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A review by alexampersand
Blue Is the Warmest Color by Jul Maroh
5.0
I loved this so much. It immediately opens on a little bit of heartbreak, but then it takes you back in time to show you how we got here. And we meet Clementine, this nice girl who just doesn't understand why she has feelings for another girl.
The art style in the book is really great, and while usually I find that graphic novel art is pretty much just 'fine', this time it was really utilised to show the emotions and conflict for Clementine.
Throw into the mix a confident older girl who secretly has her own issues, and we have a wonderful melodrama concocted for us.
Basically, this has everything: a beautiful gay romance, the conflict of coming out, the pain of high school, the complexities of a relationship, and... death. And the ending left me a little bit broken.
I would normally be interested to see a film adaptation, but having read about it... I'm not sure it's what I want. I know the author strongly disliked the sex scenes, and given it has been billed as an "erotic" movie, I don't think it's for me. Because yeah, there's sex in the book. But it's not the be all and end all, and is a comparatively minor part. And if someone saw that as a prevalent theme in the book, then they didn't read the same book I did.
The art style in the book is really great, and while usually I find that graphic novel art is pretty much just 'fine', this time it was really utilised to show the emotions and conflict for Clementine.
Throw into the mix a confident older girl who secretly has her own issues, and we have a wonderful melodrama concocted for us.
Basically, this has everything: a beautiful gay romance, the conflict of coming out, the pain of high school, the complexities of a relationship, and... death. And the ending left me a little bit broken.
I would normally be interested to see a film adaptation, but having read about it... I'm not sure it's what I want. I know the author strongly disliked the sex scenes, and given it has been billed as an "erotic" movie, I don't think it's for me. Because yeah, there's sex in the book. But it's not the be all and end all, and is a comparatively minor part. And if someone saw that as a prevalent theme in the book, then they didn't read the same book I did.