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sonypainstation's review
4.75
"What didn't kill me didn't make me stronger. Time hasn't healed all wounds. And yet here I am, still very much alive."
A really beautiful and honest story about realizing sexuality and dealing with trauma. Beautifully written and illustrated.
paulus_on_the_rocks's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Dessins et écriture très beaux, grande sensation de douceur même si les sujets abordés (voir TW) sont souvent loins de l'être
Bien aimé, à lire à l'occasion
Bien aimé, à lire à l'occasion
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
sarahwawee7's review
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual violence, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Rape, and Sexual assault
justabean_reads's review
4.0
Another drop-dead gorgeous graphic novel by Drawn & Quarterly. (Seriously, the cover is textured, and I keep petting it.)
Though perhaps graphic novel is not the correct term. It's a written meditation on the author's experience with sexuality, gender and sexual violence, as she came out as a lesbian later in life, or perhaps decided to be a lesbian because the other options were immensely tiresome. This is all illustrated with her drawings of somewhat thematic series of objects, such as vulva-shaped geodes, bits of seaweed, and flowers. (I'm curious if the translators also redid all the lovely looping cursive, or if Delporte redid all that in English once she had the translation.) It's meditative, and rewards reading slowly (and looking up the end notes), and I liked the emphasis on finding solace and self-knowledge in other women.
Though perhaps graphic novel is not the correct term. It's a written meditation on the author's experience with sexuality, gender and sexual violence, as she came out as a lesbian later in life, or perhaps decided to be a lesbian because the other options were immensely tiresome. This is all illustrated with her drawings of somewhat thematic series of objects, such as vulva-shaped geodes, bits of seaweed, and flowers. (I'm curious if the translators also redid all the lovely looping cursive, or if Delporte redid all that in English once she had the translation.) It's meditative, and rewards reading slowly (and looking up the end notes), and I liked the emphasis on finding solace and self-knowledge in other women.
arlangrey17's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault