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dikestrike's review against another edition
5.0
I absolutely love this book. The art flows through different styles with the different stages of her life. The writing changes with the scene. It is strange and unnerving and gives you small bites of her story while leaving much of it shrouded in mystery, maybe because it's still a private subject for her. I am surprised by it's low rating.
nymeria123's review against another edition
3.0
I liked the story, however found the text hard to read and was not a huge fan of the art style.
saidtheraina's review against another edition
2.0
Notable particularly for the depiction of coming out and queer life in Europe.
Sezen has lived in several different countries over the course of her life.
Feels very journal/sketchbooky, and not particularly polished. All black and white, and several different styles of drawing/storytelling. I wish an editor had worked with her to pull things together. There's definitely potential for something great in her story.
Sezen has lived in several different countries over the course of her life.
Feels very journal/sketchbooky, and not particularly polished. All black and white, and several different styles of drawing/storytelling. I wish an editor had worked with her to pull things together. There's definitely potential for something great in her story.
meganamato's review against another edition
3.0
It was good! And had some moving, powerful, and poignant moments... But also felt a bit scattered and hard to follow at times.... Also for some reason the varied illustration styles was a little distracting to me.
pedantichumbug's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
2.5
I didn't mind the mixture of different drawing styles, the handwritten parts or the weird fonts that were sometimes hard to read. Overall, I appreciated the unconventionality of it all. It was the lack of narrative flow and the poorly-edited writing that put me off. I wonder why she didn't write this book in one of her first languages which I'm sure she'd have a much better command of.
The opening pages were promising but it went downhill real quick after that. I really wanted to like this as a queer turkish person myself but it was just too underwhelming :/
The opening pages were promising but it went downhill real quick after that. I really wanted to like this as a queer turkish person myself but it was just too underwhelming :/
quiet_chaos's review against another edition
3.0
So really it's more of a 3.5. I really hesitate to say anything critical because this is someone's very personal story, and I feel like it was an important one to share. I guess it was more not quite what I expected, but my expectations were super high.
**Neutral but maybe someone should say it in case it's not known? There is explicit art and language in this. In case that offends you.**
Added Stars: Seeing the family aspect. I was really glad to see how her sister defended her and the different ways her family supported her even when they maybe didn't agree.
I really liked some of the art style.
Underlying story was really important.
Didn't Add Stars: Some of the story was kind of jumbled and I really had no idea what was going on or based on the art couldn't tell who the person was. Though, I also realize that both discovering your sexual identity and coming out are very confusing as well so maybe that kind of added to being able to feel a side of what she felt.
Some of the story was super strong and really great, but some was really hard to follow, but maybe that was just me.
Overall, it was really interesting to see someone's experience, and I think that's what reading should be. Seeing other perspectives so I'd recommend this one for that.
**Neutral but maybe someone should say it in case it's not known? There is explicit art and language in this. In case that offends you.**
Added Stars: Seeing the family aspect. I was really glad to see how her sister defended her and the different ways her family supported her even when they maybe didn't agree.
I really liked some of the art style.
Underlying story was really important.
Didn't Add Stars: Some of the story was kind of jumbled and I really had no idea what was going on or based on the art couldn't tell who the person was. Though, I also realize that both discovering your sexual identity and coming out are very confusing as well so maybe that kind of added to being able to feel a side of what she felt.
Some of the story was super strong and really great, but some was really hard to follow, but maybe that was just me.
Overall, it was really interesting to see someone's experience, and I think that's what reading should be. Seeing other perspectives so I'd recommend this one for that.