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noelles's review
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-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
4.25
syntaxx's review
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Fun little soaps about life in 1980’s Ivory Coast Africa. I enjoy this series and the main character Aya.
lattelibrarian's review against another edition
4.0
This installment of Aya brought a whole lot more onto the scene. Opening with a beauty pageant in which the third place prize was a gallon oil, we're rethrust into a life so unlike our own, where husbands can take second wives, where the first wives run the house, where hairdressers are afraid to come out as gay lest they be killed, where mechanics don't know the first thing about financial literacy.
And then there's Aya. She's there for everyone. She helps her friends practice for the pageant. She goes out to eat with her friend, the hairdresser, who confides in her. She joins her best friends' families in having conversations about mistresses, second wives, and second houses. How does she do it all? Even she doesn't know, but it's all that she can do to make sure her life around her doesn't fall apart. Someone needs to take care of the foundations.
With Abouet's narrrative style and Oubrerie's illustrations, this third Aya makes things less business-like and more personal, which of course means even more uncertainty. This series never disappoints!
Review cross-listed here!
And then there's Aya. She's there for everyone. She helps her friends practice for the pageant. She goes out to eat with her friend, the hairdresser, who confides in her. She joins her best friends' families in having conversations about mistresses, second wives, and second houses. How does she do it all? Even she doesn't know, but it's all that she can do to make sure her life around her doesn't fall apart. Someone needs to take care of the foundations.
With Abouet's narrrative style and Oubrerie's illustrations, this third Aya makes things less business-like and more personal, which of course means even more uncertainty. This series never disappoints!
Review cross-listed here!
luanndie's review against another edition
4.0
Y llegó la tormenta. Después de dos números donde primaba la ligereza, en esta entrega Abouet empieza a abordar los problemas profundos de Yop City. Las dos líneas argumentales principales (un marido que tenía otra familia, un hombre que quiere tener una segunda esposa mucho más joven que él) se entremezclan con el concurso de belleza del barrio (que no viene exento de sus propios problemas) y el descubrimiento que uno de los personajes ha mantenido una relación homosexual que ahora se ve amenazada con salir a la luz.
Sin perder el humor que caracteriza a esta serie, por fin nos encontramos con discusiones reales sobre el papel de la mujer, los hijos, los límites sociales o las expectativas que nos ciegan. Lo mejor es que en el relato de Abouet ninguna de estas cuestiones tiene una respuesta clara. No se trata de que todos los personajes se vuelvan feministas o defensores de los derechos de otros. Cada uno de los personajes tiene su propia forma de entender el mundo, y de reaccionar ante él, y la riqueza de este tomo se encuentra en mostrar precisamente contra qué límites y cómo deciden luchar (o no) cada uno de los personajes. Sin duda, una visión mucho más interesante que el costumbrismo que habíamos visto hasta ahora. Si en los próximos números conseguimos conocer a Aya, que hasta ahora se ha limitado a ser una pura observadora, la evolución ya sería redonda.
Sin perder el humor que caracteriza a esta serie, por fin nos encontramos con discusiones reales sobre el papel de la mujer, los hijos, los límites sociales o las expectativas que nos ciegan. Lo mejor es que en el relato de Abouet ninguna de estas cuestiones tiene una respuesta clara. No se trata de que todos los personajes se vuelvan feministas o defensores de los derechos de otros. Cada uno de los personajes tiene su propia forma de entender el mundo, y de reaccionar ante él, y la riqueza de este tomo se encuentra en mostrar precisamente contra qué límites y cómo deciden luchar (o no) cada uno de los personajes. Sin duda, una visión mucho más interesante que el costumbrismo que habíamos visto hasta ahora. Si en los próximos números conseguimos conocer a Aya, que hasta ahora se ha limitado a ser una pura observadora, la evolución ya sería redonda.
natalia_dobrovic's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
kricketa's review against another edition
4.0
from the ending, it seems like this is the last in the aya series.
which makes me really sad. another great installment!
which makes me really sad. another great installment!
liz_not_bennet's review
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
3.0
If my library had more books of this series I'd keep reading it. It feels like the themes of these books turn more and more serious but it's still pretty chill to read. It feels a bit like listening to a chatty neighbour gossip about the other inhabitants and in this book secrets really DO come out.
heresthepencil's review against another edition
4.0
rep: Ivorian cast, side gay character
3.5 ☆
she keeps ending the volumes on cliffhangers but no library in the COUNTRY has the next one :(((
3.5 ☆
she keeps ending the volumes on cliffhangers but no library in the COUNTRY has the next one :(((