Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire

by Neil Gaiman

Shane Oakley (Illustrator)

Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire, a satirical tale from the mind of Sunday Times bestselling writer Neil Gaiman, has been strikingly adapted for the first time by illustrator and comic book artist Shane Oakley. For fans of Alan Moore, Dave McKean and Sandman...

SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT, A RAVEN CAWS, AN AUTHOR'S PEN SCRATCHES AND THUNDER CLAPS.

The author wants to write serious non-fiction: stories about frail women in white nightgowns, mysterious bumps in the night and the undead rising to collect old debts. But he keeps getting interrupted by the everyday annoyances of talking ravens, duels to the death and his sinister butler.

• ISBN10: 1472248619
• ISBN13: 9781472248619
• Publish Date: 7 February 2017
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 13 March 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
• Imprint: Headline Book Publishing
• Edition: Illustrated edition
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 48
• Language: English

Reviews

[alindstadtcorbeax]

Star Rating: —> 1.5 stars

And they’re not even bright! They’re dull, lackluster, lifeless stars.

So... you can probably tell, I’m feeling some real angst here. This reallllllly grinds my gears.

I don’t know if I’ve ever even given a 2 star or less review; there’s a first time for everything! I really struggled between 1 & 2 stars here. So 1.5 it is, and I rounded up, on my GR rating, because, well... the original story is by Neil Gaiman after all.
We need half stars, badly!

When I finished reading this I literally was like, what in the fuck did I just read? Surely not the interesting adaptation I was anticipating, I’ll tell you what!

THIS is nothing compared to the original story; totally butchered. So much potential down the freakin’ drain. I HATE giving negative reviews but I... just couldn’t make light of what I feel about this.

[ *I did like the art a bit though. Which is why it received 1 star.
(Yay a little bit of positivity! I’m not a complete monster 😉)
*The other (generously given) .5 star is for the tale being originally penned by Neil Gaiman; though that is pretty inconsequential here, as it was put in the garbage disposal and then taken back out again and slathered back onto the pages... my gosh I am being so harsh, I don’t know that I’ve ever seen this dark side of me, let alone on GR, haha]

Read at your own risk, folks.
I never say that I don’t recommend a book, because everyone has different tastes, & I am a firm believer that every book deserves a chance.
But if there were ever a time I wouldn’t...

Yeah.

*takes deep breath & proceeds to scream into pillow*