This book ripped my heart out in the fifteen minutes that it took me to read it. I have never read something so short that affected me so quickly. The artwork conveyed so much emotion even when the characters weren't speaking. I highly recommend this.

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Na genoten te hebben van andere boeken van deze zelfde schrijver/tekenaar begon ik vol verwachting aan dit boek. Dit kwam me in eerste instantie op een lichte domper te staan. Het verhaal van de jonge vrouw van midden twintig die worstelt met relaties kon mij niet zo heel veel boeien. Het leek allemaal veel te gewoontjes. Het enige speciale was het tekenfilmfiguurtje Mr. Dangerous dat niet alleen op de televisie waarnaar ze kijkt een rol speelt maar ook in haar eigen fantasiewereld.

Bij het verder lezen gebeurde het. Opeens werd ik gegrepen door de tragiek in haar bestaan. De voortdurende herhaling van gebeurtenissen zoals opstaan, op het werk de uren voorbij zien gaan, met moeder een keer lunchen of dineren waarbij ze zich altijd als te klein behandeld voelt en dan thuisgekomen te moe zijn om nog werkelijk wat uit te voeren. Af en toe wordt deze sleur doorbroken door moeizame liefdesaffaires. De worsteling met het bestaan wordt juist heel sterk weergegeven door de herhaling met kleine wijzigingen in de dag. Als lezer krijg je het er zelf benauwd van en weet je tot de laatste bladzijden niet of het nog goed gaat aflopen of dat het leven niet meer dan dit te bieden heeft.

Een graphic novel waar de moeite die je er als lezer even in moet steken dubbel en dwars beloond wordt door het uiteindelijke resultaat. ( )

Amy is stuck in a rut, she has a job she hates, a boyfriend she just dumped, and she can never get a hold of her best friend Micheal who has moved to the North West. She is obsessed with Mr. Dangerous and his adventures (her favorite tv show.) Amy makes feeble attempts to go out and get a life but the truth is she is holding out for Micheal. She is lucky enough to find out he has been waiting for her too.

It's nice to see Amy break out of her shell and try to get her life back to where she wants it. In the beginning she lets everything and anything get in her way, it takes a while for her to realize that she needs to be herself.

I really liked the art style, it was deceptively simple and I liked how Mr. Dangerous was a kind of a metaphor for her. ( )

Amy is stuck in a rut, she has a job she hates, a boyfriend she just dumped, and she can never get a hold of her best friend Micheal who has moved to the North West. She is obsessed with Mr. Dangerous and his adventures (her favorite tv show.) Amy makes feeble attempts to go out and get a life but the truth is she is holding out for Micheal. She is lucky enough to find out he has been waiting for her too.

It's nice to see Amy break out of her shell and try to get her life back to where she wants it. In the beginning she lets everything and anything get in her way, it takes a while for her to realize that she needs to be herself.

I really liked the art style, it was deceptively simple and I liked how Mr. Dangerous was a kind of a metaphor for her. ( )

Amy is stuck in a rut, she has a job she hates, a boyfriend she just dumped, and she can never get a hold of her best friend Micheal who has moved to the North West. She is obsessed with Mr. Dangerous and his adventures (her favorite tv show.) Amy makes feeble attempts to go out and get a life but the truth is she is holding out for Micheal. She is lucky enough to find out he has been waiting for her too.

It's nice to see Amy break out of her shell and try to get her life back to where she wants it. In the beginning she lets everything and anything get in her way, it takes a while for her to realize that she needs to be herself.

I really liked the art style, it was deceptively simple and I liked how Mr. Dangerous was a kind of a metaphor for her. ( )