The Flowers of Evil review

PoisonSunflower10
Apr 03, 2021
It's a rather short manhwa so I'll keep this review short to avoid spoiling you.

So before I read this manhwa I had been reading Aku no Hana for a while and had come to the conclusion that it was the most twisted psychological romance in the "school" genre alongside Masturbation Master Kurosawa. But then I recently stumbled upon this story full of sunshine and changed my mind right away.

It's a tale of twin brother/sister that are seemingly inseparable from each other. That being said, even with incestuous themes at the core of the story, it avoids all the pandering nonsense that often occurs when incest appears in other works of media. I guarantee that if all incest was written like this it would knock the fetish straight out of the medium. What is fascinating about it is that it puts emphasis on psychological dependence instead of sexual attraction which gives off a sort oppressive feeling while reading it; although it does rely on some unsettling imagery to create that feeling as well.

Character motivations seem obvious at first, but as the story progressed (quickly) I soon didn't know who to pity, who was in the right, or what any of the characters were truly thinking. making it an often stressful read, and sometimes hard to follow.

A journey is only as good as its destination (or maybe its the other way around? metaphors are weird) and I really did love the ending, very clever with a bit of subtle foreshadowing leading up to it. It can be interpreted in a couple different ways. It was a dark and somber tale throughout, but one that I think is worth reading If your looking for something different.
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The Flowers of Evil
The Flowers of Evil
Auteur Lee, Hyeon-Sook
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