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that was very . ummm . French
An unlikable, unambitious twenty something falls in love with an apparently agoraphobic world famous novelist but must contend with his super sexy ex wife/editor as they endeavor to encourage him in his quest to publish a comeback trilogy.
French wackiness ensues!!!
Everyone in this kind of sucks and the ending wasn't so much super twisty and cool as it was incomprehensible, . .
Pénélope Bagieu ha sido todo un descubrimiento, Después de haberla visto recomendar cómics en Madmoizelle, me decidí a buscar su propia obra y así pude comprobar que es una verdadera artista, La historia, que comienza siendo aparentemente sencilla aunque enternecedora, da un giro tan radical que, de ser un personaje de cómic, se me habría caído la mandíbula al suelo.
Esto es, Bagieu controla las claves de la narración, Y a este guión redondo lo acompaña un cuidadísimo uso del color y un más que estudiado control de la expresividad de los personajes,
Da gusto encontrar jóvenes artistas con tanto talento, This is the sort of distinctly European comic that you don't really see much of from North American cartoonists a deliberately lightweight farce for adults with no genre trappings or major literary ambitions.
Bagieu's artwork alternates between charming and toocute, and the story's punchline so to speak is emotionally satisfying but doesn't make a whole lot of sense, This won't become anybody's new favorite comic, but it's a pleasant way to spend your commute, Its a total heist story, This story is so stereotypically flipping French, The illustrations for this one is better than the story, The story is about a sad sack product rep who whores herself for free room and board with an absolute stranger, No joke can't believe a woman wrote this! But maybe she didn't seriously this woman is with this guy for at leastmonths and she steals his work because he an egomaniac.
I guess its supposed to be like female empowerment for ppl who hate themselves,
But the illustrations are pure art, Bagieu is so undeniably talented, I really hope she creates more stuff, I can believe a woman drew this, I absolutely adored this vibrant and original style, It is LUX. You know how some ppl are edgy to prove that they can be, yea she doesn't do that, Such a unique and conflicting artists, There are more boobs in this than a Marvel and DC but the art is just on a whole other level,. Girl meets Franzentype author who, along with his ex who also happens to be his editor, fakes his death to keep his literary reputation high, Now on the brink of outting Franzenman for the phony cheat he is and oh, of course she becomes his muse!, she has to make a decision: tell everyone what she knows or use her knowledge to get back at him privately.
This is delightful with a perfect twist ending, A lot of reviewers seem to take issue with the fact it wasn't developed thoroughly to get there, That's because this is meant to be subversive and a middle finger to ideas of convention, And I love this book for those very things,stars. Definitely not what I was expecting, I didn't read the synopsis before I started this graphic novel I just liked the artwork
This book is about ayear old girl who lives in Paris.
She is working as a booth girl at car trade shows and other venues, She hates her life. She wants to be swept off her feet, She is a secret romantic, Her boyfriend is gross and a big fat loser, One day Zoe meets a recluse author, Of course she has no clue who he is, but he takes a liking to her, Eventually Zoe moves in with him, She is living the dream or so she thinks for a few months, Then she finds out the truth,
Loved the illustrations, The ending was awesome. A total perfect pay back ending, It wasn't the best story ever written, but very entertaining,for the plot, but I had to add half a star because I LOVED the artwork lt, Sucintamente, conhecemos Zoe uma rapariga na casa dosinsatisfeita com o seu trabalho, com o namorado e com vida em geral, Um dia, num dos muitos momentos tristeza pelo quais está a passar, vê um homem a espreitar pela janela da casa em frente ao banco onde almoça e de uma forma inusitada, pelo menos na minha opinião, tocalhe à porta e pedelhe para usar o seu wc, dando assim início a uma amizade que se prevê vir transformarse em algo mais.
Estranho
Além de Zoe conhecemos então Thomas, um escritor famoso e excêntrico e a sua editora, Com o percorrer das páginas vamos percebendo que algumas coisas não fazem muito sentido e a história vaise desenvolvendo com alguns acontecimentos que, para mim, foram pouco espontâneos e não ajudaram a narrativa a fluir.
Na verdade, eu cheguei ao final e pense “como assim”,
O que mais gostei neste livro foi a arte, Os desenhos são mesmo muito giros, apelativos, e as cores com diferentes paletas, dependendo do momento da narrativa, encantaramme,
Dito isto, apesar de esta história não me ter conquistado totalmente, acho que se me cruzar com outros livros da Pénélope Bagieu vou ficar tentada.
Set in Paris yeah. This book was very surprising, This girl meets a new man who is an author with writers block, She becomes his muse and he begins writing again, She finds out that this author faked his death to sell more books and now writes from the grave, Our Zoe figures this is why he never leaves the apartment, Sounds like prison.
