{"id":5255,"date":"2017-07-29T18:01:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T22:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=5255"},"modified":"2017-07-29T18:01:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T22:01:44","slug":"book-review-the-beauty-volume-1-by-jeremy-haun-and-jason-hurley-art-by-jeremy-haun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/book-review-the-beauty-volume-1-by-jeremy-haun-and-jason-hurley-art-by-jeremy-haun\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: The Beauty: Volume 1 by Jeremy Haun and Jason Hurley, art by Jeremy Haun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beauty-Vol-1-Jason-Hurley-ebook\/dp\/B01C3GD1Y0\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1501363958&amp;sr=8-5&amp;keywords=the+beauty&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=monstlibra0f1-20&amp;linkId=ae87525c2772cb5f4ec907c3ad0b556e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B01C3GD1Y0&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=monstlibra0f1-20\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=monstlibra0f1-20&amp;l=li3&amp;o=1&amp;a=B01C3GD1Y0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The Beauty: Volume 1 <\/em>by Jeremy Haun and Jason Hurley, art by Jeremy Haun<\/p>\n<p>Image Comics, 2016<\/p>\n<p>ISBN: 9781632155504<\/p>\n<p>Available: print, Kindle &amp; comixology ebook<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Beauty <\/em>proposes a few questions. With society&#8217;s obsession with external outward beauty, what if there was a way to guarantee someone could become more attractive? What if the way to accomplish such beauty was through a sexually transmitted disease? In the world of <em>Beauty, <\/em>most of the population has taken advantage of the STD. Why not? After all, the only known side effects are increased hunger, a low-grade fever, and the benefit of being drop dead gorgeous. Detectives Vaughn and Foster discover the less than appealing side effect: the &#8220;drop dead&#8221; part is literal. \u00a0As the detectives start getting closer to solving the mystery, the danger to their lives increases. Certain parties attempt to launch a cover-up, but newly-infected Detective Foster isn&#8217;t having any of it. After a heavily publicized press conference announcement goes wrong, he&#8217;s got a shiny new target on his back.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Beauty<\/em> reads like a typical noir crime novel at times, but the story is compelling and unique. I thought there would be more of a focus on the people who voluntarily contract the disease rather than on the law enforcement angle, but it still made for a decent exploration of what happens when a disease that has been around for a few years starts exhibiting deadly consequences. I think it helps that the artwork is fantastic. This is not a story for children; violence, sex, and death are shown in detail, thanks to the magnificent art. Recommended.<\/p>\n<p>Volume 1 collections issues #1-6.<\/p>\n<p>Contains: blood, exploding bodies, body horror, nudity, violent content<\/p>\n<p>Reviewed by Lizzy Walker<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Beauty: Volume 1 by Jeremy Haun and Jason Hurley, art by Jeremy Haun Image Comics, 2016 ISBN: 9781632155504 Available: print, Kindle &amp; comixology ebook &nbsp; The Beauty proposes a few questions. With society&#8217;s obsession with external outward beauty, what if there was a way to guarantee someone could become more attractive? What if the<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/book-review-the-beauty-volume-1-by-jeremy-haun-and-jason-hurley-art-by-jeremy-haun\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2594,2474,416,2894,83,3100,3099,2431,2332,3098],"class_list":["post-5255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-body-horror","tag-book-review","tag-dystopian-fiction","tag-graphic-novel","tag-horror-fiction","tag-jason-hurley","tag-jeremy-haun","tag-medical-horror","tag-noir-fiction","tag-the-beauty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5255"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5315,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255\/revisions\/5315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}