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mehsi's review against another edition
2.0
I had expected more of this one. It did show various things from the lives of the family and friends that were present at the time the parents weren't around, and we do find out quite a bit about the situation going on in the region, yet in the end it is still so little, it just skimming the surface. The book takes place during the time that the parents weren't around (visiting grandma) til the moment the parents come back. I knew the book would be partially about that event, however I hadn't expected that it would be the WHOLE book. I thought it would just show us that day/evening, and then also proceed to show us other days about their life in this war-zone. Such a shame.
There were also other things I didn't entirely like.
The art was so-so. Not entirely my favourite kind of art.
There were also other things I didn't entirely like.
The art was so-so. Not entirely my favourite kind of art.
snarkyspice's review against another edition
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Beautiful art. Absolutely stunning. I need to buy a copy of this so I can really study it when I read it again.
bickie's review against another edition
4.0
This black and white graphic format memoir takes you into an apartment building during a bombardment in Beirut where two children wait for their parents to navigate an obstacle course of barriers and snipers to return from the other side of town. Various neighbors come to take refuge in their foyer, the safest room in the building, bringing with them their own quirks and worries, and we learn their backstories. Will the parents return? Will everyone survive when a bomb hits their building?
thepoisonwoodreader's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
hmetwade's review
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
3.25
Content Warnings
Minor: Grief, Death, Violence, Religious bigotry, War, and Pregnancy