The Yellow Book - A Friend Named Jacques Thibault - Vol. 1 Ch. 1 - The Yellow Book

[MangaDex]

 

[Pastellix]

I'm always interested in giving award-winning manga a try, though I have to admit I was pretty thoroughly unimpressed by this. I'm not exactly sure whether the narrative is meant to be shooting for an unconventional and abstract structure, but the writing in this is so banal and unstimulating that it has about as much clarity as such. Still, glad I gave it a shot.

 

[Weezer]

i quite liked it, when you read a novel for a long time it can feels like you're in the book and you see shades of it in your own life. the art is very nice too. the narrative is not interesting but i liked its wandering feeling.

 

[fieldbythesea]

i enjoyed it! it had moments where it was a bit hard to understand what exactly the characters were up to, maybe moreso due to the art style not quite suiting very busy panels, but i actually loved how the fictional world and the progression of her day to day life increasingly meld together and create a sort of dazed, whimsical feeling. really relatable :,-) the ending was lovely. and i also loved that her contributions to the conversations felt a little half-baked, because it made sense for her age haha