The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
angelikipana's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.25
kay_ne's review
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
This was a great read and I teared up at some parts. It shows and depicts the pain on both sides.
juannaranjo's review against another edition
3.0
«Aivalí» es una novela gráfica que acerca al lector a la historia de una localidad fronteriza entre dos mundos vecinos y enfrentados: el griego y el turco. En sus páginas nos acerca a los sangrientos acontecimientos de 1922 en los que los turcos toman la ciudad, justo antes del mayor intercambio de población entre dos regiones en guerra que había acontecido en la historia. En este libro se incide mucho en cómo cultural y étnicamente esta región está a medio camino de dos civilizaciones, y cómo ambas la han enriquecido y desangrado. La historia está contada desde el punto de vista de distintos ciudadanos que son testigos desde su posición de acontecimientos que cambian para siempre su vida y la historia del lugar.
zamreads's review
5.0
This was a very thoughtful and immersive history and I highly recommend it!
Soloúp merges thoughtfully selected (and balanced) historical record (from Greek accounts and Turkisk accounts and several accounts from folks who were blends thereof that make the distinction feel ironic) with comic form to communicate and foster empathy in the wake of a conflict that is often recounted with resentment.
As someone with limited knowledge of the history beforehand, I wish I had read the commentary on the Treaty of Lausanne (page 414-416) first... But thats just my preferred sequence. It also felt okay to surrender to the flow of the stories without all of the context and learn enough as I went.
This read a bit like a cross between Satrapi's Persepolis and Sacco's style of comic journalism. Highly recommended for fans of graphic memoirs and Greco-Turk history buffs or descendents.
Will be rereading!
Soloúp merges thoughtfully selected (and balanced) historical record (from Greek accounts and Turkisk accounts and several accounts from folks who were blends thereof that make the distinction feel ironic) with comic form to communicate and foster empathy in the wake of a conflict that is often recounted with resentment.
As someone with limited knowledge of the history beforehand, I wish I had read the commentary on the Treaty of Lausanne (page 414-416) first... But thats just my preferred sequence. It also felt okay to surrender to the flow of the stories without all of the context and learn enough as I went.
This read a bit like a cross between Satrapi's Persepolis and Sacco's style of comic journalism. Highly recommended for fans of graphic memoirs and Greco-Turk history buffs or descendents.
Will be rereading!
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