I love the story and the art gets the job done, I don't find it outstanding, I love the twist ending, Yes so good.
It does make me wonder if Penelope is really the author though, You never know. Enjoy this delightful book. . A notable story for the reaction it generates: first amusement, then fascination, then expectation, and finally resignation, By the latter I'm referring to a disappointment I felt on conclusion, as if the narrative didn't fulfill its promises or what I read as its promises or/and it ended rather neatly.
The biggest surprise for me was the quick disposal of the character Thomas, There was something flawed yet sympathetic about him, but his story potential was left hanging, The big draw here is Zoe, and that element of the narrative does satisfy, Não sei quantas estrelas dar, . .
A história é bem simples e linear, Zoé leva uma vida de merda, tem um namorado péssimo, um emprego ruim e é mais do que acomodada, Um dia ela conhece um autor em crise que vive trancado em casa, tem um ego enorme e fala difícil, Como ela o ajuda a voltar a escrever, ele a enche de paparicos, E depois da fase dos paparicos, começam os problemas,
Mas o traço é muito charmoso e dá uma compensada, A Pénélope Bagieu manda muito bem nesse sentido, São pessoinhas de verdade ali, E ela trabalha os silêncios muito bem, com as melhores expressões faciais possíveis,
Então acho quepra história,pro traço, e daria um,aí. Com bônus de um final que traz um riso extra após uma leitura rápida e gostosa,
Thinking that the book would be an exquisite corpse word/poetry game turned graphic novel, I picked this one up while perusing the library's graphic shelves,
The title is actually a play on words relating to the story itself and it's pretty great! A quick and clever read that left me smiling and laughing the lastpages!
ETARead this charming little tale last night amidst reading some of Bagieu's other graphic works.
Love her style and quick wit, Even when I knew what was coming from my first read in, I enjoyed rereading this one again! An "Exquisite Corpse" is an old game in which people write a phrase on a sheet of paper, fold it over to conceal part of it and pass it on to the next player to do the same.
The game ends when someone finishes the story, which is then read aloud, There are also other books written with this title and theme, but this game has, I learned, nothing to do with the plot of this book, It just takes the title and the plot reveals a twist on the game, a plot surprise, Beginning this book, I had not thought to like it much, The initial appearance is of a book for children or YA, as the main character would appear to be a young woman, a girl, who large cartoony eyes like other French heroines: Blanche, from Hubert and Kerascoët's MIss Don't Touch Me.
She also resembles Bandette from Tobin and Coover's series of the same name,
But this is not exactly a kid story: Zoe is in in her early twenties, living with an unemployed emotionally abusive jerk for no apparent reason, works as a car convention product sales rep just to make money, she hates it.
In both situations she is treated like dirt as a woman, . until she discovers by accident a man hiding out in his apartment, a rich author named Thomas Rocher, Zoe isn't a reader, doesn't know the guy, but there's a reason he's hiding out, in part involving a plot hatched by him and his exwife and editor, To say more would ruin the story, but let's just say this light, flippy tale turns feminist in a surprising and sort of ridiculous but totally fun way, It's not a kid book, as it involves "adult" scenes, and it has its problems that problematic ending I can't reveal, but even that ending made me laugh out loud.
I had fun reading it, This was really good, Didn't expected that twist. The art is also easy and clean,
Accidently picked up this book looking for another book with the same title, But how could I resist the cute cover on this
Zoe is unhappy with her life, stuck in a job she hates and in a relationship with a loser who treats her horribly.
One day, as she miserably eats her lunch on a bench, she happens to look up and sees a man staring at her from an apartment building, She befriends him and before she knows it she's at his apartment everyday, for once enjoying just being listened to with no expectations, But something is not quite right with Thomas, this new man in her life, I will not give away anything else,
I enjoyed reading this quick little read, I think it took me less than an hour to finish this, The artwork is all cuteness, and it's hard not to fall for Zoe, the main character, The ending was a little delicious unexpected surprise, or maybe that's just me, cause I'm always the one who never sees the ending coming from a mile away,
Another hit for those :First Second books, زوئی از هرچیزی که توی زندگیش هست متنفره. از دوست پسرش گرفته تا شغلی که داره. ولی وقتی با توماس روشر که یه نویسنده ست آشنا میشه به نظرش میاد که این فرد یه فرد ایده آله براش. اما بعدا متوجه میشه که این فرد دو شخصیتیه و قبلا هم ازدواج کرده. هرموقع که کتاب جدیدی هم مینویسه و به خاطرش معروف میشه دوباره میره قایم میشه و تظاهر میکنه که مرده.
