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this graphic novel was really fun to read, i loved the contrast between the pastel color palette and the horror story . the plot was very interesting and it kept me glued to the pages. i hope to read more from the author

I was really excited by this concept because animals who lives lives like humans tends to be really fun, but this one was a miss for me. The art style was really uncomfortable which I think is the point with a horror/thriller. I also didnt feel like the mc was all that compelling to like. dexter is a serial killer but he is compelling and after a while people like him. this killer was none of those thing which was hard to read. I would have preferred if we got some backstory for why she started to kill people and exactly how it started but we didnt get that. overall I think some will like this one but was definitely not for me.

I absolutely loved this graphic novel!! I love how it starts out like a wholesome story and then things get dark real quick! I hope to see more from this author in the future! 5 stars!!

Spooky book! But a fun read. Probably not appropriate for my collection, but I'm looking forward to reading more by Horvath!

Wow, how can this be so dark and cuddly at the same time?

Samantha is a brown bear in a town filled with other loveable animals. She's kind and sweet, and also sometimes kidnaps people and murderers them in the forest. Simple life, right? But one day someone else is starting to kill, and it's in town, which starts to make people suspicious. It becomes almost a cat and mouse game, even when the killer is found out, Samantha must figure a way to outsmart them if she's gonna survive this. Overall fun and exciting, huge dexter vibes, but also adorable cute art. I really want more from this series, and hope we get a follow up of some sort.

I think it's well-written, well-narrated, and well-drawn. It was unexpectedly dark but fun to read. I love the humor here and there. The puns were really great too! I love the characters, I really enjoyed reading it, it made me want to read books similar to this.

This graphic novel has some serious Dexter vibes and I'm all for it! I love that it looks like a sweet little animal based graphic novel but is really serial killers trying to literally get away with murder!

Absolutely chilling. I felt the dread coming from these animal townsfolk as their community was ripped apart, literally.

The story is engaging, fast paced and intense. I loved it. I could not stop reading. I’m Amped for the next volume.

I adore the art style. The color palette really stood out to me. As a fellow artist, I could appreciate the details and care put into creating each character.

This series will be a favorite, I can feel it.

How delightfully morbid this was!! I grew up on horror. So to find cutesy stuff with an adult horror twist really makes me feel like a big kid again and makes me kick my feet in the air. The killings were brutal but the images aren't TOO bad. But then again when you're immersed in a cute little animal village like Animal Crossing and then you see the dark, twisted side of the murders.... well, my jaw dropped and I just loved it. There is no mercy. This comic was like if Pietro the clown from Animal Crossing decided to go on a killing spree. I love Pietro. I would love to check out more from this author.

What kind of twisted adorableness is this??? It's murder.... but it's cute? I feel conflicted folks. Actually no, I don't, I loved this. A truly unique graphic novels about anthropomorphic animals living their sweet and simple lives in a small town. Except for Sam, the owner of the local hardware store, who happens to be a serial killer. But never in their town! Just in the big city, so, not so bad? When people start being murdered in their small town everyone starts locking doors and pointing fingers. Wanting to protect her town and keep the police away from her own pursuits Sam begins her own investigations and uncovers some shocking answers.

This book was well illustrated mixing lovely animal imagery with gruesome murder scenes. I loved the sweetness and I loves the gore. Such an interesting read, very worth the time.,

I enjoyed this graphic novel. The art style and colouring is beautiful. I loved the contrast between the sweet small town and its citizens with the sinister and graphic murders happening behind the scenes.

The illustrations are so cute but the story is so not! It's so good and the plot twist is so so so interesting. I totally did not expect it at all. All in all, I recommend reading this book.

