For the Love of God, Marie!

by Jade Sarson

This is Marie. Excuse the hair – she’s had a long night. Armistead Maupin meets Ab Fab in this sparkling, sexy comedy of manners that celebrates the life and loves of Marie and a cast of LBGT characters. Marie is a girl with the gift of understanding, who is often misunderstood. At home and in her Catholic sixth form, she confounds family, friends and teachers with her innocent attempts to make everybody feel loved. As we follow Marie from the 1960s to the 1990s, we find out what it means to be a spirited young woman from a religious household who believes that maybe, just maybe, God doesn’t care what you do with your body as long as it makes you happy. Because really, what harm can come from loving people? With exuberant art and trademark lightness of touch, Jade Sarson shows us how attitudes to love, sexuality and religion have changed over the last fifty years. A beautiful Japanese-influenced graphic novel, this is the debut by the winner of the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition 2014.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Queer, Bande Dessinée, LGBT, Fiction, Romance

240 pages, Paperback

Published May 8, 2018

About the author

In Jade's own words as quoted from https://teahermit.co.uk as of 8 Oct 2023

I’m Jade, a nonbinary Lincoln-based illustrator and comic artist. My interests include tea, dogs, rollerblading & romance!

I graduated from the University of Lincoln in 2011 with a first class honours degree in Illustration, and I started self-publishing my teastained comic series Cafe Suada shortly after that. My style is a fusion of British roots with Japanese influences - it combines digital and traditional techniques of flat colour, watercolour, clean inks & screentone. In 2013 I was nominated for Best Emerging Talent in the British Comic Awards, and in 2014 I won the Myriad Editions First Graphic Novel competition with an extract from my graphic novel For the Love of God, Marie!, published July 2016. I have since gone on to create short erotica comics featured in Come Together (2019) and Ambrosia (2020).

I’m also an exhibitor, workshop leader and charicaturist that can often be found at comic events such as Comic Con, Thoughtbubble and others (when there isn’t a pandemic on).

Reviews

[Dave Schaafsma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Marie is a really loving girl that really also loves sex, and has it a lot with a range of humans--boys, girls, gender queer, and on and on! She's raised as a Catholic to love God, who tells us to love the world, and she sure does. The first part of the story is an exuberant romp that gets Marie in trouble with parents and school. And the drawing reflects this exuberance (though the color is a little dark), and is really well done, attractive.

But: the timeline of this graphic novel spans from the sixties (the decade of Peace and Free Love, right) to the nineties. So MUCH happens in this book, from joy to sorrow, love and death, all just way fast, I think. There's a lot of time, so you can't go into very much depth, and there's a lot of characters, so we hardly get to know many of them very well, including some who are key figures Dad, and especially Prannath!

Still, the text has warmth, and explores all sorts of glbtq issues and issues of sexuality. And you do get to know and like Marie a lot! Her question: Does God really care what you do with your body as long as you are happy and loving? Sarson's answer is no, of course. 3-3.5, maybe.

[Stewart Tame · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book made me smile. Marie is a Catholic schoolgirl in early 60's England. To the consternation of her parents and teachers, she develops the idea that to love everyone means to literally Love everyone. The sexual kind. As you might expect, this does not go over well. The years go by and Marie knows love and loss and has a child ... This is a warm, sex positive book that's full of life and laughter. Yes, there is tragedy, but also triumph. I'm aware of the fact that I've been using the word "delight" in a lot of reviews lately, so I'm really trying to avoid dropping it yet again, but it would be so perfect in this review. Must. Expand. Vocabulary. Jade Sarson's art is well-suited to the story she's telling. There's a visible manga influence, but also (I'm guessing) a bit of Scott McCloud. The cover reminds me of Alex Toth for some reason. This is a happy, feel-good story that will hopefully make you smile as much as it did me. Recommended!

