This graphic novel is beautiful but the story line is very strange. There is a choppiness in the story that makes it incredibly confusing. Though the artwork changed with the “radio” pieces the writing needs to be changed as well visually to show more of a change. It is not something you can just enjoy as the plot is too confusing. There is a huge amount of holes that come from information the author would have known but didn’t put down on paper. The time jump seemed unnecessary because it changed nothing. There were elements that were hinted at like the actual comic but never fleshed out which just made it more confusing.
I enjoyed the dialog and the art style. There was a small amount of chemistry that I enjoyed but again it was never fleshed out enough to make me fully root for it. This feels like only pages of a bigger novel that was taken out of context.

This was a cute but spooky read. The art style reminds me of something between Adventure Time and Oxenfree. I would definitely continue reading this, if it is a series.
I love the elements of mystery, combined with the humorous dynamics between characters.

Dreamy and mysterious - it throws you right in and you just have to figure it out. The cover being so beautiful is what drew me in, but the story didn’t quite match up - 3.5 stars.

This was an…interesting read. First and most importantly, the art style was really cool and unique, I especially loved the scenes that were mostly neutrals with pops of pinks or other bright colors. But the story as a whole didn’t super make sense to me. It was a bit jarring to be dropped right into the world with little to no explanation, story set up, or character development. Having a little more of that would’ve helped me actually care more about what was going on rather than just enjoying the art style.

This beautiful cover is what initially drew me to read Night Cry. Add on a story that promises a bookstore, witches, demons, and manga and you have me hooked.

The good: I loved the use of the blue tones through out most of the graphic novel, as well as the choice to draw the characters without a face. I also loved the all-female team we had going on.

The not so good: I can't explain the what happened in this story. I was confused during most of it.

Teresa runs a magic-inspired bookshop and writes a fanzine titled Night Cry (not sure what her short stories are about but I think it has to do with ghosts). She wants to be a witch, or maybe she really is one because she manages to summon a demon from a book. Laura, our pink-haired, Japanese loving demon, gives Teresa a chance to make a wish, literally any wish -- but Teresa doesn't know what she wants. Jump to two months in the future, Laura is still hanging around waiting for Teresa to make her wish. In the meantime, a younger girl, Matilda, has been hanging around the bookstore and somewhat reluctantly on Teresa's part, becomes a part of the group.
A subplot (if you can call it that) involves girls who have gone missing and whom have been forgotten by the people of the town over time. In the last few pages, Teresa makes a wish and Laura leaves with Matilda. It was all very anti-climatic and I'm inclined to read through this again in an attempt to better understand the story.

Overall, this seems like a cool idea and the artwork was great, but it's hard to enjoy a GN when you aren't able to follow with the story.

thank you netgalley and Europe comics for providing me with an e-arc of this graphic novel :)

“When it comes to rituals, Teresa, who runs a bookstore specializing in magic and the occult, knows her fair share. But when she manages to summon Laura, an anime-loving demon, the ritual goes awry: Laura is there to grant her any wish, but Teresa doesn’t know what to ask for. And so the two are stuck with each other… Thus begins a strange cohabitation, while Laura decides to investigate a series of unexplained disappearances in town”

Night Cry - Script & Art by Borja Gonzalez - 3.5/5 stars

This is the first graphic novel I’ve ever read and I had so much fun reading this story. The art was absolutely amazing and made me want to cuddle up with some tea in bed. It reminded me a lot of Adventure Time’s art style, especially with the pink haired demon Laura.

On the other hand, I found the story a bit confusing and hard to follow. I wasn’t quite sure who the narrator was and the mystery may have been a bit too mysterious. I don’t have a clue really on what happened or what wish Teresa made.

I enjoyed this manga mainly for the characters and the art style. I liked the idea behind it and I really enjoyed the setting. Super cute and quick read - I may try to reread later to see if I can uncover more of the mystery.

RATING: 4

Wow! Wowwwwwww!!
I can't find other words to describe this story!! I loved it! I actually wanted more!

I actually got shivers reading this. I could hear the forest and the silence, I could feel the cool wind and the darkness. I didn't expect it to be "creepy" (as in, leaning towards horror but not quite) and I loved it. But the golden prize goes to González's way of presenting the story visually. With faceless characters, we rely entirely on body language and ambience to set the tone of a scene. And honestly, that not only works for me but also brings some kind of suspense and mystery to the questions, contributing to the open interpretation ending all along!!