پایان واقعا زیبایی داشت. تصاویر خیلی زیبا و جذاب هستن. نثر کاملا مناسب رمان گرفیکی رو هم داره. سرعت پیشروی داستان هم مناسبه. One of the reasons that I really like this book is that with all the diversity that the comics medium now has, one thing I still think we're seriously lacking in is straightup women's fiction.
If you're a fan of Emily Giffen or THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA or Jennifer Crusie, where are you going to go from there in the world of graphic novels
There's really not a whole lot for you in the realm of narrative longform romantic comedy or even straightup romance!
So now: EXQUISITE CORPSE! What cute, weird little read.
I picked this up at my local library as a part of their Blind Date with a Book promotion, The blurb on the wrapping said "A young woman becomes involved with a man with secret, " It sounded intriguing so I checked it out, I have to admit I was a little disappointed when I saw that it was a Graphic Novel but I decided to give it a try,
I'm happy I did because this was quick, fun read, I don't read many Graphic Novels but the ones I do read, tend to be great so maybe I should read more in the future,
No recommendation because Graphic Novels aren't my area but if you tend to like the same things I like then give it a try, A short though engrossing pageturner that is a little hard to define, My first thought, and I'm comfortable with it, is to compare the tale to the classic Gothic, A woman stumbles upon a strange situation and finds herself the mistress of a reclusive author, She feels that she has become his muse, But secret after secret is let out of the bag until a couple of twists at the end left me surprised and satisfied, I really enjoyed the book and it has a dstinct Frenchness to it, also with the casual attitude towards sexuality and nudity, That, along with the language would give this a mature rating, The art is also appealing I enjoy the cartoony style to it, The backgrounds are minimalistic yet there is still a lot of detail within each frame, I enjoyed this and look forward to seeing which of the author's books is translated into English next, this being the first, sitelink
I read it for the art, . . and to satisfy my curiosity from a couple of years back regarding this book,
Zoe isn't exactly the intellectual type, which is why she doesn't recognize worldfamous author Thomas Rocher when she stumbles into his apartment, . . and into his life. It's also why she doesn't know that Rocher is supposed to be dead, Turns out, Rocher faked his death years ago to escape his critics, and has been making a killing releasing his new work as "lost manuscripts," in cahoots with his editor/exwife Agathe.
Neither of them would have invited a crass party girl like Zoe into their literary conspiracy of two, but now that she's there anyway, Zoe doesn't know Balzac from Batman, but she's going to have to wise up fast, . . because she's sitting on the literary scandal of the century!
Exquisite Corpse is the epitome of a graphic novel set to feature gorgeous artwork with essentially no depth to the storyline.
We have flat, unmotivated characters whose actions are never explored it's somehow a given that it'll make sense for a complete stranger to let a girl into his apartment to pee simply because she rang his intercom.
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Manic Pixie Dream Girl to the max, No person, especially a stranger, talks like that,
Exquisite Corpse perfectly embodies those clichéd French novels all about Oh, Love French sigh that I've been warned about, It checks pretty much every mark from the mistreating old boyfriend to the ohsoromantic new love interest to the outofnowhere mature exwives to Lolitaesque relationships literally have way too many examples of this I'll share below.
The warnings weren't for naught, So it became quite humorous when the novel tried to take itself too seriously,
This right here illustrates their imbalanced relationship, They don't view each other as equals, and the writer dude such a bland character I don't even recall his name is beyond patronizing,
The adults are having a conversation while sending the little girl off to bed:
BLEH,
Thisyearold needs a therapist, not someone twice her age preying on her,
Also: The clear contrast established between her old boyfriend and this writer dude was so forced, and it made all the "good" the writer represented listening to her, complimenting her, etc.
seem like he was reading from a script or something he read in a magazine, IT'S NOT REAL. The artificial interactions bothered me all too much for a book that's supposed to be contemporary,
The ridiculously blownout aspects of this book made it so I could never fully sink into the storyline, At one point I thought we were on the brink of a breakthrough when the main character finally realized what a douche the writer was and ran from him, but their relationship shouldn't have happened in the first place so there wasn't a lot of room for positive feelings.
But
then even that tiny revelation ruined itself at the very end with another lolitaesque relationship, S T O P.
I really wished the main character would've gotten some time alone to realize and reflect on what direction she wants her life to head into, instead of turning from one bad relationship to the other.
I just felt sorry for this girl who clearly craves belonging, so she's willing to settle with anybody who can provide even a tiny slice of it, Don't settle, please.
I'll end my review on a more positive note by featuring some of my favorite pieces:
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