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dharmabum76's review against another edition
4.0
This might be the most depressing thing I've ever read....but I couldn't take my eyes away. This speaks to the hero we all long to be.
dudulima's review against another edition
4.0
bizarro pensar que eu comecei a ler isso com 12 anos e abandonei umas 20 páginas depois. QUE BOM! teria sido traumatizado de maneiras que ainda não tenho certeza se eu estava preparado nem hoje, com 21. é fascinante na forma e no traço, um tipo de história que nunca vi sendo feito num gibi, explorando o fluxo de consciência de forma impressionante. é absurdamente triste, e estritamente não recomendado se você está numa fossa. passar a tarde inteira lendo isso hoje talvez não tenha sido a decisão mais sábia, mas foi a mais impactante possível. os breves raios de sol são muito especiais.
ekurt1's review against another edition
5.0
I don't really care for graphic novels - it's not that i particularly dislike them, but i do not think about picking one out as the next to read. This was recommended to me by a friend whose judgment i trust and it was one of the most effective, incredibly sad and real books i've ever read. The drawings contained all the emotions and it really conveyed all that a novel could without using so many words(maybe even more). It is exceptional.
toebean5's review against another edition
4.0
I gave up on this at first, because it required far more use of my brain than I was expecting. But I'm glad I came back to it- it's depressing, it's sad, but it's incredibly well-made and Chris Ware is an amazing storyteller. Definitely a graphic novel of substance.
danadanger's review against another edition
4.0
writing and graphics-wise, this is definitely five stars, but i couldn't give it that because of the way i felt while reading it. it's almost TOO well-written - i felt like i was drowning over how depressing it is.
ana_qq's review against another edition
2.0
DNF.
Não aguento mais. Li um terço do livro.
Por mais bonitos e originais que sejam os painéis desta novela gráfica (que são, sem dúvida nenhuma!), de cada vez que pego nela fico com uma mini-depressão. A cara do Jimmy é sempre a mesma! Nunca sorri, o pai é mau, as pessoas são más para ele, a vida dele é uma porcaria e ele lá se arrasta de um sítio para outro com aquela cara de esfregona. :((
Não aguento mais. Li um terço do livro.
Por mais bonitos e originais que sejam os painéis desta novela gráfica (que são, sem dúvida nenhuma!), de cada vez que pego nela fico com uma mini-depressão. A cara do Jimmy é sempre a mesma! Nunca sorri, o pai é mau, as pessoas são más para ele, a vida dele é uma porcaria e ele lá se arrasta de um sítio para outro com aquela cara de esfregona. :((
savaging's review against another edition
5.0
This work astonished me. The complexity communicated in Ware's simplified, tiny pictures. The emotional depth of a character that can't ever do much more than mumble and sniff. And the constant, haunting presence of racism, misogyny, and the lives of black women in a work that is ostensibly 'about' generations of white men.
My only complaint: I wish this book was at least twice as large, so I wasn't always bent-over and squinting at tiny words.
My only complaint: I wish this book was at least twice as large, so I wasn't always bent-over and squinting at tiny words.
wheelofparm's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0