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Hot Comb

Ebony Flowers

3.77 AVERAGE

jaxatta's review against another edition

1.0

dark sad tense slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

This book felt disjointed. The vignettes revol ed around hair but there was no other clear theme or cohesiveness in the book. Art style was okay but the cursive was hard to read.

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madeleinelaine's review against another edition

4.0

Great art, engaging memoir told in short stories.

nelehjr's review against another edition

3.0

It was a neat book to be sure! I'm really glad Flowers wrote it. I want to read more books about characters whose life experiences I'll never have. Hot Comb just felt really disjointed. I found myself looking back to make sure I didn't skip a page. I couldn't tell if this work was biographical or fictional. I'm not a great fan of the art styling but I do appreciate the honesty in this book. I mean, Ebony's (meaning the character) friends aren't drawn like anime girls with waists the width of lodge pole pines! Also, the honesty in which Mom's after work uniform is topless and wigless. (BEST UNIFORM EVER!) And how in the last story three women just straight up pee in an abandoned house. I appreciate that.

delasondas's review against another edition

5.0

I loved it. For a quick read, there is so much depth to this graphic novel.

auburenite's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny reflective

lisa_nog's review against another edition

3.0

This was an interesting collection of short story comics about black hair. Really, black hair at first glance, but many more societal issues at the core of the stories. My only criticism is that the art was rough and I had some trouble discerning between characters.