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A review by graveyardpansy
Kisses for Jet by Joris Bas Backer
4.0
disclaimer — this was sent to me by nobrow press!
i went in with no expectations and enjoyed this a lot! it felt like a perzine-gone-comic, which was definitely relatable and not overly explanatory or moralizing. i do wonder how much was lost in translation, as there are a few bits of dialogue that are confusing or seem like they could’ve been mistranslated, but i didn’t find it hard to follow at all. i do wish some of the threads were resolved more conclusively — the fatphobia, threats/assault, and lesbian plotlines felt abandoned instead of concluded. at the same time, coming-of-age stories like these that use the author’s experiences but are not /memoirs/ tend to do that, and it isn’t necessarily negative — just not my favourite. the setting was well-developed and i found the characters realistic, if not well-developed. i thought the art style was very consistent and easy to understand, and the visual depictions of dysphoria and dream/imagination sequences were really great! solid 4/5.
i went in with no expectations and enjoyed this a lot! it felt like a perzine-gone-comic, which was definitely relatable and not overly explanatory or moralizing. i do wonder how much was lost in translation, as there are a few bits of dialogue that are confusing or seem like they could’ve been mistranslated, but i didn’t find it hard to follow at all. i do wish some of the threads were resolved more conclusively — the fatphobia, threats/assault, and lesbian plotlines felt abandoned instead of concluded. at the same time, coming-of-age stories like these that use the author’s experiences but are not /memoirs/ tend to do that, and it isn’t necessarily negative — just not my favourite. the setting was well-developed and i found the characters realistic, if not well-developed. i thought the art style was very consistent and easy to understand, and the visual depictions of dysphoria and dream/imagination sequences were really great! solid 4/5.