Many Deaths of Laila Starr

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The only weakness of the story was the open ending, but even then it suited the narrative style so it wasn't entirely a fault of the comic.

Godess of death is fired from God's office and she is sent to earth for living a mortal life in the body of a girl named Laila Starr. Or how Death keeps coming back in the same body of Laila Starr instead of reincarnating in a different body instead? I loved this book and its deep and self introspective and philosophical and I love the evolution of death aka Laila itself but most importantly Darius and its such an emotional and self healing story. And “in a high place, far beyond mortal clouds,” the goddess Death prepares for an uncomfortable meeting with her boss. For what is ultimately a very straightforward story with what could be considered a predictable plot, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr has immediately implanted itself in the roots of my brain.But Laila Starr adds an additional layer of interest more in tune with death as it is now, by exploring the bureaucracy of death. The Many Deaths of Laila Starr was mostly uninteresting reading with little happening story-wise and a lot of pseudo-spiritualist pontificating.

The first issue is fairly solid but, once Death immediately decides to about-face on the plan, the story meanders pointlessly until the very end. We follow Death as she finds herself without a purpose and living through several of her own deaths, and through this immortal being grappling with the emotions of those with a finite lifespan we must ultimately confront the question if death itself does have a purpose in life. Bardhan, who is dark-skinned, from South India, and presumably of a different caste than Darius, is rendered by Filipe Andrade and Inês Amaro in the comic’s signature European comics style; the broadly juxtaposed red-and-blue color scheme of the pages allows for more subtlety than one would imagine.As much as it bends your thoughts towards ideas of death and destruction, it also celebrates life and is a surprisingly comforting read. Laila Starr” builds on bodies of mythology, art and urbanity that have existed for decades, if not eons; mirrors of the mundane are included to ground the magical.