A very strong narrative but a graphic novel artistically disappointing

A very strong narrative but a graphic novel artistically disappointing

It's not you I expected (Album)

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Fabien Toulmé in this graphic novel recounts the birth and early life of his little Julia, suffering from Down syndrome, ie trisomy 21.

My opinion is very divided, and again, the word "shared" is not quite right.

On the one hand, I find reading this book absolutely necessary because it is a real stone added to the edifice of living together. The extreme sincerity Fabien Toulmé has much: he dares to tell us about his prejudices about trisomy and Down syndrome; he dares to say the days he could not go see this baby that was almost foreign to him, and months during which he was unable to love that child. The reader follows him in his journey, from initial rejection to the absolute paternal love. Whoever told the author "It's not you I expected, but I'm still glad you came." Same time we learn that her tame this disease. The last four pages ripped me to tears; they complete to pass Julia status of child with Down syndrome, that of a little girl full of life we ​​want to love like any other child.

It is rather the artistic point of view that this book left me a little on my hunger. This is not a graphic novel I reread like Craig Thomson or Peeters for example. I look like this a little more than just illustrated narration, I expect that the graphic language is exploited appronfondie way and tell me a little more than text. Here, aside from two times (the memory of the beginning with the post of the cyclist, and the pages where the character bubble gives a bath to her daughter), this expectation is not fulfilled in my eyes.

That being said, I can design that force alone is enough for a lot of the testimony to make this story a must. And it is true that this narrative is a gift from the author. Fabien Toulmé thank you.

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