magic and the occult, her frequent client Matilda and a pink otaku demon, Laura.

During through the graphic novel we learn more about the three characters and we see how the relationship between Laura and Teresa evolves, along with Matilda, who is a side character but with great importance.

It's kind of a shady story, but I really enjoyed it.

Tw & cw: alcohol, missing people, bad words.

Ok, I love Borja Gonzalez's books.
Even this one has what it takes to be brilliant: the plot, the characters, the art...
Each page is so beautiful, you could easily just watch at the book forgetting to read. And this time I was not only mesmerized but even amused by Laura and her sarcasm. In this book characters are really enjoyable and super fun.
The only thing I'm not that much enthusiastic is that I always have issues understanding every part of the plot; there's always something too mysterious and not quite well explained that detain me from fully enjoying the whole book.
By the way, I definitely suggest everybody to read this book.

Teresa owns a bookstore with books being mainly horror and the occult. At the end of the day, she changes into her witch outfit. She goes where she feels the perfect place to do her witchcraft. She summons a demon to grant her wish. When Laura the demon appears to grant her a wish, Teresa doesn’t know what she wants to wish for. Laura and Teresa live together d use to Teresa not knowing what to wish for. Meanwhile people are mysteriously disappearing. Laura decides to investigate these people while waiting for Teresa to make her wish. When will Teresa make her wish?

The author has written an engaging mysterious graphic novel. She has done the graphic work as well as the writing. The illustrations match the story perfectly. I loved the offbeat world the author wrote.

Caveat: I know nothing about the codes and conventions of graphic novels/comic books - I have only Saga as my benchmark.

I found this weak. The plot was virtually non-existent - the idea was there, sort of, but went absolutely nowhere. No conflict or resolution as such, in fact I'd be hard pressed to describe what actually did happen it left that small an impression. The artwork, while well done and nicely atmospheric, was used in a way I found distracting. It didn't seem to work with or support the plot nor did it enhance or move the narrative forward. It was just panel after panel of pretty images that added nothing. Maybe I'm just uninitiated in the ways of comic book illustration but it just got boring! I didn't like the featureless faces either. Not for me.

Night Cry is a magical mystical graphic novel with a unique style of art. It managed to be both creepy and sad at the same time. I enjoyed reading it, and my only qualm was how confusing the ending was - though, perhaps I just haven't put the pieces together of what it all means.

The art work is beautiful. It’s generally dark color scheme with pivotal brighter colors at time. Plotwise it starts confusing, clears up, then sort of just… ends.

I’m just not sure what happened during this graphic novel. It was hard to follow which characters were who, because the art style had them drawn incredibly vague (everyone had long, flowing hair, blank faces, and the same body shape). The background and landscape art style was pretty though. The beginning plot was a bit confusing.

By the time plot started happening, it ended too soon.

Thanks to NetGalley for granting me access to read this.

Being completely honest, if it weren't for the LGBT+ vibes and the incredible art style, I wouldn't have finished this comic. The art is absolutely STUNNING and by far the best use of lines and colours that I have ever seen in any comic or graphical novel before! The way it changes depending on who's speaking, and reflecting interruptions as well, is brilliant and engaging throughout. The beginning of this story is interesting as well, reminding me a lot of "Welcome to Night Vale" with the Blue radio host. There are also a lot of funny jokes and A+ sarcasm use throughout the story.

The font is admittedly difficult to read unless you zoom in quite a lot, but for physical-copy readers, this isn't possible. The entire "is magic real or isn't it" question asked throughout the story is also confusing and somewhat irritating after a while, as is the comic's ending which happens very abruptly and without any answers given. It is because of this ambiguity and confusing lack-of-plot that Night Cry gets three out of five stars.

2/5 Couldn't finish it

I really loved the cover so I picked this graphic novel up and the artwork inside is pretty too but I just didn't click with the writing. I think the first few pages really didn't interest me and it kind of just destroyed my whole mood for reading this.

Disclaimer: I read this on NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

I’d like to thank NetGalley for an arc of this unique graphic novel.

The art in Night Cry is stunning and what initially drew me in to read it. The story is a little silly and a little strange, somehow laced with longing. The eerie atmosphere is definitely what I expected when picking up a book about a witch but what caught me off guard was the depth of emotion in so few pages. I wouldn’t really recommend this for anyone who likes to be guided explicitly through a narrative. However, if you enjoy finding your own meaning in simple, easy-to-read works this is one for you.

Thank you to NetGalley for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I requested this on a whim and I'm so glad I did. I love the illustrating style, it's 100% vibes, but it ended too quickly and I desperately want a sequel.

„Night Cry“ is comic that was so easy to read and yet so hard to form a solid opinion about.

The story follows an occult bookshop owner Teresa, who hates the small and close-minded town she lives in. One night Teresa summons a demon, Laura, just to see if she could pull it off; now they are stuck with one another, at least until Teresa comes up with a wish she wants to have fulfilled. Meanwhile, unusual disappearances keep happening in the town…

Art wise, this comic was very pleasing to the eye with its limited color palette and clean, simple shapes. There was no shortage of panels creating atmosphere, which only solidified the dark and lonely mood of the main characters life. All characters were drawn with no faces, but it didn’t hinder the understanding of what the characters were feeling as their body language was expressive enough.

The story, however, was a bit more difficult to get behind. The ending caught me off guard and I am still unsure what to think of it, or how to even interpret it. Perhaps it is a story that needs to be read multiple times. My rating as of now is based on the reading experience, having gone through the story once.

Rating: 3 🌟
First and foremost, I'd like to express my gratitude to Netgalley for providing me with an e-ARC of this graphic novel.
The visual style of this novel was soft, and the premise was intriguing, but I found the first half to be slightly unclear. I got lost at one point, but as the plot progresses, I gradually came to comprehend what was going on.

Night Cry has an interesting and hooking plot from the beginning, following the disappearances of girls, with a witch, a demon, and a wandering ghost.

However, the story itself is loosely followed, with the plot seemingly changing directions- it didn’t seem to progress. When rarely mentioned, you don’t learn more about the disappearances of the girls and are given the same information each time. At the moment, as a reader I am very lost and am unsure of the story. Parts are left to the readers imagination, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but the cliffhanger ending is hard to decipher as you’re not really given much. However, it can be fixed and fleshed out more in future instalments.

Nevertheless, it was a nice quick read with beautiful art and a pretty colour palette.

2.5* rounded up

Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with the ARC in exchange for an honest review.