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3.35 AVERAGE
3.35 AVERAGE
I quite enjoyed this book although Hergé is extremely limited in his understanding and representation of America (it's mainly filled with gangsters and Native Americans), however the book does give a critical statement over his opinion regarding lynching and the theft of Native American land to American business and greed for oil.
la représentation des indiens est néfaste mais j'ai joui vraiment ce tome
J'ai appris à lire avec Tintin et Milou. J'ai lu et relu et encore relu tous les albums pendant mon enfance.
40 ans plus tard après ma toute première lecture, il serait temps de les relire tous ces albums chéris dans mon coeur d'enfant (dont certains ont été goûtés il y a huit ans par mon Golden quand il était chiot) pour retomber en enfance un peu et les découvrir sous le prisme du regard d'adulte qui a déjà franchi le mi-chemin de la vie.
Dans cet album-ci, il y a le Chicago des années de la Prohibition gangréné par le gangstérisme. Il y a aussi la dénonciation d'une Amérique avide de ses dollars et malade de son racisme meurtrier à l'encontre des Indiens et des Noirs, les premiers se faisant chassés de leurs terres, les seconds se faisant lynchés sans aucune forme de procès.
40 ans plus tard après ma toute première lecture, il serait temps de les relire tous ces albums chéris dans mon coeur d'enfant (dont certains ont été goûtés il y a huit ans par mon Golden quand il était chiot) pour retomber en enfance un peu et les découvrir sous le prisme du regard d'adulte qui a déjà franchi le mi-chemin de la vie.
Dans cet album-ci, il y a le Chicago des années de la Prohibition gangréné par le gangstérisme. Il y a aussi la dénonciation d'une Amérique avide de ses dollars et malade de son racisme meurtrier à l'encontre des Indiens et des Noirs, les premiers se faisant chassés de leurs terres, les seconds se faisant lynchés sans aucune forme de procès.
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Violence
So much gd fun
Tintin is a lot more chill in this and he doesn’t go trophy hunting or colonising so he’s good with me. Also there seems to be purposeful anti-expansionist satire in here too. It’s fun
Tintin is a lot more chill in this and he doesn’t go trophy hunting or colonising so he’s good with me. Also there seems to be purposeful anti-expansionist satire in here too. It’s fun
For something this old, this is pretty good. A real story with pretty decent art. The characterization is pretty thin and there are basically no female characters. And the understanding of how the law works isn't much. This is my first look at Tintin. I can't say that it has blown me away. It is a bit lame and somewhat repetitive. And silly. But still surprisingly better than I expected.
First time reading TinTin all the way through. I've heard the first few aren't as good as the later ones so hopefully they'll only get better from here on out. Fun to read though.
I thought it was funny when I was wee small. Much less so now that I can follow along with the racism.
This was the first coloured edition of the tintin books and much of the racist outlook and Various propaganda were thrown out of the window, making this portrayal of Tintin much closer to the one we have known and loved
That said the Talking Dog and Characters not dying after stuff like explosion, car accident and Train accident still exists making this issue despite a much better installment than its predecessor still a book that hasn't aged well for this day and age
That said the Talking Dog and Characters not dying after stuff like explosion, car accident and Train accident still exists making this issue despite a much better installment than its predecessor still a book that hasn't aged well for this day and age
What can we say, It's Tintin. He's going around the world and solving mysteries with a lot of luckkk.
This book was the first Tintin comic I read in my life. When I was 13 I read this, and started loving this book. Because I forgot what had happened in the book, I decided to go over my advice and read it. Guess what it was wonderful!!
The characters
Since this was one of the first few books, there weren't many known characters except for Snowy and Tintin. But Tintin was again the luckiest, escaping death is his specialty if you want to know.
Summary
Chicago is a city ridden with gangs and mobs. Tintin starts his action the moment he gets into Chicago, getting kidnapped is a nice way of starting a Tintin book I might say. The leader of GSC hates Tintin to even come to Chicago!! (Tintin has a nice reputation everywhere)
This book was the first Tintin comic I read in my life. When I was 13 I read this, and started loving this book. Because I forgot what had happened in the book, I decided to go over my advice and read it. Guess what it was wonderful!!
The characters
Since this was one of the first few books, there weren't many known characters except for Snowy and Tintin. But Tintin was again the luckiest, escaping death is his specialty if you want to know.
Summary
Chicago is a city ridden with gangs and mobs. Tintin starts his action the moment he gets into Chicago, getting kidnapped is a nice way of starting a Tintin book I might say. The leader of GSC hates Tintin to even come to Chicago!! (Tintin has a nice reputation everywhere)