Title: The Fox
Status: Love #2
Author: Frédéric Brrémaud, Federico Bertolucci
Genre: Graphic Novel, Animals
General Thoughts: Lovely and true
Rating: 4.5/5 stars.
The Fox is not your typical story. And it's not really a story. It's more than that. The Fox is about life. The Fox is about family. The Fox is about survival. The Fox is the story that you'll love, without too much complicatio. In the point of view of wild life, we see all this and more.
Have I ever told you how wonderful foxes are? Actually, animals in general? They now everything and everyone, don't over complicate themselves, and have their priorities straight. They don't follow the rules of time and they have the biggest and truest capability to love.
For me, this novel was just that. Animals in their truest form. No story, no background or intricate plot needed. Just the true.
And the design in the drawing was insane. So beautiful and detailed. And not only the characters but the ambient. It all had so many details and was so carefully crafted. Not some random scrambles likes some of today's graphic novels.
Read it. Seriously. It is necessary. (not really but pretty please)
Status: Collection
Author: The Awkward Yeti, Nick Seluk
Genre: Graphic Novel, Humor
General Thoughts: Gotta love the good ol' heart and brain
Rating: 3.5/5 stars.
Heart and Brain is the collection of small comics of two comical characters we all know well. Heart and Brain. Taking a satirical spin to them, they talk about real life situations from the point of view of each organ and what their function is. This results in a funny, endearing comic strip that'll have you laughing out loud!
This was a really nice read. I mean, I love seeing satirical versions of what my heart and brain would be like. I think they represented them exactly as they are. The heart naive and reckless, but with true feelings and the drive for the better. The brain logical and responsible, but with flaws as minimum feelings and others like procrastination. None of them was better than the other and both as importante as each other.
And I loved that sometimes it wouldn't just be a funny, ironical or sarcastic joke presented, but that they added some small little moments of deep thinking and important messages.
I really like the Awkward Yeti. The only thing I would have like to see more was the other organs as well. So much heart and brain could be a little boring. Specially because the format was always the same and it could get repetitive.
But great bind up. Love to read more.
Title: Ashes
Status: Stand Alone
Author: Mario Candelaria
Genre: Graphic Novel, Daily Life
General Thoughts: Nice little book
Rating: 2.5/5 stars.
Ashes is the story of Matt, that while living a wonderful successful life, falls in hard times, and the story that follows, while trying to get his life back. Ashes gives a voice to those unnamed heroes that fight for our lives daily, and that not always win. This is what happens after one of those such days.
I loved that this novel centered around fire fighters. I think that they're underestimated most of the time. We don't give them enough credit, really. They put themselves at risk to save our lives. And sincerely, we don't do our best to help.
This is where Matt's story falls in. He suffered a horrific faith that doesn't fall anywhere near just, but there all the same. It was wonderful to see him overcome his anger and sadness over loosing it all, and manage to see beyond it and see all the people that loved him.
I think it's an important book for both the firefighters, because it brings awareness towards them, and people, because it shows that motivation, dedication, hard work and time can do wonders.
The only thing is that it wasn't the most interesting things to read. It read pretty bland and it lacked the suspense and drama. It needed a little more narrative.
And I wasn't a fan of the art design. All that black was sometimes hard to outline. And it didn't help with the overall presentation of the book. Like, if you're going to do it in b&w, at least let me see it.
Great book, you should read it, even if for the sake of knowing about the firefighters cause.
Small disclaimer section.
Due to it being an ARC, I won't put the first lines.
I received this copy in exchange of an honest review, for so, none of my feelings were affected or biased by the author or publisher.
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