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Moi, ce que j'aime, c'est les monstres : Livre premier by Emil Ferris, Emmanuel Justo, Amandine Boucher, Jean-Charles Khalifa, Jimmy Boukhalfa

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staplerscissors's review against another edition

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5.0

My top read of 2018.

matchamademoiselle's review against another edition

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2.0

J'avais énormément d'attente quant à ce monument de papier, autant par sa forme que par les éloges faits à son sujet, et j'en reviens de loin…
J'ai été incapable de dépasser la moitié de l'ouvrage.
Artistiquement, c'est très intéressant et vaste. J'aime beaucoup le fait que ça soit organisé comme un carnet, le tout stylo bic, les centaines de traits, les détails, les fausses couvertures horrifiques, les portraits de Anka qui sont très beaux. Mais pour le reste ...
Les histoires s'emmêlent trop, la narration est lourde, les changements de sens des phrases gênent dans ma lecture, j'ai été incapable de m'attacher un minimum à l'enfant (je ne me souviens même plus de son nom). L'ennui m'a assaillie dès les 10 premières pages.
J'en ressors très déçue, peut-être n'ai-je pas la capacité à pouvoir l'apprécier ou peut être n'est-il absolument pas fait pour moi. Néanmoins, je comprends qu'il ne laisse pas indifférent.

chryskay's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

xetrics's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

youraveragedave's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Emil Ferris is such a talent. In this book we met a girl who feels more comfortable as a monster (werewolf), Karen lives in Chicago in the mid 60s with her mom and brother and a cast of strange people in her building. She's navigating friendships, first love, family strife, sickness, and the murder of her neighbor. This is all conveyed not only through words, but also through drawings.

This graphic novel is a great feast your eyes. The cross hatched drawings are gorgeous, using mostly blue, black, and red ink presented on ruled spiral notebook paper. From drawing the world around, to copying masterworks from the Chicago Museum of Art, to cartoony pieces to show where Karen is emotionally, Emil is just fantastic.

Plus we get this heavy backstory of the murdered neighbor who was a Holocaust survivor.

There's an excellent exploration of grief when Karen's mother gets sick and her brother Deeze also has a traumatic past that shapws his character.

It kind of ends on a cliffhanger, but the sequel is coming out May 2024 (so glad I didn't have to wait 7 years like some people).

rebelliousflare's review against another edition

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3.0

God... now this one is hard to review honestly. The art is the best I've ever seen and to think she replicated actual art pieces with nothing but ballpoint pens?????! Fucking talented.

The story...now that's a whole other can of worms...