[Lost Planet Airman · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story of Marie's experiences of love, from her sweet, joyous childhood to a still-sweet middle age (with a few surprises on the way). Pretty much NC-17 or TV-MA for nudity and sexual situations, but when tempered by Marie's love of everyone, keeps a bit of innocence through to the end.

[Irene · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5 stars

SPOILERS AHEAD

I have to admit that the blurb, title and first few pages gave me an idea of this book that was completely different to what it turns out to be. I initially thought that this would be a spiritual journey of a girl who has innocently misunderstood what the church teaches, and genuinely believed that her 'sinful' acts were acts she did out of faith. And to be fair, I don't think you can blame me for forming that first impression: the title has the word "God", the cover a rosary, and prologue of sorts was about Marie as a little girl wondering about the Catholic faith.

However, despite having misleading beginnings I am not saying the rest of the book was just one disappointment after the other. It was an intriguing story and definitely heartfelt. Marie was an enchanting character; aloof, honest, caring, and I could even say very selfless. And most other characters were well fleshed-out. Although this book seems to paint a very black-and-white distinction between homophobes and those who are accepting, and most of those who are open to the LGBTQ comunnity seem to be members of it themselves (with the exception of Will's father). But I certainly missed people with good intentions who are just uninformed and confused about sexuality outside of heterosexual marriage, but still honestly would like to understand it better.

This brings me to another point. I also missed any real character development in any of the characters. It was mostly: look I am this person, I have problems, I live with them, and now I'm older and still have them. Of course it's good to accept the things you can't change and learn to live happily with them, but for a story it would've been nice to see some character development. There was a hint of Marie's mother coming to an understanding of her daughter after all those years, but we never saw what became of her afterwards and the last time we hear mention of her she refuses to come to her granddaughter's wedding.

Especially with Marie herself, and bearing in mind this is a book about her whole life, I lacked to see any moments that stood out that shows any character development. It was mostly her being tossed around in life and sort of just walking through it, not really learning or reflecting on anything that has happened to her. At the very ending, she did say that every lover she took on changed her, but as a reader I can't really see this in her portrayal. Perhaps I'm beng unfair, and emotional and personal growth is not always visible from the outside, but this is still a book intended for an audience.

Another thing that bothered me about the portrayal of Marie were the many allusions to prayer and God, but it amounting to nothing at the end. I didn't groundlessly thought the whole story was building up to (as I mentioned earlier) a spiritual encounter or enlightening for Marie, but at the end she came to a very anti-climatic conclusion that basically she has no idea about it all.

Additionally, the story in general has quite a number of overly convenient events. Marie's father dying of a heart attack because of shock that Marie has been going out with Prannath and that Will cross dresses, Prannath dies right after they had sex once and Marie got pregnant, the gay bar explodes but Will just happens to be outside and survives, Agnes just happens to be her students' mum, etc. You know what I mean.

All in all, a fun read but quite rough here and there. The idea was good but the execution could use some more polishing.

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably the loveliest book I read all year. The writing is filled with a warmth that matches the narrative, it's both sexy and sex-positive and is wonderfully queer with a fierce attitude that demands inclusivity and insists everybody deserves love. The characters are endearing and flawed, and the artwork is gorgeous, expressive, and detailed. The colours are beautiful and the paper stock is impressive and changes hue as you get closer to the present day, which is a subtle touch I really appreciated. It manages to hit moments of tenderness and devastation, nail real moments in relationships both good and bad, but ultimately leave you with a joy and positivity that were much needed this year. I don't usually like the term heart-warming, but it really is. It's beauty for both eyes and soul and I came away feeling warm and fuzzy and wanting to spread at least a fraction of the love that Marie does. Highly recommended.

[Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book just moved too fast. I realize by the nature of the graphic novel, it sort of has to, but it spanned such a significant amount of time and really there just wasn't enough book to really delve into Marie and her growth.

