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A review by brogan7
The Waiting by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
This is such an intense story, such a difficult book, and so tenderly drawn and told.
My favorite drawing is on page 15 when the narrator looks up at her mother's apartment building and the image of the building is within the frame/silhouette of her body...
Some of the art is messy, I don't know how to describe it exactly because it's something about the overall look of the page that ends up looking messy instead of "clean," whereas, for instance p.15 is so clean, lines crisp, worked over.
I like the way the mother is drawn: an imperfection that is also loving, truthful. But I would prefer cleaner lines throughout (though I feel guilty for saying this because the book is good and the story so important).
My favorite drawing is on page 15 when the narrator looks up at her mother's apartment building and the image of the building is within the frame/silhouette of her body...
Some of the art is messy, I don't know how to describe it exactly because it's something about the overall look of the page that ends up looking messy instead of "clean," whereas, for instance p.15 is so clean, lines crisp, worked over.
I like the way the mother is drawn: an imperfection that is also loving, truthful. But I would prefer cleaner lines throughout (though I feel guilty for saying this because the book is good and the story so important).
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
Child loss, separation of families, a wounded psyche, forced migration, grief