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What did you finish reading?
SO MUCH STUFF! I basically haven't done one of these properly in months. I'm going to go through it all by themes (comics read in French, books read in French, French comics read in English, comics read in English, books read in English and books about Ancient Dead People).
13 Devil Street, by Benoît Vieillard: This is a comic set in London at the time of Jack the Ripper (1888 to be precise). It's not a traditional comic. Every single double page is a double page spread showing a cross-section of the titular house. They're all snapshots of moments in time. It's an interesting way of telling the story and I enjoyed several of the running jokes that were in it so the pages wouldn't be too unbalanced. However, there are flashbacks that are told in the traditional way, which was a little confusing, at first. My favourite character was Tatoo the Indian housekeeper. I also enjoyed seeing the way all the occupants of the house moved their quarters around itas they financial/social/general situation changed. I didn't enjoy the plot all that much. It was mostly horror-y and some of it I did like, but I felt the resolution left a lot to be desired and parts of it were unpleasantly gendered.
Freaks Squeele 7: A move & Z movie, by Florent Meaudoux: I wasn't even aware there had been a new Freaks Squeele out, much less that it was the last one until I was given this one for Christmas. As much as I enjoy the series, it was time for it to go. The more thinks went on, the less the pacing was good, the less the covers had anything to do with the inside and the more certain issues grated on me. It's good that it ended now, before I was completely soured on it. (Most notably: the complete bypassing/ignoring/refusing of anything even remotely LGBT. This is ESPECIALLY WEIRD considering some of the plot points.)
I'm still completely baffled by some of the worldbuilding -- what the fuck was Funérailles even doing in that flashback -- and there are bunch of loose ends, but overall it was a pretty good ending. I do hope the Funérailles spin-off/prequel is going to provide some insight on the whole "Trinity of Death" thing, though, because that came pretty much out of nowhere. In fact, when I opened this volume I had the feeling I'd missed one, but no, I had not.All the ships I had for this series were essentially crackships, but I am still glad that Valkyrie/Sablon and Mélodie/Lynette weren't sunk. I'm kind of sad sablon/Ange (new ship from this volume, even) got sunk, but I think that's a by-product of sinking Ange/Claidmhor (or however you spell that guy's name, idk, I don't have the book with me).
Someone remind me I need to re-read the whole series and make a post about it at some point.
L'arabe du futur 2, by Riad Sattouf: Look, I've said it before and I'll probably say it again, but this is no Persepolis. There's no insight and very little attempts to show the greater context of things. I also am not a fan of the art style. I think it's bullshit that Sattouf is nominated for the Angoulême Grand Prix and Satrapi is not. MARJANE SATRAPI FOR ANGOULEME PRESIDENT >:[
What are you reading now?
Lots of stuff! I really want to talk about the conclusion for Secret Wars and Le Déchronologue, but that's wait until I'm done with this 2015 recap (hopefully won't take me six weeks). List broken down so I can do something else with my day(s).
Up next for the recaps are:
What are you reading next?
Not sure. At some point I should add the boo, recs I got from fandomstocking to the to-read list. I need to work on reducing my to-read list, seriously.
SO MUCH STUFF! I basically haven't done one of these properly in months. I'm going to go through it all by themes (comics read in French, books read in French, French comics read in English, comics read in English, books read in English and books about Ancient Dead People).
13 Devil Street, by Benoît Vieillard: This is a comic set in London at the time of Jack the Ripper (1888 to be precise). It's not a traditional comic. Every single double page is a double page spread showing a cross-section of the titular house. They're all snapshots of moments in time. It's an interesting way of telling the story and I enjoyed several of the running jokes that were in it so the pages wouldn't be too unbalanced. However, there are flashbacks that are told in the traditional way, which was a little confusing, at first. My favourite character was Tatoo the Indian housekeeper. I also enjoyed seeing the way all the occupants of the house moved their quarters around itas they financial/social/general situation changed. I didn't enjoy the plot all that much. It was mostly horror-y and some of it I did like, but I felt the resolution left a lot to be desired and parts of it were unpleasantly gendered.
Freaks Squeele 7: A move & Z movie, by Florent Meaudoux: I wasn't even aware there had been a new Freaks Squeele out, much less that it was the last one until I was given this one for Christmas. As much as I enjoy the series, it was time for it to go. The more thinks went on, the less the pacing was good, the less the covers had anything to do with the inside and the more certain issues grated on me. It's good that it ended now, before I was completely soured on it. (Most notably: the complete bypassing/ignoring/refusing of anything even remotely LGBT. This is ESPECIALLY WEIRD considering some of the plot points.)
I'm still completely baffled by some of the worldbuilding -- what the fuck was Funérailles even doing in that flashback -- and there are bunch of loose ends, but overall it was a pretty good ending. I do hope the Funérailles spin-off/prequel is going to provide some insight on the whole "Trinity of Death" thing, though, because that came pretty much out of nowhere. In fact, when I opened this volume I had the feeling I'd missed one, but no, I had not.
Someone remind me I need to re-read the whole series and make a post about it at some point.
L'arabe du futur 2, by Riad Sattouf: Look, I've said it before and I'll probably say it again, but this is no Persepolis. There's no insight and very little attempts to show the greater context of things. I also am not a fan of the art style. I think it's bullshit that Sattouf is nominated for the Angoulême Grand Prix and Satrapi is not. MARJANE SATRAPI FOR ANGOULEME PRESIDENT >:[
What are you reading now?
Lots of stuff! I really want to talk about the conclusion for Secret Wars and Le Déchronologue, but that's wait until I'm done with this 2015 recap (hopefully won't take me six weeks). List broken down so I can do something else with my day(s).
Up next for the recaps are:
- Books read in French
- Chats d'oeuvre
- D'un monde à l'autre (La Quête d'Ewilan, tome 1)
- Le Jardin des silences
- French comics read in English
- Chronicles of Legion 1-3
- The Infinite Loop 1
- Comics read in English
- Lucifer v1 (Vertigo comic)
- Prince of Cats
- Sandman Overture
- Spider-Gwen v1
- The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl v1
- Books read in English
- Fragile Things
- Magnus Chase and the Sword of Asgard
- The Red Pyramid
- Books about Ancient Dead People
- Darkness Over Cannae
- Le papyrus de César
- Tumulte à Rome
What are you reading next?
Not sure. At some point I should add the boo, recs I got from fandomstocking to the to-read list. I need to work on reducing my to-read list, seriously.