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brogan7's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
3.5
Lecture difficile, sujet qui pèse. Ma partie préférée était le groupe de soutien, les gens divers qui ont tous vécu une telle perte. Comment continue -t-on face à une perte comme celle là, et pour le personnage principal et sa conjointe, une perte qui ne se rachète pas...?
On cherche à comprendre le pourquoi, on se culpabilise, mais je ne sais pas si elle nous a vraiment appris, comment prendre ses premiers pas, passer ces journées...
On cherche à comprendre le pourquoi, on se culpabilise, mais je ne sais pas si elle nous a vraiment appris, comment prendre ses premiers pas, passer ces journées...
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Miscarriage, and Child death
Moderate: Grief
TW: stillbirthmsharlotbronte's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Gorgeous and heartbreaking book about loss. A beautiful reading experience.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Child death
ksuazo94's review
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Blood, and Child death
bookishnatalia's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, Grief, and Child death
taylizart's review
emotional
sad
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility and Child death
Minor: Blood
u_0's review
medium-paced
2.0
I really thought I was going to love this one, but it was just ok. I feel bad critiquing it but to be honest I think I irrationally hate this book. For some reason, it made me very mad. I feel bad saying that and giving it 2.5 stars, but hey that's honest. I'm not rating the authors experience, I'm rating the book and my enjoyment of it. I'm happy this book exists, I just personally didn't like it.
I loved the queer (I assume) pregnancy rep but I struggled to connect to the characters or the story. The pregnant woman's partner was my favorite character because she was at least given a few character traits but sadly I didn't like the main character. Obviously everything about the author's story is valid but all of the narrative devices and imagery used felt so cliched and I really struggled to care. There was some unacknowledged privilege that didn't help. I.e. Being able to fly to Greece on a whim, pursue writing without worrying about money, or even being able to afford IVF (which I'm assuming is how they conceived). It's hard to explain but the whole thing felt pretentious without offering any substance. Even the author blurb of how the author has written "about sixty children's books and is currently growing a new readership through her first foray into graphic novels" rubbed me the wrong way. The book flap also advertises this book in a series of "visionary creators" which I thought was a stretch.
It didn't bring up anything new or depict anything in a new way for me compared to other books I've read on the topic. Maybe it was the translation but some of the lines felt very fake deep and at points didn't make any sense. I didn't get anything out of it that wasn't surface level. At least to me, it didn't have any thought provoking moments or things to say besides showing the events of the book. The art style was also fine, I didn't find it that appealing.
It's petty but I get really annoyed about author self insert characters that are writers, and this book features that trope heavily. Even though the couple was queer, the book wasn't as intersectional as I thought it would be and again, didn't have anything to say?
So, summary:
I was overall pretty disappointed. If you're looking for books on miscarriage or pregnancy, this could be a good jumping off point but I didn't like it for some reason.
The most relatable thing was the one line of casual medical gaslighting when the male doctor said "No more need to cry. It's no use..."
I loved the queer (I assume) pregnancy rep but I struggled to connect to the characters or the story. The pregnant woman's partner was my favorite character because she was at least given a few character traits but sadly I didn't like the main character. Obviously everything about the author's story is valid but all of the narrative devices and imagery used felt so cliched and I really struggled to care. There was some unacknowledged privilege that didn't help. I.e. Being able to fly to Greece on a whim, pursue writing without worrying about money, or even being able to afford IVF (which I'm assuming is how they conceived). It's hard to explain but the whole thing felt pretentious without offering any substance. Even the author blurb of how the author has written "about sixty children's books and is currently growing a new readership through her first foray into graphic novels" rubbed me the wrong way. The book flap also advertises this book in a series of "visionary creators" which I thought was a stretch.
It didn't bring up anything new or depict anything in a new way for me compared to other books I've read on the topic. Maybe it was the translation but some of the lines felt very fake deep and at points didn't make any sense. I didn't get anything out of it that wasn't surface level. At least to me, it didn't have any thought provoking moments or things to say besides showing the events of the book. The art style was also fine, I didn't find it that appealing.
It's petty but I get really annoyed about author self insert characters that are writers, and this book features that trope heavily. Even though the couple was queer, the book wasn't as intersectional as I thought it would be and again, didn't have anything to say?
So, summary:
I was overall pretty disappointed. If you're looking for books on miscarriage or pregnancy, this could be a good jumping off point but I didn't like it for some reason.
The most relatable thing was the one line of casual medical gaslighting when the male doctor said "No more need to cry. It's no use..."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage and Blood
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Gaslighting
booksdogsandcoffee's review
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
5.0
I sobbed for almost the whole of this graphic novel. It was such an emotional and brutal journey of a lesbian couple finally convincing a child after years of waiting. But then they end up having a miscarriage. Waves was a truly heart breaking and uplifting story full of grief & how we build back after the impossible happens.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Grief, and Child death
Moderate: Medical trauma
emmehooks's review
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Child death, Mental illness, and Blood
avisreadsandreads's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Miscarriage, Child death, and Medical content
shrutislibrary's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
5.0
A heartbreaking story of a couple finding hope, joy, and strength after emerging from the grief of a lost child, illustrated with poetic frames set against the metaphor of a mother's dream drowning in the depths of the ocean of sadness. But in the end, they find a string of hope to tether them together.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Child death, Grief, and Medical content