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Pénélope Bagieu

Autor(a) de Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

29+ Works 1,584 Membros 85 Reviews 2 Favorited

About the Author

Image credit: Pénélope Bagieu at Aix comics festival 2010

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Obras de Pénélope Bagieu

Associated Works

Lost in Austen: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure (2007) — Ilustrador, algumas edições737 cópias

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome padrão
Bagieu, Pénélope
Data de nascimento
1982
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
France
Locais de residência
Paris, France
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Membros

Resenhas

3.75
The plot was a bit loose and jumped around quite a bit, but this was a quick and cute read. I really enjoyed the artwork for this story- I thought the Parisian charm was captured and the characters were simple but not overly cartoonish.
The story didn't go how I expected, but not fully in a bad way. I got a big laugh out of that ending though (even though it was pretty cheesy!)
 
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deborahee | outras 15 resenhas | Feb 23, 2024 |
Autobiographical short stories from the French author's childhood and teen years about cats, sisters, grandparents, sexual assault, molestation, crushes, grief, and an apartment with a coin-operated heating system. So yeah, it's a little all over the place in tone, though staying humorous more often than not. The episodic short story approach makes for satisfying chapters, but left me wondering about the gaps between.

This single page story is one of my favorite moments in the book:
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FOR REFERENCE:

Contents: Why Don't You Have a Cat? You Love Cats! -- A Story about My Seduction Abilities -- Last Summer before the Year 2000 -- Florence -- The Teddy Bear Effect -- Déjà Vu -- A Story about My Fingers -- Validation -- Three Days -- -- A Story about My Grandparents -- Cold Feet -- A Story about a Wishbone -- Déjà Vu 2 -- The Kid -- Music Day -- The Comfort Blanket… (mais)
 
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villemezbrown | outras 5 resenhas | Dec 5, 2023 |
I hate rating memoirs. How can you say whether someone's life deserves 5 stars or less? So I try to focus on the execution instead.

This memoir isn't linear, so Penelope's life is shown through episodic comics. I liked the cartoony art style, and there's a mixture of lighthearted to darker moments. Like, most people's lives. Some of the moments of sexual assault and harassment aren't shown in a visually triggering manner, but it's all the same heartwrenching. Her Deja Vu comics and the one about her love of heat were the highlights.

I think I would've rated this higher if there was a more cohesive thread. This felt like blog posts packaged into a book, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

2.5 or 3 * may update rating
… (mais)
 
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DestDest | outras 5 resenhas | Nov 26, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
29
Also by
1
Membros
1,584
Popularidade
#16,286
Avaliação
3.8
Resenhas
85
ISBNs
100
Idiomas
12
Favorito
2

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