Anda

The story was excellent, well thought through and very gripping.

My one gripe with this book was the character of Jeppe, who I really disliked. His constant judgment of his colleague Anette sprinkled with fatphobia and envy of her successful marriage gets old quickly. The Anna storyline was also gross. I wish there was more of Anette's life in this, and less of this pathetic Jeppe character.

Funny, touching and inspiring. An ode to queer community and friendship

The artwork and choice of a mono colour palette makes this look stunning.

However, the story and characters leave a lot to be desired. Most of them are 2 dimensional (no pun intended), including the main characters. The ending was particularly bad and the last few pages felt rushed.

It's a shame as it looks really great but lacks depth on the story side.

I read this after Most wonderful hoping for more queer couples. This novel focusses most on boring straight couples. I didn’t really enjoy any of their stories, and the Zach character was so insufferable it was hard to read through his bits. Zia and Clay were also stereotypes of human beings, couldn’t get into their story at all.

All in all, I think there were too many storylines, and none of them got enough time. The characters were not fleshed out almost at all, they all felt rushed and stereotypical.

I had to drag myself to finish this…

A wonderful and at times hard to read graphic novel. The narration style reminds me of Maus. The visuals are quite striking, Thi Bui using just a couple of colours in a great way.

I didn't know much about the Vietnam war but thanks to this book I learned how horrible this period was. Definitely worth a read!