Hello friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all well. Today I’m posting my review of Christopher Twin’s graphic novel, Bad Medicine.

This novel was long listed for Canada Reads 2024.

Bad Medicine by: Christopher Twin: A group of Cree teens find themselves sitting around a campfire telling Cree folklore horror stories; some based on real events, while others are pure myth; all creepy in their own merit. This was such a great graphic novel; the horror and spookiness of it were top notch. Twin, did an amazing job with the art; this story was mostly told through his illustrations and not the words and he captured the essence so well. The reader felt all the emotions conveyed through the art and there were times when they thought things look really creepy and horrific, like it stopped them in their tracks how eerie and disturbing some of it was. The fact that he could communicate all these feelings without the use of many words was really powerful because some stories really packed a punch. All the stories were really well told; they went by so quickly because we were following the images. The only story the reader really didn’t quite get was the last story, it was interesting because it was based off of one of the characters around the campfire and his home life. It was interesting in the subject matter and how it was depicted; it was like reality blended with horrendous and frightening myth. This also felt very nostalgic of the TV show Are You Afraid of the Dark, and this reader really enjoyed that vibe. It made the pacing of this well done; each character got to tell a tale, some more fearful than others, but all of them had a good shock to them. This was an all-around freaky read that this reader enjoyed immensely.