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crabbygirl's review
3.0
[guessing at the star rating / mining my old FB notes now that they are almost impossible to find]
in a place that contains plenty of real-life monsters and miseries (this is deep south mississipi in the middle of the depression and our protagonist is a motherless black girl who is wronged by every white person we meet - even her supposed best friend), this graphic novel delves feet first into creepy, imaginary worlds. is this a way for the little girl to process all the horrors around her?
the symbols are everywhere - a gollywog coming to trap her in the swamp, a bunch of 'jim crows' descending and pecking open a man's stomach, a bloodhound as a civil war general with his posse of hooded klan members...
in spots, i felt as ill as i did with 'the walking dead' - but these horrible things really did happen.
in a place that contains plenty of real-life monsters and miseries (this is deep south mississipi in the middle of the depression and our protagonist is a motherless black girl who is wronged by every white person we meet - even her supposed best friend), this graphic novel delves feet first into creepy, imaginary worlds. is this a way for the little girl to process all the horrors around her?
the symbols are everywhere - a gollywog coming to trap her in the swamp, a bunch of 'jim crows' descending and pecking open a man's stomach, a bloodhound as a civil war general with his posse of hooded klan members...
in spots, i felt as ill as i did with 'the walking dead' - but these horrible things really did happen.
hidinginstacks's review
5.0
The backdrop is the rural South, where you can feel the hazy humidity dripping off of the art each page. A friendship of convenience during the Jim Crow era ends up with one little girl missing while the other is trying to exonerate her wrongly accused father.
I loved this, tbh. Bayou incorporates the gritty reality of Southern racism with apt metaphors & characters larger than life (literally). Nothing is sugarcoated here & I appreciate that.
There were a couple of spelling errors in the edition I read. Doesn't detract from the story tho. Overall it sets up the story nicely and leaves you wondering just what's gonna happen.
I loved this, tbh. Bayou incorporates the gritty reality of Southern racism with apt metaphors & characters larger than life (literally). Nothing is sugarcoated here & I appreciate that.
There were a couple of spelling errors in the edition I read. Doesn't detract from the story tho. Overall it sets up the story nicely and leaves you wondering just what's gonna happen.
dgodek's review
3.0
Recommended by the YA librarian for my reluctant readers since it ties in to the themes of discrimination and racism that we cover during the year. Not a bad read, but can't anyone write a story that is finished in one book? Annoyed that I have to go find the next volume, if it's even published yet.
raven9949's review
2.0
Not really sure what I was expecting from the beginning of this comic. I think I was expecting something a little more on the mystically/magical side of the world rather than just a drug tripping vist with the past. It was rather interesting some of the major symbolism and renaming of major characters that coincided with big events in history.
boureemusique's review
Stunning. Perhaps I will review it properly after I read more of the series.
heykellyjensen's review
2.0
I know there were a lot of layers in this one, but it just didn't do it for me. The art was excellent.
kebojo's review
4.0
Beautiful, haunting, disturbing, beautiful... can't wait for the next installment.