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Snapshots of a Girl by Beldan Sezen

lisamchuk's review against another edition

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2.0

I don't generally adore graphic novels. I got the simple, but not deeper message, and was a fan of only half the artwork (the cartoon styled ones, not the more realistic figures).

dikestrike's review against another edition

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5.0

I absolutely love this book. The art flows through different styles with the different stages of her life. The writing changes with the scene. It is strange and unnerving and gives you small bites of her story while leaving much of it shrouded in mystery, maybe because it's still a private subject for her. I am surprised by it's low rating.

nymeria123's review against another edition

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3.0

I liked the story, however found the text hard to read and was not a huge fan of the art style.

saidtheraina's review against another edition

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2.0

Notable particularly for the depiction of coming out and queer life in Europe.
Sezen has lived in several different countries over the course of her life.

Feels very journal/sketchbooky, and not particularly polished. All black and white, and several different styles of drawing/storytelling. I wish an editor had worked with her to pull things together. There's definitely potential for something great in her story.

julia_19's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

2.0

meganamato's review against another edition

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3.0

It was good! And had some moving, powerful, and poignant moments... But also felt a bit scattered and hard to follow at times.... Also for some reason the varied illustration styles was a little distracting to me.

jessicastephenson's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced

2.5

anansi_girrl's review

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reflective medium-paced

2.0

fareehareads's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

pedantichumbug's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

2.5

I didn't mind the mixture of different drawing styles, the handwritten parts or the weird fonts that were sometimes hard to read. Overall, I appreciated the unconventionality of it all. It was the lack of narrative flow and the poorly-edited writing that put me off. I wonder why she didn't write this book in one of her first languages which I'm sure she'd have a much better command of.

The opening pages were promising but it went downhill real quick after that. I really wanted to like this as a queer turkish person myself but it was just too underwhelming :/