It's a simple plot that explains itself while you read it. You don't get all of the questions firsthand and it makes you move forward. "I want to know why this character wants this." and then "Why does this character want this?", followed by "Why does it do that?" and so on. A rhythm of interest that I, honestly, don't find very often.

While in the fantasy realm, it felt very real. The conversations about being a fan of something, the pace of the characters' days, the elements. It made it so much more vivid and alive - as I mentioned, making me feel the visuals, which is insane!

I think that my only complaint is actually constructive criticism, while fully understanding that it's probably González's way of storytelling (this is my first experience with the author). I loved it, I truly did, I was intrigued, but I wanted more development on the main mystery. Still, I love that it remained a mystery, because the impacts of the mystery seemed more important than the mystery itself. See my internal war here? I just wanted more!!! I felt like the ending was a bit rushed, because some things left unsaid made me confused, but I know many things in life are left unsaid so it makes sense! It's a story to make you feel, reflect and make YOU find the answers and questions. It doesn't give you any. I actually wouldn't even be able to tell you what it is about.

It's an experience. Read it! Look forward to reading more from the author <3

This is a very interesting comic. The art style is very cool, the concept is interesting and the anime loving demon makes a nice contrast to the melancholic atmosphere.

But the story didn't go anywhere, it just ended and left me confused.
That was probably a decision with a good reaon behind it, but I would have liked the story to have an actual conclusion and answers to the different aspects of the plot - what's happening to the missing girls, what's up with the ghost lady, what was the wish, what was that beginng/end part?

Night Cry is a very enjoyable graphic novel about witches and manga addicts. It has these mysterious vibes that made me fall in love with it instantly. The drawings were absolutely beautiful, and I liked very much that the characters didn't have a face. I think it helped a lot to relate to them more.

Now, I couldn't really describe the story on its own because it was complex, I believe. From what I understood, Teresa, a witch, summons Laura, a demon that can grant her a wish—anything she wants. The problem is that Teresa has no idea what is her wish. Her character is initially very strange. She shows little emotion to the third character, Mathilda, and seems in her little bubble until Laura pops it up. Together, they spend time doing various things, starting with walking in the forest at night, meeting Mathilda when she comes to the bookshop to get her copy of Night Cry, a story/magazine, written by Teresa. Little by little, the characters bond, and Teresa progressively knows what she wants to ask Laura.

The thing is that we, readers, have no idea what her wish is. I would guess that she asks Laura not to forget her because she seems quite preoccupied with being forgotten by people and not being believed as a witch. Or perhaps it is to take care of Mathilda so that no one forgets about her, about her disappearance? I don't know, but the plot in itself felt very mysterious and blurry to me. I couldn't figure out what the story was about, except the little hints here and there that explained the mysterious disappearances of girls, the ghost girl, and a witch summoning a demon. Even in the end, we are left with many questions.

I wondered many times if it wasn't a sort of mise-en-abyme, in the sense where Teresa writes a story called Night Cry, and we read her story called Night Cry. So maybe the story is unfinished or wants the readers to understand her, or understand what other people in the city cannot understand in Teresa? See, even my reasoning seems very complex.

Anyways, I'd still recommend this graphic novel. I liked it a lot. It's easy to read, and I fell in love with the drawings. The choice of colours was very pretty, and it sometimes felt like a camera moving progressively, like a storyboard meant to direct a movie afterwards.

Thank you so much Netgalley and Europa Comics for the opportunity to review Night Cry!

i really have no idea what I just read. The plotline was practically non-existent, it was just vibes. Things would appear or happen lately, topics would be brought up, Things would be said without context from the illustration or past and future conversation. at one point this ghost thing even randomly showed up, then exploded and that was that, and the ending really just did not make any sense to me. maybe it was just me not understanding the writing or my high expectations for this book that only served to let me down. I'm sad I'm giving such a low rating because the drawings were so beautiful, the cover was stunning, and the premise was intriguing, but overall the story was incoherent.

