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A review by thenovelsanctuary
Bitch Planet #1 by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro
5.0
While reading Bitch Planet I got a very Watchmen feel from it. Probably due to the dark tones present in the story, as well with some similarities I found in the artwork. Also the mixture of graphic story interspersed with the ad style story telling which furthers the novel’s themes are also reminiscent of the way Watchmen inserted police files and other comic stories within the larger story.
Overall I quite enjoyed this new graphic novel series. I think it explores some significant topics that pertain to life now and it draws a dark conclusion about what could happen to a society that aims to oppress women at all costs.
The characters are incredibly diverse in almost every way possible, and pretty much everyone is very morally gray, which I love in books. I think characters are more realistic when they are not very black and white and always know to do right, no one is like that in real life.
I noticed that most of the women at Bitch Planet seem to be black and if, as I assume, this is a commentary on how the justice system has always been negatively biased towards people of color I find it to be brilliant. If the story and the artwork had not completely won me by the time I finished reading, the little tidbit at the end about intersectional feminism would have done the job almost on its own. As a feminist myself I find intersectional feminist themes severely lacking in the books I read and I got extremely excited to see it in such a highly anticipated read.
This graphic novel is certainly for adults and has graphic language and sexual scenes, including full on nudity so if that is not your thing you might not enjoy this one as much as I. Besides that, I definitely recommend it!
Overall I quite enjoyed this new graphic novel series. I think it explores some significant topics that pertain to life now and it draws a dark conclusion about what could happen to a society that aims to oppress women at all costs.
The characters are incredibly diverse in almost every way possible, and pretty much everyone is very morally gray, which I love in books. I think characters are more realistic when they are not very black and white and always know to do right, no one is like that in real life.
I noticed that most of the women at Bitch Planet seem to be black and if, as I assume, this is a commentary on how the justice system has always been negatively biased towards people of color I find it to be brilliant. If the story and the artwork had not completely won me by the time I finished reading, the little tidbit at the end about intersectional feminism would have done the job almost on its own. As a feminist myself I find intersectional feminist themes severely lacking in the books I read and I got extremely excited to see it in such a highly anticipated read.
This graphic novel is certainly for adults and has graphic language and sexual scenes, including full on nudity so if that is not your thing you might not enjoy this one as much as I. Besides that, I definitely recommend it!