The Children

author: Jean-Philippe Stassen
name: Wayne
average rating: 2.33
book published: 2004
rating: 2
read at: 2020/03/24
date added: 2020/03/24
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'The Children' with art and story by Jean-Philippe Stassen is a story about children in a warzone.

Boys in a wartorn unnamed country spend their days weaving baskets and fantasizing about the blonde aide worker there to help them. At night, the smoke and drink and steal to cope with the horrors around them. Their tongues are sharp to others and each other. They talk a big game, but have nothing going for them.

I understand where this story should have gone, but there is nothing much happening except dialogue amongst these mostly unlikeable boys. It was hard to feel anything positive about these kids or to even feel much empathy. The art is really dark, like the cover of the book, maybe to match the heart of this story.

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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