Witches? Bookshops? A demon who loves manga? Just one of these would be enough to make me want to read this but the reasons why this graphic novel is absolutely awesome don't stop there. The art, in particular, was absolutely breathtaking, with most of the book being in blue tones with some red and black thrown in the middle, making it absolutely unforgettable and matching the plots perfectly.
More than the supernatural aspect, what I really liked about this story was that it was about three young women fighting their loneliness and finding their way to each other while also struggling with their feelings and reservations for one another and the world around them. Add to that ghosts and girls disappearing all around the city and you have an amazing story.

Thank you to NetGalley and Europe Comics for this DRC.

Rating: 4/5

This was fun,fast and easy to read even though I didn't understand the ending 💀Maybe it would have made more sense as a novel instead of a comic book since there would be more descriptions and explanations.

With goth-style artwork, and a good premise, I can see the initial appeal of this book.

What I don’t understand is the how the plot and the description really aligned. It didn’t
make sense. I felt like I was reading a book about nothing, but that’s not what was promised.

Night Cry is a dreamy and mystic graphic novel with unusual characters: a witch that is not really one and a demon that is an anime fan. Constantly, we have an eerie feeling that someone or something is lurking in the shadows. There’s not much of the story, so it’s hard to describe the plot without giving it all away. Not a lot of dialogues here, so this is a quick read. But we don’t get to know all that we want to. The story is often blurry, and we get bits and pieces. The author leaves some parts of the story to our imagination and interpretation. So, maybe you will want to reread this after you finish. And you may still have a feeling that you’re missing something.

3.5 stars. I liked the mood, but the story left me with too many questions. I loved the unique style of illustrations, though. All characters are drawn without faces.

Thanks to Europe Comics for the ARC and the opportunity to read this! All opinions are my own.

If dark themes, moodiness, and a string of missing women are your thing, then you might enjoy this graphic novel, though it is sometimes hard to find the plot.

Nuit couleur larme, or Night Cry, as some English readers may know it, is a graphic novel following Teresa, an occult bookseller and poet who summons a demon named Laura, who must grant Teresa’s wish before she disappears. The trouble is, Teresa can’t think of anything she desires. She doesn’t want money, fame, or even her one teen customer Matilda to finally leave her alone.

The dark and moody artwork in this graphic novel highlights the underlying themes of depression and loneliness, especially the decision for the characters to be faceless. However, this does cause the emotions of the characters to be dulled to the point that it was hard at the beginning to remember who was who.

In addition, there’s a whole plot of missing women in the graphic novel that seems to not get touched enough. The mentions of those who are missing are almost identical each time, and we never get to learn enough to know what exactly happened to them.

Perhaps this decision was made by the novelist in order to reflect how there is never a concrete answer or result in real life. However, it left me asking too many questions for my liking. Enough questions to leave me wanting more and a sequel? Probably not.

I loved this book! Short and quick, it is definitely focused more on the vibes than the plot. The art is impeccable and it's definitely the kind of book I would buy a physical copy of just for flicking through and having it look pretty on my shelf. I haven't read anything else from this artist but I found the faceless art style an interesting choice, and that the strong characterisation in the dialogue was more than enough to imply their expressions. Will definitely see what else the artist does, and I would love to see a longer form work from him.

Very creepy and unsettling. Gothic and punk with the associated strong language that gets associated with such things. Reminiscent of a fever dream. Hazy, murky, mysterious. The ending is unclear in the best way. Left me with many things to ponder and a sad nostalgia

The art in this book was absolute, stunning perfection. (I love the fact that nobody has a face except a picture of Luna from Sailor Moon) I would have rated it 5 stars if the ending hadn't so thoroughly confused me, but still highly recommend the book all the same because of how much I liked the characters and (again) the art.

Night Cry had beautiful pictures, but for me, the story fell flat. I had difficulty connecting with the characters or the plot and was ready for the story to end half way through.

Beautiful artwork, but the story was abrupt and confusing with no real plot, and it just seemed to end out of nowhere. The lack of faces and the dark colour scheme gives this a really accurate feeling of depression, which seems to be one of the themes, but I think that flatness and lack of readable emotion hampered me from connecting with the characters. I was left unsatisfied, but not even by the lack of resolution, more from the lack of understanding any of it.