Meh. 2.5 Stars So what if today, in our beauty obsessed society, there was a sexually transmitted disease that could make you pretty? That could make your skin flawless, make you thin and just utterly and eternally perfect? Would you want this disease? That's the topic this comic book explore. Some call it original, unique and thought-provoking. I call it a good idea with a really underwhelming execution... Also, not that original.We follow two cops, Vaughn and Foster, two detectives who lead

3,5 Great Subject StarsThe basis idea is absolutely fantastic, a veneral disease that makes you absolutely gorgeous. I am sure there would be throngs of people everywhere recklessly trying to get contaged and just as many people seeing it and every sick people as devil incarnate. In this world, there would naturally be a dedicated task force for Beauty related crimes of course. All of it is so absolutely possible and realistic, very well played. I like the art too.The story is fast paced, the ev...

I should have read this sooner!This is a super fast-paced and incredibly captivating story. Nudity and gore are also a plus.My only problem is that this felt too short!I want more.

*Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.*2 years ago a new STD surfaced that made people beautiful. Physical perfection could be had from only one sexual encounter. People actively sought the disease but now the long term effects are being realised as people are now dying from the disease.Two detectives, both infected, are now on the hunt for some answers and hopefully find a cure before half the worlds population succumb to the disease.I lo...

I loved the concept – that physical beauty is an ultimately fatal, sexually-transmitted disease – and I hoped it would have some insightful sociological/political analysis into how society treats physical beauty (and lack of). Sadly it ended up being more of a by-the-numbers conspiracy story, with the 'beauty' element a bit of a Macguffin. Cue fights, guns, blah blah. So much potential here, but ultimately it felt like a waste of a good idea.

I love the random (and extensive) collection of Graphic Novels I can find on Hoopla. I have been introduced to a lot of great titles simply because they are simple to review and access. The Beauty is an unexpected treat I found in the midst of them all.The Beauty is a sexually transmitted disease that gives the infected an appearance every narcissist would die for. Ever since it is discovered, people have been clamoring to become infected instead of protecting themselves. The only side effect is...

Two years ago a sexually transmitted disease turned patients into physically perfect specimens - everyone who got the STD ended up looking beautiful. Today, half the planet willingly has the disease known as The Beauty and only now are the negative side effects emerging: the beautiful people are internally combusting! Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley’s new ongoing, The Beauty, has an unusual horror premise that turns into a pretty by-the-numbers crime/conspiracy thriller. I think it would’ve work...

A horror/sci-fi comics series with a fascinating premise: What if, in our obsession with beauty/attraction, we could become more beautiful every day? But what if (and here's the horror part), beauty is also a sexually transmitted disease? Of course, the idea of our national obsession with beauty/attraction is well documented, dismaying, and perhaps to some extent inevitable, part of the process of the propagation of the species, but we are by now familiar with ridiculously obsessive stories of p...

2022 Update: This still is about the same for me in terms of the rating. I'm definitely intrigued with how I'm going to feel about the other volumes now that there are 6 officially released. Let me start by saying that this comic definitely had an interesting premise: an STD that causes people to become beautiful, but then after a while they just randomly explode haha. I mean who wouldn't find that entertaining. I thought that the artwork was pretty decent and I found the characters to be okay;

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE NETGALLEY FOR THIS REVIEW COPY IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW "If contracting an STD would make you pretty, would you get yourself infected? I actually thought of whether I would do it, if I was in the same situation. Would I sacrifice my personal health, just for the sake of being pretty? Probably not.This graphic novel made me think. It made me think of how realistic it is, that most people would trade their health in exchange for being physically attracti...

The Beauty is a sexually transmitted disease - that you want. It melts away fat, brightens and tones your skin, and overall makes you more beautiful each day. My first thought when I started this was: "why can't this be real??!" Then people start to die... and only people who are infected with the beauty.I really enjoyed this; along with the good dialogue there are lots of great illustrations. It's an extremely unique idea that is transferred well to a graphic novel.

*ARC / review copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review**3.5 stars*

(Updated 6/19/18 to be better organized and include non-spoilery discussion of books 2 and 3.)The premise: an STD has appeared in the human population that reshapes those infected to look more like current Western conception of attractiveness: younger, thinner, etc. (It's not stated explicitly in the intro text that this is culturally specific attractiveness, but it clearly is, and that gets even more interesting in the second volume). The book begins as a pair of detectives investigate what the...

Story: 3.5 starsArt: 3.5 starsCharacters: 3 starsThis sounded very unique and I was very excited to get this in the mail from Amazon the other day... Crystal's review was the one that made me decide to order it and take a chance.Final result?: Mixed... LOVED the story (even if I couldn't fully connect to the characters) but the ending felt very abrupt... it stopped right at a point that had me scratching my head as to WHY it stopped there. A cliffhanger for the next volume perhaps it seemed unne...

Bullet Review:This is one of those graphic novels that made me realize how much I enjoy reading. Only I liken it to the Matrix - the first one is really good, the remainder of them make you question what the need was to continue the "story".I really liked what was here (minus some of the stereotypical parts and how humdrum the ending became), but I have no clue how this is gonna be a continuing series.

I'm still not sure about this one, i can't decide whether it deserves a higher rating, if i even liked this one at all, whether it was utter garbage. It's just a bizarre read from beginning to end, but it doesn't necessarily hold your attention, after the first issue which sets up the plot really well, it's quite shocking and it totally pulls you in, it kinda turns well just boring. Apart from the main plot there's nothing else going on, i didn't really care for any of the characters, you don't

My reviews from each individual issue:The Beauty #1The Beauty #2The Beauty #3The Beauty #4The Beauty #5The Beauty #6I love this series. It was brought to my attention by a dear friend. He's moved to a new school and I miss his comic book/books/movies talks very much. This comic book series is intense. It follows detectives trying to figure out who created this new STD that turns people good looking over night. There is one catch though (view spoiler)[ They eventually catch fire from the inside o...