Name: When I Arrived at the Castle
ISBN: 9781927668689

Emily Carroll

A castle, a killer and prey all bound and blurred by lust and blood.

When I Arrived at the Castle

Gorgeous and atmospheric, this story feels both familiar and fresh. I am like, obsessed.

neri

This was. Interesting. Confusing. Gay goth horror. Intricate. And very beautifully drawn. But still confusing. I don't even have the words to review this right now, I will re read it again but this was confusing? Felt very disjointed at least to my taste and I cannot fully grasp the story. But anyways, thus was beautiful still. Don't really know how to word this.

gorgeous art as usual but I found the story and especially the ending a too bit vague… while I normally like open endings even when they're vague, in this case I just felt i needed a bit more information for the story to stand up on its own despite the vagueness

This one felt a bit disjointed in the storyline but the art was so beautiful! Loved the black, white, and red color scheme, and the countess was gorgeous. 

Sabrina D. 

Jeff James

I would buy full sized poster prints of pages from this book. Emily Carroll’s art is both minimalist and drop-dead gorgeous in eye-popping black, white and red. This slim volume is a dark fairy tale about a dangerous countess and the village woman who comes to her castle to stop her reign of terror. The story is mysterious, sensual, and ultimately elliptical, but I loved the overall effect. I need to finally get around to reading Through the Woods, which I’ve owned for a few years now.

Arturo Hernández

Loved by the illustrations, but the overall story left me wanting more…

Izza

laura

Ley Stanton

Well that was uh...weird. Beautiful visuals but very strange story. I feel like there was definitely something I was missing. Just very odd.

Elska Bee

It is a bit confusing as others have said, though it's still very enjoyable if only for the art and beautiful writing. I did read one person's interpretation of the plot and it makes sense and I think it adds an extra dimension to the story, but I also think it's great if you only take things on a more metaphorical level.

I've never read a graphic novel with such beautiful writing. There's so few words but they give such a visceral sense of the scene and what the main character is feeling. Not to mention all the outstanding layouts. As much as I love this as a graphic novel, I'd be curious to see this as an animated short and take the body horror that extra step further (and maybe make the plot a little clearer).