Yallah Bye

author: Joseph Safieddine
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2018/08/18
date added: 2018/08/18
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Yallah Bye' by Joseph Safieddine with art by Park Kyungeun is about a family on vacation and the conflict they find themselves in along the way.

In 2006, the family of Gabriel El Chawadi left France for a vacation in southern Lebanon. Once they get there, the Israelis start an aerial attack on Lebanon. Gabriel, back in France, starts receiving phone calls about the events as he watches them on the news. At first, there is little concern, but as the story moves along the tension builds as the family is forced to move from one place to another. Gabriel's brother is a hemophiliac, so he knows he needs to try to get the French government to intercede, but he isn't alone in this quest.

I liked this story and the art. The tension builds as the story goes. The visiting family doesn't understand things, but the locals seem to be pretty familiar with events. Gabriel, back home, becomes a wreck as any son would who doesn't know what is happening.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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