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Written by a notable #Irish historian, this graphic novel does a good job of showing how the Famine affected everyone in #Ireland and how they dealt with it. The dialogue is peppered with Gaelic phrases, which add to the authenticity. Unfortunately, the story seemed paint-by-numbers, lacking the raw emotion of other great graphic novels. The characters were flat and undeveloped, which helped to take away from the story. #2017Book22 #graphicnovel

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Astrid Jones is an average teenager. Except she spends every weekend deveining shrimp, she often lies on a picnic table in her backyard sending love to the planes flying overhead, and she's almost 99.9% sure that she's gay. Totally normal. Like all of King's novels, Ask the Passengers weaves absurd elements into a very powerful story about coming of age in a society that's resistant to accept anyone who might be a little different.