Reviews

Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story by Frederik Peeters

jovanasm's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

3.0

nicoleoliveira's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

belrodrigues's review against another edition

4.0

Comprei esse livro na promoção da amazon, já tinha ouvido falar sobre ele e mesmo assim nunca li a sinopse. Eu sinto que estragaria saber mais do que a capa me mostrava, e estava certa, porque me surpreendi TANTO com a narrativa que precisei vir correndo aqui relatar sobre a leitura.
É tão difícil ler uma história que aborda uma doença sem romantizá-la, e eu diria que essa graphic novel foi o oposto disso: o autor não somente poupou o drama, como foi extremamente sincero, cru e real ao relatar o cotidiano de alguém soropositivo. Sem espaço para sentimentalismo exacerbado e com uma escrita fluída a ponto de me fazer começar e terminar a leitura em uma manhã tediosa. É preciso muita coragem para escrever sobre uma rotina exaustiva, dolorosa e incompreendida pela maioria que não sabe como ela funciona, fora a aula de informação que temos desde o exato momento que abrimos o livro.
Se alguém me perguntasse "Bel, sobre o que é o livro?", eu responderia que Pílulas Azuis é um livro sobre questionamentos. Da vida, do ser humano, das nossas limitações e mais um bocado de coisa que só quem leu vai sentir também.

Altamente recomendado. 💚

mikethepysch's review against another edition

4.0

Pretty good. I think this is one that gets chalked up to interesting characters and a fairly gripping perspective, but I can't say the art ever became particularly noteworthy..

miriamblanca's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

ajaggers324's review against another edition

5.0

This is a beautiful example of graphic medicine. It shows someone grappling with the realities behind having a partner with HIV. It is informative. It represents people who do not fit the stereotype of people with HIV/AIDS. It demonstrates that as a society we should change the way that we perceive people with HIV/AIDS. I would highly recommend it.

kricketa's review against another edition

4.0

a lovely autobiographical comic about frederik peeters and his girlfriend, cati. as they fall in love, cati must reveal to frederik that she is HIV positive, as is her young son. i enjoyed the thoughtful (but not sappy) treatment of what can still be a scary and taboo topic. i was also touched by frederik's relationship with "the little one" as they call cati's son. good stuff. i'd like to read more by this artist.

itaby's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

mehsi's review against another edition

5.0

Ik ben blij dat ik deze graphic novel bij de vakantie bieb vond want hij was echt mooi geschreven. Over een man die al lang een verliefdheid/interesse in een meisje had en op een gegeven moment de kans krijgt om een relatie te beginnen, maar het meisje heeft HIV... en ook haar zoontje heeft dat. Wat voor dingen komen ze tegen in de relatie, hoe gaan ze om met sex, met dingen als wondjes en pleisters, hoe gaan ze om met als het niet goed gaat met de HIV, met het lijf, niet alleen fysiek maar ook mentaal, want het is niet makkelijk om HIV te hebben, vooral ook niet als je kleine zoontje het ook heeft. Hoe ga je om met commentaar van familie/vrienden? Het was echt heel mooi geschreven en ik vond de relatie echt heel lief. Die twee hebben elkaar echt gevonden. Leuk (en ook soms grappig) om te zien hoe hij meer en meer een vader werd voor het jongetje.
De tekeningen waren niet altijd mijn favoriet, maar ik heb ze uiteindelijk toch nog best goed gevonden, ik was niet zeker dat ik ze helemaal leuk zou vinden uiteindelijk toen ik net begon met lezen.

chadstep's review against another edition

5.0

In the line of [book:Blankets], an intensely personal account which does evoke the love of spririt over that of the body.