Originally Posted by
Balakin
Literally everyone keeps saying how good this is but I just can't bring myself to buy it. The concept seems soooooo on the nose to me. It's like I kill giants. I've read it ages ago and was very underwhelmed because the whole metaphor was so obvious and without much nuance that I just didn't care about what's happening. Although I've bought I kill giants in trade since then to reread it but just can't seem to muster up the energy.
I need some convincing about both of these books (also, I've watched Pan's labyrinth once, which is kinda similar I think and didn't like that either. It's just in her head, who cares. And I really like DelToro)