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A review by becandbooks
Chunky by Yehudi Mercado
3.0
At face value Chunky is a fun, humourous and bold graphic novel for kids. The art is gorgeous and brightly coloured. The main character, Hudi, is full of personality and spunk. And the plot is told in a fun and unique way, with in-story interviews summarising and reviewing the ongoing plot line. Mercardo pulls from his own experience to create this book and highlights the unique chaos that a child of colour, Jewish descent and health issues may come up against.
And while this story has loads of character it would have more value alongside adult discussion. This book covers a lot of themes - from fat-shaming, health and exercise, race and religious minorities, bullying and guns. And because of the fast-paced, humour-filled story, many of these themes are dropped in quickly and not explored, presenting a narrative that normalises problematic behaviour and thinking. But if used as a point of discussion to provide context and real-life consequences this book has amazing potential.
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And while this story has loads of character it would have more value alongside adult discussion. This book covers a lot of themes - from fat-shaming, health and exercise, race and religious minorities, bullying and guns. And because of the fast-paced, humour-filled story, many of these themes are dropped in quickly and not explored, presenting a narrative that normalises problematic behaviour and thinking. But if used as a point of discussion to provide context and real-life consequences this book has amazing potential.
→ trigger warnings: fat-shaming, bullying, gun depiction, blood depiction, hospitalisation, surgery depiction, internalised racism
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