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tytti 's review for:
Kiki: Montparnassen kuningatar
by Catel, José-Louis Bocquet
A biography in the form of a graphic novel about a woman who almost defined the art scene and the night life of Paris and particularly Montparnasse during the 1920's. Of course I had never heard of her before but I had heard of many of the men in her life.
I am not a one who is interested in celebraties of today but when they "become history" I start to get interested, especially if they had a controversial or eventful life. Kiki liked to party and unfortunately that ended her life eventually.
This is only my second graphic novel that I have read and I am still not sure if I like them. I may have preferred a normal biography, maybe it might have felt less shocking in places. (It's not really shocking but it just feels that way when real people are "speaking".) I did find the descriptions of the Paris art scene interesting and also all the people she interacted with, even though I wasn't always sure who they were. I think my favourite part were the short biographies in the end.
A longer review in Finnish: http://lukemattomatlukemattomat.blogspot.com/2016/02/catel-bocquet-kiki-montparnassen.html
I am not a one who is interested in celebraties of today but when they "become history" I start to get interested, especially if they had a controversial or eventful life. Kiki liked to party and unfortunately that ended her life eventually.
This is only my second graphic novel that I have read and I am still not sure if I like them. I may have preferred a normal biography, maybe it might have felt less shocking in places. (It's not really shocking but it just feels that way when real people are "speaking".) I did find the descriptions of the Paris art scene interesting and also all the people she interacted with, even though I wasn't always sure who they were. I think my favourite part were the short biographies in the end.
A longer review in Finnish: http://lukemattomatlukemattomat.blogspot.com/2016/02/catel-bocquet-kiki-montparnassen.html