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zorpblorp's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
ursulamonarch's review against another edition
5.0
Leela Corman is the best. The drawings! Those eyes! The terror! The love!
The collection was great. I didn't know what was going on all the time, but I was always swept along. Powerful.
The collection was great. I didn't know what was going on all the time, but I was always swept along. Powerful.
ambershelf's review against another edition
4.0
4.25/5
Gifted by the publisher
following three individuals in NYC and a newly liberated concentration camp, Corman paints a heart-wrenching picture of those haunted by love & loss during WW2. I love the focus on Jewish women set in the US, where they aren't portrayed as damsels in distress waiting for the West to save them. Instead, each woman lives a rich inner life as they face challenges of antisemitism, sexual harassment, survival, and so much more. Corman utilizes gorgeous and affecting visuals to portray a civilization's mass trauma and the impact reverberating through generations.
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initial thoughts
Gorgeous water color with absolutely harrowing and heartbreaking stories that follow 3 individuals during WW2. The story is nonlinear and the blend of reality/horror can be a bit disorienting to readers. But I think the author did a phenomenal job in demonstrating how grief and loss can consume someone
Gifted by the publisher
following three individuals in NYC and a newly liberated concentration camp, Corman paints a heart-wrenching picture of those haunted by love & loss during WW2. I love the focus on Jewish women set in the US, where they aren't portrayed as damsels in distress waiting for the West to save them. Instead, each woman lives a rich inner life as they face challenges of antisemitism, sexual harassment, survival, and so much more. Corman utilizes gorgeous and affecting visuals to portray a civilization's mass trauma and the impact reverberating through generations.
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initial thoughts
Gorgeous water color with absolutely harrowing and heartbreaking stories that follow 3 individuals during WW2. The story is nonlinear and the blend of reality/horror can be a bit disorienting to readers. But I think the author did a phenomenal job in demonstrating how grief and loss can consume someone
spaceonthebookcase's review against another edition
5.0
Perfectly creepy, raw and unfiltered. I simply loved it.
Thank you Shocken for the gifted copy.
Thank you Shocken for the gifted copy.
saidtheraina's review against another edition
emotional
sad
tense
WWII, wrestling, feminism, sex, concentration camps, military, factories, New York, grotesque, struggle
Follows several women who are recruited to wrestle performatively during WWII. Gets real weird, surreal, and symbolic - toward the end especially.
I liked seeing what Corman does with color here, especially as a progression from the more limited color palette of Unterzakhn. The edition I read is also large-scale - pages that are larger than 8.5x11 which gives the reader great opportunities to swim in the vivid watercolors. I appreciate that she's building a body of work that tells parts of the midrash of early American history.
Read while watching these (excellent, but both sadly truncated) TV series:
Glow
A League of Their Own
Follows several women who are recruited to wrestle performatively during WWII. Gets real weird, surreal, and symbolic - toward the end especially.
I liked seeing what Corman does with color here, especially as a progression from the more limited color palette of Unterzakhn. The edition I read is also large-scale - pages that are larger than 8.5x11 which gives the reader great opportunities to swim in the vivid watercolors. I appreciate that she's building a body of work that tells parts of the midrash of early American history.
Read while watching these (excellent, but both sadly truncated) TV series:
Glow
A League of Their Own
jsandy's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25