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A review by undertheteacup
Courtney Crumrin's Monstrous Holiday by Ted Naifeh
3.0
I was very pleasantly surprised, probably because I had 0 expectations going in so it was very easy for this little graphic novel to surpass them. I found the art immersive, gloriously moody and compelling, and I loved tiny, abrasive Courtney who really wanted to believe in love.
I think the first story was meant to represent Roma in a positive light, and again I was pleasantly surprised to see Roma characters at all, but I suspect a lot of the tropes employed were very harmful, including a Roma village as werewolves .
As much as I loved the depth of feeling and theme of disillusionment, the narrative ended up using Roma characters as a means for the white main character's development. [Also CW for the use of the G-slur, which is corrected in-text, but does come up a bunch even from sympathetic characters].
I think the first story was meant to represent Roma in a positive light, and again I was pleasantly surprised to see Roma characters at all, but I suspect a lot of the tropes employed were very harmful, including
As much as I loved the depth of feeling and theme of disillusionment, the narrative ended up using Roma characters as a means for the white main character's development. [Also CW for the use of the G-slur, which is corrected in-text, but does come up a bunch even from sympathetic characters].