Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Blau ist eine warme Farbe: Das preisgekrönte Werk um ein Coming-Out by Jul Maroh

12 reviews

cheye13's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Honestly, I didn't expect to like this, but I felt like it was one of the queer staples of my generation that I had to experience. Learning it was originally French (I thought it was Dutch for some reason) made everything make sense.

In summary, it's too simple to be such a shared story. There's nothing unique or moving in this story that separates it not just from other queer stories, but from real life. It was both simpler and sadder than I had expected.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Death, and Grief

proceduralbob's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Infidelity

Moderate: Abandonment, Outing, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Minor: Addiction

hamletslover's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Infidelity, Suicide, Lesbophobia, and Bullying

nisha_nee's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I'm on the binge with queer graphic novels this month and by far this was my favorite. I was gripped from the start and even with knowing that this would be a sad, emotional story, I still did not expect to tear up at some of the panels. 

The art style is not something I usually read becausr I prefer manga/manhwa-esque style but I think the art in here has greatly contributed to the atmosphere a d vibes it was trying to execute---melancholic. As for the story, I could totally see this as a film. It was atmospheric, gripping, and just so sad. I felt a little bit icky with the adult/minor relationship though but I guess it's more on personal preference and maybe this should be a topic that should be broached more on. I also really liked Valentine, one of the side characters, and Clementine's friend. The only thing I did not like very much was the pacing of the ending. It felt rushed and could use more time in fleshing out the transition of the narrtive to the present day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, and Infidelity

robinks's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I enjoyed the graphic novel more than the movie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use

starshine1's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicide, Death, Infidelity, and Medical content

Minor: Outing

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Sexual content, Death, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Grief, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cursing and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, Addiction, and Violence

ashurah's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book destroyed me in a good way. I initially thought I wouldn't like the characters, but as I continued reading Clementine grew on me as a protagonist. No one in this book is a good person, but you can somewhat sympathize with the choices they make and understand why they believe what they believe. I loved seeing Clementine's character arc of coming to accept her sexuality, and the overall melancholy tone of the book really added to my reading experience. One thing that I liked in particular was the usage of color, with

scenes in the past being colored in black and white with the exception of Emma's blue hair, while scenes in the present are in color. The choice to use these really muted colors and a mixture of mediums to illustrate the book was breathtaking.

I found the art style a bit too cartoony and rough-around-the-edges, but that's a personal preference that other people may not necessarily agree with. I also thought that the last part of the book

(starting from when Clementine is kicked out and disowned by her parents)

was rushed, and thus I didn't experience as much of an emotional impact as I could have potentially (though I was and still am really emotional about the book).

The drug aspect of the plot wasn't expanded upon as much as I would have liked and the time skip in general was too rushed; I didn't realize that almost ten years had passed until I reread it a second time.

Nevertheless, Maroh does an excellent job of portraying these two women and their relationship. I didn't expect to like this book as much as I did, but it's a very worthwhile read if you're looking for a tragic LGBT character-driven story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Medical content, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Stalking, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

mirireads's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Medical content, Death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, and Infidelity

gayelfboi's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Biphobia, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Outing, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship