Review - Sky Doll 3
Image via WikipediaWell, it all comes to a head in this one.
I was going to go into an in depth analysis of the themes but I hear the series will continue on with Sky Doll 4 so I’ll hold off on my speil for now.
From the first issue we knew there was something special about Noa. She wasn’t quite like all the other dolls. Hints were scattered throughout regarding her dual nature, but in #3 it was laid out in black and white (and color).
The book artfully handles some pretty heavy themes. The first and most obvious is religion. It illustrates how, even despite the best intentions, religion, above all things, has the power to corrupt as people abandon their quest for spiritual betterment in favor of a quest for power.
Another major theme is the role of women in society.
In the world laid out in the book, women are either holy figures to be upheld or objects for pleasure. There is no happy medium.
Agape represented both and she was killed for it, upseting an important balance.
In the resurrection of Agape lies the hope that the balance can be restored and that humans can effectively be divine creatures and creatures of the earth simultaneously.
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