Agnes Lee

Trigger Warnings: Grief

In Buddhist tradition, it takes a soul 49 days to journey between life and rebirth. In the 49 Days graphic novel, readers meet Kit, as she’s on her journey through the transition, as well as her family and friends who are left behind to grieve.

This story is sad but thoughtful as well. Kit struggles in her own journey of being able to move on as well and her family and friends left behind are trying to figure out how best to fill the hole that has now appeared in her absence.

The story is a little vague on a few details on the journey, but I believe it’s that way so readers can interpret it on their own. I lost my father as a twelve-year-old and I definitely interpret the death of a close family member a lot differently than a lot of my coworkers.

Overall this is a story about grief. It may not be for everybody at certain moments in their life, but they may be able to come back to it. It’s touching and heartwarming as well.… (más)

teen/adult graphic novel - recent college drop-out Kit (maybe 18 or 19-y.o.) has 49 days, in the Buddhist tradition, to come to terms with her sudden death before she is to be reincarnated.

this was fairly abstract, and I had to re-read the book jacket description before I could figure out what Kit's journey was all about. But once there I liked how the minimalist palette worked (memories and scenes from the living world were in an orangey tone; Kit's after-death journey was in blues) and the seemingly simple way that the author portrayed both Kit's grief as well as a glimpse of her family's grief. It's a beautiful story that unfolds here (with lots of kimchi) and a love-filled life and dreams cut short. Very well done and recommended.… (más)