eloise_bradbooks's Reviews (801)

 C'est très difficile pour moi de "noter" ce roman graphique. A la fois je suis ravie qu'une BD parle aussi ouvertement de l'asexualité, à la fois je suis déçue.
J'attends depuis des années qu'on puisse voir l'asexualité répandue, connue, comprise et célébrée dans les médias. En voyant cette BD, j'avais tellement d'attentes qu'il était sûrement impossible de les atteindre.
A en croire la 4e de couverture, je m'attendais à ce que l'asexualité soit l'élément central à cette histoire. Or, ce couple traverse beaucoup de choses, l'asexualité n'est qu'un élément parmi tant d'autres qu'ils essaient de comprendre dans leur relation. En soit ce n'est pas une mauvaise chose, c'est juste une petite déception par rapport à mes attentes. La complexité de cette sexualité et l'impact qu'elle peut avoir sur une personne et sur son couple n'est finalement pas assez développée... 

 What a great graphic novel about a witch trying to bury her angry grandma who is also causing havoc in the town she was meant to protect, and the young girl who is helping this witch out in order to save her village and her mom.
The art was really lovely, the vibes were impeccable. It felt like reading more into the magical part of The Raven Boys which I loved.
The relationship between our two main characters was also pretty well developed for a short graphic novel. You could see how it grew and how it cold evolve even more (if only we could get more volumes!!).
Really enjoyed this one. 

 Thanks for Listening was such an easy and fast read which I will very happily recommend, especially for the ace rep!

I loved that it's quite a low-drama comfort book, a coming of age story about a girl growing up, starting to stand up for herself, and find the love and respect she now knows she's worthy of.

Let me tell you, the ace rep is PERFECT!
I wouldn't say it's the main focus of the book but it does take up quite a big part of Mia's questioning around her dating Sadie and Sadie's acceptance and love was very heartwarming. 

This was a really nice sapphic medieval romance! It took a while to get me really invested but I gradually got hooked. I want to read more from this series and from Emma Denny! 

Limitless is a collection of poems by Patrick bex, taking us on his journey of discovering asexuality and aromanticism, learning to come to terms with being aroace, accepting himself and loving himself.

Like with most poetry collections, some poems hit harder than others. But those that hit, really hit me in a way I've never been hit before.
There is nothing more beautiful than someone putting into words (beautiful words), what you've felt all your life but have never been able to express. Patrick Bex offers us words of comfort, words of understanding.
Much more than a collection of poems, Limitless takes us on a real journey with a protagonist who starts off lonely, confused and ashamed, but who grows into an aromantic and asexual poet who knows that love comes in many various forms, and who shows that expressing his feelings through poetry can be a form of love for his community.

I think this will be on of those books I'll want to pick up again and again, just to read kind words of understanding and love. 

 "A queer retelling of the Chinese folklore Legend of the White Snake", this book actually has elements of literary fiction and light horror while giving us a feminist story of two sisters who are in fact ancient shapeshifting snakes.
It took a while to get going and I almost lost interest half-way through, but the final chapters really brought me back in. These snake sisters showing what it means to be human, especially a woman, in the world today really got to me. 

Well this was utter perfection.
I didn't think it was possible to love a book more than I loved They Hate Each Other and yet... Exes & Foes is now at the top.

The ways these characters care about each other makes my heart implode with happiness I can't even explain.
I see myself in many parts of each of them, the good and the bad. And to know they find love despite the shit their parents have put them through, is all I've ever needed.

Hello Amanda Woody, you're my fave author now, thank you.

 This was an intriguing, odd but in a good way, graphic novel about a serial killer who tries to solve a murder mystery...
We're so used to seeing cities made of animal characters like cute and sweet, so seeing them in this light was a bit of a shock. A good kind of shock. That leaves you feeling unsure of what you've just read but you know you weirdly want everyone else to read it.