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Thamara and Juda

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One classic of written word, more than any other, presents back to back images of violence, incest, betrayal, brutal warfare, and degradation of captives. It practically begs for a lurid rendering in graphic (and I mean !graphic!) novelization. That book, of course, is the Old Testament (Gen. 38). This rendering, suitably lurid, presents a telling of Onan's story. Yes that Onan, from whom we derive our word for onanism.

I haven't gone back to King James or any other source to check accuracy, but the broad outline of Thamara's story seems believable. She's really the central character of this sordid saga, no matter who it's remembered for. It starts with a drunken father, selling her off for a few more flasks of wine. One of the good guys, Juda, examines her in depth to establish virginity. He then passes her from son to son like some party favor. Onan appears as one of those sons, with poorly explained problems around the marriage bed and a poorly explained death after a poor performance. Then, once the calendar says it shouldn't happen, widowed Thamara shows up in the motherly way. She's about to be burned at the stake for fornication when, all of a sudden, she demonstrates not only that a man was involved, but a man of high political standing - oops, so sorry, didn't really mean that stake for you. If he's the one, then we just wipe the record and welcome the fruit of your womb.

Now, take all that, and add babes of bounding boobage, clothing transparent when present at all, and men with massive endowments and chronic priapism. If curvy hip and cantilevered bust mean more than individual distinctions between one woman and another, and if you tolerate some amount of aggression, non-consensual activity, and perversity, then this Bible story might be for you. I'm still thinking.

-- wiredweird

I started seeking out this author and artist after running into the "Nagarya" series. As stated with other reviews, the text can be quite confusing. I understand that it is translated from French and that may have a lot to do it. The amusing part about the dialogue is that most of the time, you will be reading very old-style English as if you were reading excerpts directly from The Bible. Then when you come across lines like "hang out", "chill out" and "I was bummed", it'll kind of throw you off a bit. I don't know how close this story comes to Genesis 38 as I am not one who knows my Bible verses in and out, but the story flowed fairly well for me even though the dialogue had me needing to read some lines more than once. The art work in itself makes up for the deficiencies of this book. Vivid and stunning artwork that I have come to appreciate since picking up "Nagarya". Be warned, the artwork is VERY graphic but beautifully renderred. I can tell the artist has a lot of experience on the female form as that is what stands out in this book. All other figures, particularly male figures, not so much. I am awaiting my next order to arrive - Judith & Holophernes - to see if this book is as visually stunning as the rest. As far as the dialogue, let's just say that I won't hold my breath...

Wow, I really liked this book. The art in here is really high quality. The story does get a little confusing at times, and you often find yourself asking why certain events have just happenend. However, if you can put up with that, and really appreciate high quality drawing you will enjoy this book. One word of warning: don't buy this is you do not like curvy women because that is almost all you get in this book. Don't let me put you off the females in this book are very very attractive, but if large chests and curvy bodies don't do it for you, you may struggle to enjoy this one! Overall I really enjoyed this, and recommend it to anyone who appreciates the full female form.

I love these books because Riverstone surprise us with his particular style, it is fantasy genre, not good to have a real idea about the biblic history about Juda.