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A review by tani
Bayou, Vol. 1 by Jeremy Love
5.0
This review is for both volume 1 and volume 2, since I basically mainlined them.
I really truly loved these volumes. They are fantastic! They are also disturbing proof to me that I need to make reading diversely a higher priority goal. Like, I always have it in the back of my mind, but I do not often follow through on that. This is bad. I need to work harder on it.
I basically could not stop reading the first volume of this. I was so horrified by the racism that Lee and her father face that I felt almost sick to my stomach, and I just couldn't help but root for Lee and hope that she would be able to overcome the obstacles in her path. Lee, for the record, is an amazing character.
The second volume introduces more of a fantastical element to the story. There are hints of it in the first volume, but it's all out there in the second. It reminded me of Alice in Wonderland, but with so much more menace and horror. I loved the creatures that Lee encounters and seeing just what they get up to. The drawings are pretty fantastic as well.
My big disappointment from this is that it is apparently not finished. I have spent a lot of time searching for more of this story, but it does not seem to exist yet. I did see some rumors that volume 3 would be out in 2015? Except it's 2016, so obviously not. I just hope that the rest of the story eventually gets published because I am all in for it.
I really truly loved these volumes. They are fantastic! They are also disturbing proof to me that I need to make reading diversely a higher priority goal. Like, I always have it in the back of my mind, but I do not often follow through on that. This is bad. I need to work harder on it.
I basically could not stop reading the first volume of this. I was so horrified by the racism that Lee and her father face that I felt almost sick to my stomach, and I just couldn't help but root for Lee and hope that she would be able to overcome the obstacles in her path. Lee, for the record, is an amazing character.
The second volume introduces more of a fantastical element to the story. There are hints of it in the first volume, but it's all out there in the second. It reminded me of Alice in Wonderland, but with so much more menace and horror. I loved the creatures that Lee encounters and seeing just what they get up to. The drawings are pretty fantastic as well.
My big disappointment from this is that it is apparently not finished. I have spent a lot of time searching for more of this story, but it does not seem to exist yet. I did see some rumors that volume 3 would be out in 2015? Except it's 2016, so obviously not. I just hope that the rest of the story eventually gets published because I am all in for it.