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A review by cellular_cosmogony
Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel by Gabby Rivera
5.0
I received an arc of this graphic novel from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for a review. I haven’t read the original novel, though I probably will someday.
Juliet is young, queer and Puerto Rican; the author of her favourite book, the white queer feminist Harlowe Brisbane has accepted her for an internship. During her stay with Harlowe, she has to learn many things about her community, meets a lot of unique queer people and discovers a lot of things about herself and about the shortcomings of Harlowe's brand of feminsm.
I loved this comic a lot. Firstly, the artwork was amazing. I find the art style of the book is just amazing – it is actually more muted than the cover illustration which I didn’t particularly like. The art is so colorful and pretty. The story itself was so rich. It is about a young plus size latinx girl exploring the LGBTQIA+ community and her own sexuality, which automatically drew me in. There is rep for so many varying queer identities, including a few non binary folks and a lot of wlw. On top of that the book shows so many different body types and manners of gender-expression. It tackles the topics of white feminism excluding the BIPOC community and fake allyship so well. On top of that Juliet is such a compelling protagonist – you can always relate to her and understand her emotions.
My favourite character was probably Max - I loved her insight, wisdon and soothing presence. I think she was the perfect menthor to Juliet as opposed to Harlowe who was too white-centric to give an actual voice to a young woman of color.
I’d recommend it for anyone who want to read a well-written and well-drawn book about intersectional queer feminism.
Juliet is young, queer and Puerto Rican; the author of her favourite book, the white queer feminist Harlowe Brisbane has accepted her for an internship. During her stay with Harlowe, she has to learn many things about her community, meets a lot of unique queer people and discovers a lot of things about herself and about the shortcomings of Harlowe's brand of feminsm.
I loved this comic a lot. Firstly, the artwork was amazing. I find the art style of the book is just amazing – it is actually more muted than the cover illustration which I didn’t particularly like. The art is so colorful and pretty. The story itself was so rich. It is about a young plus size latinx girl exploring the LGBTQIA+ community and her own sexuality, which automatically drew me in. There is rep for so many varying queer identities, including a few non binary folks and a lot of wlw. On top of that the book shows so many different body types and manners of gender-expression. It tackles the topics of white feminism excluding the BIPOC community and fake allyship so well. On top of that Juliet is such a compelling protagonist – you can always relate to her and understand her emotions.
My favourite character was probably Max - I loved her insight, wisdon and soothing presence. I think she was the perfect menthor to Juliet as opposed to Harlowe who was too white-centric to give an actual voice to a young woman of color.
I’d recommend it for anyone who want to read a well-written and well-drawn book about intersectional queer feminism.