2019 Image comics release ‘Little girls’. Not sure how I feel on this one. Great read, but feels cut short.
Also, hard to hashtag because of the title.

Lielet and Sam are two young women in Ethiopia who make fast friends on Sams arrival in town. Being adventurous and wanting to prove themselves, they set out into the brush to investigate rumors of wild animal activity, which within days turns into reports of dismembered victims.

Stories emerge that the killer is a beast of Kenyan legend called the #kerit, killer of livestock and eater of brains, now with the taste for human.

A very original storyline, with what looks like roots in a 1999 Ethiopian territory war between a massive pack of hyenas and a huge pride of lions. It left me personally in an unresolved state feeling abruptly ended. I will leave it there so as not to risk spoilers.

Worth reading? Absolutely. I just wish it had a bit more meat in the sandwich.
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Nice art, sort of reminiscent of Gabriel Rodríguez in Locke & Key, but the story is sloppy and makes little sense. A white girl finds herself in Ethiopia because of her dad's job and makes friends with a local girl. Of course they decide to Scooby gang it and solve the mystery when rumors say animals are being mutilated and people killed by a supernatural creature. It's supposed to be scary, but the creature looks too much like Sandy from Little Orphan Annie to be anything but ridiculous. And its main plan is some sort of war between lions and hyenas? Who cares?

The action is often confusing, especially when a battle begins and a running tally is included that is unclear as to whether it counting the number of combatants present or dead, because more seem to keep showing up as others die. Indeed the final tally far exceeds the numbers shown at the start of the scene. And if it is a tally of the dead, it really doesn't mean much if we don't know how deep a reserve each side has to draw upon.

So, no tension or excitement for me, but I wouldn't mind seeing the characters again doing something more worthwhile. ( )

Little Girls is a story about two young girls who decide to take matters into their own hands when hyena's begin to overrun their small town of Harar, Ethiopia in 2004. Though Sam is used to being alone and just putting up with life, things start to break the cycle when she stands up for another girl at school. The two become fast friends, and even start to "report" on the problem, which really is just trying to fix it themselves.

Check out my full review here!

https://radioactivebookreviews.wordpress.com/2019/06/14/little-girls-by-nicholas... ( )