Comments on: Habibi, Craig Thompson https://readingtheend.com/2011/12/27/review-habibi-craig-thompson/ before I read the middle Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:37:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Eva https://readingtheend.com/2011/12/27/review-habibi-craig-thompson/#comment-1726 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:00:13 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=3494#comment-1726 In reply to Jenny.

Ok, I shall put it on my wish list then. And prepare for an upsetting scene (although I’m not nearly as bothered in nonfiction, since it *happened*, you know?).

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2011/12/27/review-habibi-craig-thompson/#comment-1725 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:59:56 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=3494#comment-1725 In reply to Eva.

SAME. AGREE. The first rape scene was upsetting enough, but then when stuff kept happening…I just got super sick of it and wanted to slap Craig Thompson and make him behave.

You absolutely should try Blankets. Blankets isn’t even in the same league as the travelogue or Habibi. It’s absolutely wonderful. It’s one of my favorite graphic novels ever, maybe my most favorite. I can’t say enough good things about it. There is an upsetting scene with Thompson and his brother and their baby-sitter (you can see where this is going), but because it’s part of his real life, it’s handled much more better than such scenes in Habibi.

]]> By: Eva https://readingtheend.com/2011/12/27/review-habibi-craig-thompson/#comment-1724 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:37:15 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=3494#comment-1724 Eek! I’ll definitely avoid this one. Unnecessary rape is my BIGGEST reading turn-off. And it’s way worse in graphic novels. I’m still pissed at the scene in Fables; in fact, I haven’t read any other volumes since then.

Also, I felt very meh about the Thompson book I read (his travelogue…name escapes me), so I’ve been avoiding Blankets. But maybe I should try it anyway?

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