pick5/5
Excellent retelling of a Breton folktale.
It's a dark tale about the rise and fall of Ys with beautiful illustrations. I find it also to be a nuanced tale about power, with metaphors about all the sacrifices it may entail.
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The Daughters of Ys | 
pick5/5
Excellent retelling of a Breton folktale.
It's a dark tale about the rise and fall of Ys with beautiful illustrations. I find it also to be a nuanced tale about power, with metaphors about all the sacrifices it may entail.
pickHere's a gorgeous fantasy graphic novel based on French folklore, about a legendary city built and maintained by sea magic. It took me several pages to warm up to the expressive art, but by the end I was won over completely.
Also, it's banned from schools in the Kirkwood (Mo.) School district, probably because of a few panels with nekkid people.
Read #BannedBooks like this one y'all
This was my #DoubleSpin read for July
Here are my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin reads for July: a graphic novel that has been the target of book bans; and Victor Lavalle's latest. Looking forward to both.
Thanks @TheAromaofBooks !
pickThis was a beautifully illustrated graphic novel based on an ancient folktale.
pickA dark, mystical graphic novel based on an ancient folktale. Well written and beautifully drawn. M.T. Anderson is one of my wife's favorites, and I enjoyed my first read from him.
Attempting to create and start my own monthly TBR game, combining features from multiple ones from here, bookstagram, YouTube. 30 spaces, 3 TBR jars to roll in picking from, 5 rolls for picks to start off with. Location acquired prompt jar, genre prompt jar, miscellaneous prompt jar; considering adding a specific titles I've purchased prompt jar and a library loans titles prompt jar, too. See how it goes for me, if it helps me choose and focus.
pick4 stars 🌟
One of those graphic novels where I wish there was so much more! Sorcery, murder, seduction, betrayal. Apparently based on a story in Celtic mythology. Artwork was pretty good: not overly vivid but also goes above being super simplistic.
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pickNot what I expected. Now I want to read other versions of this folktale of ancient Breton.
pickA mythical tale about the dangers falling completely in self-indulgences, like greed, lust, and excessive power, along with abandonment, rejection, and blind to one's duties and the truth. The artwork is quite striking, and it shows clearly the emotions of each character and their development through the story. #graphicnovels #retellings #folktale #2021
There's so much emotion in this page. I still wonder as to why Dahut decided to sleep with the fisherboy if she did not want to use him as a sacrifice. Did she actually love the fisherboy? Did she do it to show her sister how unfaithful the fisherboy was? That pool of tears was a superb way to show Rozenn's sadness from within #graphicnovels #retellings #folktale #2021
Both Rozenn and Dahut are trying to make each other see that they are falling into their own self interests to the point that they're blind to it. Rozenn refuses to stay at the city of Ys, which in turn leads to her rejecting her role as an heir. Dahut is too invested in Ys political intrigue that she refuses to see the truth of the actions she is taking. They refuse to hear each other. #graphicnovels #retellings #folktale #2021
Dahut's spiral into self-indulgence has lead her to making sacrifices to maintain the magic she is using and repay the force that is providing her that magic #graphicnovels #retellings #folklore #2021
This conversation between Rozenn and the Hermit is interesting. He's trying to tell her the cycle of debt also exists in the wilderness; which can apply to acquiring the most necessity in life comes with consequences. #graphicnovels #retellings #folktales #2021
I sense a trouble stirring #graphicnovels #retellings #folklore #2021
It's quite sad the sisters grew up apart from each other. Jo Rioux does an amazing job showing each sisters personality as they grew up separately #graphicnovels #retellings #folktale #2021
Whoa, that sea monster #graphicnovels #retellings #folklore #2021
That's a striking expression of doom #graphicnovels #retelling #folklore #2021
Dove into The Daughters of Ys--I had been holding off on reading it since I bought it. I was curious to see what was behind the dust jacket. Jo Rioux's illustrations are quite beautiful. #graphicnovels #retelling #folklore #2021
pickA #graphicnovel #retelling of the submerged City of Ys (off coast of France). It's about responsibility and paying your debts, even when those debts are inherited. It's creepy and haunting. No one is a great, moral character, but some are worse than others. I loved the art style. See: pretty colors framing a skully-sea-snake. I wish there were more pages laying out the city's supernatural grandeur. Recommended for Emily Carroll fans. #dw2021
The cover caught my eye awhile back and decided to get it for the wekeend. Curious to see how MT Anderson end this story.
Here are the books I received in #happilyeverafterswap & I'm looking forward to both! #feminist #fantasy
- I was thinking about rereading Song of Ice & Fire series (Game of Thrones) but The Priory of the Orange Tree looks way more exciting.
- First tho, I'll brush up on the legend of Ys (EEss), a drowned city. Then, enjoy its #graphicnovel #retelling - Daughters of Ys.
Thanks @Chrissyreadit @BookBosomed1
pickThe Daughters of Ys by M.T. Anderson, art by Jo Rioux, was a great introduction to a bit of Breton folklore. The story was a lot of fun, with mysterious twists and turns throughout. I feel like it was a bit shorter than I might have preferred, but I still got a lot out of it, and it was my first experience with Breton folklore. I'd recommend it for sure.
pickTwo sisters with opposing temperaments are at the centre of this Breton dark fairytale, retold by MT Anderson. There‘s always a price to pay for magic. Jo Rioux created the art, complete with sea monsters and an enchanted castle, in rich tones of green, gold and rust. Anderson usually writes for a younger audience, but this graphic novel is for high school age or older. #comics
Jo Rioux is a cartoonist and illustrator from Ottawa. Her art in this book reminds me of Noelle Stevenson‘s and Isabel Greenberg‘s work. The mythical subject matter is similar too.
pickToday‘s #book mail was an ARC I won in a Goodreads Giveaway. Originally slated for April, Anderson‘s lush & vivid retelling of this Breton folktale is due out next week. When the Queen dies, her two daughters drift apart—one stays & gets pulled deeper into the secrets of the city of Ys while the other flees to live in nature with wild animals—& the consequences will be far-reaching. A fast, enjoyable read with art perfectly suited for the story.
pick3.5 ⭐
This book is based of an old legend. Two princesses were close in childhood but drift apart as they mature. The dark haired one wants a simple life with a farm boy. The red head wants all the trappings of being a princess. But they come at a cost. This graphic novel has intrique, beheadings, sex scandles, and all the sea monsters a person could want. It was very interesting and a legend this reader had never heard of before.
pickBeautiful & dark, thoughtful & creepy. The art perfectly sets up this fairytale and the spare prose lends magic to the story. So glad I had a chance to read this!
pickA gorgeous graphic novel based on a Celtic legend about an Atlantis-like city and the two princesses who shape its fate. Lovely illustrations and an interesting story I was totally unfamiliar with.
4 stars / ⭐⭐⭐⭐