This was an intriguing, odd but in a good way, graphic novel about a serial killer who tries to solve a murder mystery...
We're so used to seeing cities made of animal characters like cute and sweet, so seeing them in this light was a bit of a shock. A good kind of shock. That leaves you feeling unsure of what you've just read but you know you weirdly want everyone else to read it.

i LOVED this antihero serial killer graphic novel about a butch bear and her cute lil animal town, suddenly facing the prospect of MURDER!

if you like the animal element of bojack horseman or tuca and bertie, this might be right up your alley. somehow a cast of characters is infinitely more interesting when they're all cute critters, many of whom have a dark side.

there is both a level of ironic humor and a tension when anthropomorphized animals and non-anthropomorphized animals coexist. the humanoid german shepherd cop walks his fully-animal police dog on a leash. the friendly teddy bear local business owner secretly brutally murders and dismembers cityfolk now and then. the art is warm and soft, yet extremely gory. and all the contrast is gives me dopamine!

even aside from the animal characters and juicy premise, this story shines. small town vibes are matched with intense suspense and mystery as our big bear protagonist realizes she's not the only killer in town.

i think the pacing is a bit inconsistent across volumes, but the shocking moments and murderous drama make it all worthwhile. i loved this, and would be thrilled to read more stories set in the same universe.

Thank you to NetGalley and IDW Publishing for providing me with a copy of this book in return for an honest review.

4.25 stars
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🧠 My thoughts
It’s been a while since I’ve read such a nice comic. It was mysterious and gore. I really liked the artwork as well. The storyline hooked me from start to finish, it was pretty well done.

The only thing that I can complain about was that the storyline felt not super original. I might have seen a similar plot from somewhere else.

Thanks NetGalley, IDW Publishing publisher, and the authors for a great advance copy of the book in exchange for my honest review!

It was unusual, but still cool. Read thanks to NetGalley and the American publishing house IDW Publishing.

Ukrainian review⬇️
Я трішки вчора офігіла від цього коміксу😱
Вудбрук - миле містечко, в якому живуть такі ж милі антропоморфні тваринки. Стиль малюнку налаштовує на якусь дитячу казочку а-ля «Вінні Пух».
Але є нюанс.
Ведмедиця - серійна вбивця. Як вам таке? Головне її правило: «не вбивати місцевих». Тому вона їздить у місто, виловлює там своїх жертв, вбиває, розчленовує і закопує🤯 Спокійно повертається додому.
Тому, коли зʼявляється хтось, хто вбиває саме у Вудбруці, ця ведмедиця занепокоюється: не дай Бог, через це почнеться розслідування і якимось чином зʼясують, чим вона займається. Їй треба вийти на вбивцю першою. Отак. Вбивця ловить вбивцю😂

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Це було незвично, але прикольно. Читала завдяки NetGalley та американському видавництву IDW Publishing.

this was an AMAZNG read! i am not even exaggerating because it is really good. i picked this up because i thought it was going to be fun reading a thrilling book in the style of a children's book. just look up trigger warnings as well when you read this book as it can get very graphic real quick. the story was SO well done in my opinion and the main character was intense, two-sided, and just really messed up in many ways. the inner workings of the bear's mind was a nice touch to her character.

she is both charming & nice, and evil & sinister.

i am so glad to have found this book here so thank you so much to the author and to NetGalley as well for this ARC.

I never thought anyone would be able to capture that feeling of watching Netflix's 'You" for the first time. Who would suspect that their town's local hardware store owner would be a serial killer? This book is like if Beastars had Joe Goldberg as a main character and I was here for it! I'd definitely recommend this one to my readers who love horror.

I LOVED this. It's so original and the illustration is perfect. I had so much fun reading this and I am thrilled to read any other installations in the series

This was a fun, quick read, very much in the same vein as Dexter, if Dexter lived in Cabot Cove. Having a serial killer as a main character is always fun, especially when it's a female serial killer, which I don't see very often. And while the plot wasn't unique, Horvath's approach to the internal motivations that Samantha (our local serial killer) had for doing what she did, and how it was expressed on the page of this graphic novel, was different than what I expected. Different, and at times, darkly comical. The art style was understated and wholesome (a delightful contrast to the subject matter of the book), but also had that element of realism that kept me on the edge of my seat. It definitely approached uncanny valley territory sometimes, especially when the character's hands were shown. A duck with humanoid fingers, and humanoid fingernails, is just unnerving. Overall I enjoyed this book, and I'd recommend it to people who are interested in explorations of immorality and loveable anthropomorphic wildlife animals stylistically reminiscent of 'If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.'