Katriona Chapman
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Breakwater door Katriona Chapman
In a seaside town, in the south of England, Chris, a thirty-something loner, works at an art deco theater. She started here part-time and never left this low-level job. Her quiet, mundane life is interrupted by the arrival of a new employee Dan, a gay, troubled outsider and they spark up an instant friendship. He will change her life. I loved Chapman's latest GN, Follow Me in and wanted to try her earlier book. I was not disappointed.
Forty-year-old Chris Williams is living a small, comfortable, drama-free life, working an unchallenging usher job at a three-screen movie theater in Brighton, England. Her new, easy-going co-worker seems to fit right into her groove, but as she brings him more deeply into her life he begins to upend her tidy little apple cart.
Very, very low-key domestic drama unfolds in a slow but satisfying manner.
Trigger warnings:suicide attempts, mental health issues, borderline personality disorder … (meer)
Very, very low-key domestic drama unfolds in a slow but satisfying manner.
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The debut graphic novel from Katriona Chapman is a travelogue of her extensive trip to Mexico, that she took in 2003. She was just finding herself in that time period and her travel mate was her alcoholic boyfriend, who could disappear on a bender, at any time. This beautifully illustrated memoir, is a coming of age story and a love letter to Mexico.
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msf59 | 1 andere bespreking | Jan 23, 2021 | Mopey Europeans mope around Mexico in this pointless travelogue.
Chapman seems to purposely walk a fine line where she doesn't reveal much about herself or Mexico. Basically, she's unhappy because it is hard to motivate herself to draw and her boyfriend may be an alcoholic. And while she criticizes all the tourists who are trampling over the locals, that's all she really does. She interacts more with the ruins and plants of Mexico than any of the people. The longest conversations she has in Mexico are with her boyfriend, ex-pats, and other tourists.
To provide context for their meandering, she interrupts the narrative sporadically to drop in two-page spreads of quick history dumps similar to what one might find in a nonfiction book for children. At least the art is nice in a fuzzy, unfocused sort of way, especially the color.
My takeaway: Thanks for letting your country and culture be the backdrop against which I realize I need to break up with my boyfriend. Ta!… (meer)
Chapman seems to purposely walk a fine line where she doesn't reveal much about herself or Mexico. Basically, she's unhappy because it is hard to motivate herself to draw and her boyfriend may be an alcoholic. And while she criticizes all the tourists who are trampling over the locals, that's all she really does. She interacts more with the ruins and plants of Mexico than any of the people. The longest conversations she has in Mexico are with her boyfriend, ex-pats, and other tourists.
To provide context for their meandering, she interrupts the narrative sporadically to drop in two-page spreads of quick history dumps similar to what one might find in a nonfiction book for children. At least the art is nice in a fuzzy, unfocused sort of way, especially the color.
My takeaway: Thanks for letting your country and culture be the backdrop against which I realize I need to break up with my boyfriend. Ta!… (meer)
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