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michellethebookcritic's review
5.0
This is a story and many stories, that need to be told. Learned something new and empowerful from this. So sick, what they're doing, still doing to this day. May the lord of atheism bless their hearts.
It's hard to find happiness when you're living in shit.
It's hard to find happiness when you're living in shit.
gayathiri_rajendran's review against another edition
5.0
Many thanks to NetGalley and Abrams ComicArts for providing a copy of the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Guantanamo Voices is a compelling and deeply riveting graphic novel about the detainment camp which is one of the dark blemishes in American history.
The graphic novel is phenomenal with excellent art panels and it tells the story of the camp and the history behind it. I only knew about Guantanamo roughly and this novel opened my eyes to the experiences of the people who are actually there and it has been a real eye opener.
The author has interviewed several people who reside there like former prisoners,doctors,social workers,lawyers etc and we get a picture depicting the horrors of the place and how it has affected the lives of many people. This book packs a punch in less than 250 pages. It is not very preachy and approaches the issue in an objective manner, Each chapter is a different story with a different illustrator. However, I found that the art throughout the book was cohesive. I will not be forgetting these stories anytime soon.
I feel that everybody who wants to be a well informed person read this book and have it on their bookshelf. This graphic novel is not to be missed.
Guantanamo Voices is a compelling and deeply riveting graphic novel about the detainment camp which is one of the dark blemishes in American history.
The graphic novel is phenomenal with excellent art panels and it tells the story of the camp and the history behind it. I only knew about Guantanamo roughly and this novel opened my eyes to the experiences of the people who are actually there and it has been a real eye opener.
The author has interviewed several people who reside there like former prisoners,doctors,social workers,lawyers etc and we get a picture depicting the horrors of the place and how it has affected the lives of many people. This book packs a punch in less than 250 pages. It is not very preachy and approaches the issue in an objective manner, Each chapter is a different story with a different illustrator. However, I found that the art throughout the book was cohesive. I will not be forgetting these stories anytime soon.
I feel that everybody who wants to be a well informed person read this book and have it on their bookshelf. This graphic novel is not to be missed.
saracat's review
5.0
First, I want to thank NetGalley and Abrams ComicArts for making this ARC available for me to read and review.
The one thing that was a negative to me about reading this ARC was that the image quality was rather poor so it took a lot of effort to make out the text on each page; however, I assume that the published version will have excellent image resolution.
However, despite that issue, the information and human stories conveyed in these pages drew me in enough that I read every page. Part of what drew me to want to read this book was the fact that not too long ago the podcast RadioLab did a 6 episode series on one of the people held at Guantanamo: Abdul Latif Nasser (who is actually mentioned in this book as well).
This is by no means a comprehensive volume about people who are connected to Guantanamo for the time they have spent there - including those who only visited, worked there, as well as those held there. But, it is a topic that feels so big that it can be hard to know where to begin. And this is a great book to begin with. The illustrations do a lot to help convey more than sometimes words can do by themselves. This includes the decision to have each person's story illustrated by a different artist. Every person has their own voice and this change in artistic style from story to story helps the reader make the shift to a new voice,
Content Warning: lots of mentions of torture, though it doesn't go into very specific details
The one thing that was a negative to me about reading this ARC was that the image quality was rather poor so it took a lot of effort to make out the text on each page; however, I assume that the published version will have excellent image resolution.
However, despite that issue, the information and human stories conveyed in these pages drew me in enough that I read every page. Part of what drew me to want to read this book was the fact that not too long ago the podcast RadioLab did a 6 episode series on one of the people held at Guantanamo: Abdul Latif Nasser (who is actually mentioned in this book as well).
This is by no means a comprehensive volume about people who are connected to Guantanamo for the time they have spent there - including those who only visited, worked there, as well as those held there. But, it is a topic that feels so big that it can be hard to know where to begin. And this is a great book to begin with. The illustrations do a lot to help convey more than sometimes words can do by themselves. This includes the decision to have each person's story illustrated by a different artist. Every person has their own voice and this change in artistic style from story to story helps the reader make the shift to a new voice,
Content Warning: lots of mentions of torture, though it doesn't go into very specific details
thenextgenlibrarian's review against another edition
5.0
Oh. My. God. The atrocities that have taken place at this prison for decades is astonishing, but at the same time doesn’t surprise me. This graphic novel was well-researched and grabbed me by the heart & didn’t let go. Wow. Everyone needs to read this book immediately.
velvetbookm4rk's review against another edition
5.0
devastating but necessary, great work by all artists involved