[The Local Spooky Hermit · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay gonna retry to write a review for this-AGAIN SINCE THE LAST ONE RANDOMLY WENT MIA!!!!!
Well.. I can't say I really like the art. I would like it and then.. someone would cry or something and it'd get messy(well NO DUH ME!! CRYING ISN'T PRETTY..) its the faces i guess. it just makes the characters look gross at times(imo). Theres a lot of detail and it can look good at times but others not so much.
if its going for a Japanese inspired feel/style.. then.. ehhh. Seeing as the story starts 60/70ish with a religious angle. I'm thinking the book was going for that beautiful 70s shojo look with hella detail thats just 🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌👌👌👌👌.
Oooooooor more likely- its my own dumb fault for not getting a idea that this wasn't just gonna be a cute shojoish story bc THERES A NAKED LADY ON THE COVER lol.. i mean its in the dang description too what its about! Its a lot more adult and freely open about the sex(like REALLY). but im dense.
What I did like well LOVED was the coloring of the pages and how the colors are used throughout the story.. even if I might not like the style the art got at times. The color pallette use made it worth it (does that make sense?).. like ugh how the younger Marie is the color of the pages is deeper like older memories its faded out a bit and the more in the present the whiter the pages.. that I LOOOOVED. that was perfect. And her HAAAAAIR ❤❤❤❤💛💛💛💛💛
Poor Will I was rooting for him to find someone but I guess he's doin okay still finding someone to smooch with at the end. 🤷‍♀️

[Alex Sarll]

A Catholic girl growing up in the sixties can't work out why she's meant to love her neighbour, but not in the fun way. Over the course of the next few decades, people gradually start behaving slightly less like dicks, and the end result is very sweet, albeit not without its harrowing stretches. A serendipitous discovery; I was trawling the library catalogue for anything they might have by Chip Zdarsky, and they had him listed as a collaborator on this, despite the volume containing not so much as a blurb by the man. Which somehow seems very Zdarsky.

[Nore · Rating 2 out of 5]

I waffled for a while on whether or not to read this. I was attracted to the book because I'm very shallow in some ways, and it's hard for me to ignore a hefty, well-printed graphic novel with good use of color, but light skimming made me think I wouldn't find this particularly entertaining. I let it sit on my desk for a few weeks before I felt guilty enough about keeping it out of circulation to actually read it.

And, unfortunately, I was right: I didn't particularly enjoy this. This read like an amateur comic you'd find on the web - quick, convenient plot, with little character development, and a whole heap of suspiciously convenient events which dragged us from plot point to plot point. The art was alright, but the use of the limited color palette was better than the art itself. I didn't hate it; I simply didn't find myself engaged with the characters enough to care about what was happening.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are very many lovely things about this graphic novel, but overall it didn't really work in the end. I appreciate the sexuality theme that is explored here in a frank, curious, intelligent and up front manner. Despite her strict Catholic upbringing, Marie just loves everyone - and finds sex with women, men (including her cross dressing male best friend) to be enjoyable. Marie's parents find it difficult to accept (the parts with her brother's behavior as a mirror are pretty good) but Marie just is who she is. Which is sort of part of my problem, there is no development in any of the characters. They just are who they are and no one ever changes or really grows which makes for sort of a boring read overall.

[Jolyne Kujoh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Literally my favorite trans character ever like omg and the BANDAIDS FROM SHAVING CUTS OMG

It's so nice to have trans representation that fits the line between badass and flawed.

Gorgeous artwork too

Literally give this a read right now omg

[Dan Malakin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't write sex scenes. I've tried, and they're terrible, about as erotic as being scrubbed with concrete render. In fact, I'm not too keen on reading them either - most of the time I skip past them, eyes averted, grimacing in embarrassment, as you would to a dirty old man flashing his bits at the bus stop. Which is why when I saw the naked lady on the front cover of For the Love of God Marie! my initial reaction was to reach for the book beside it - then I saw it was published by Myriad, so thought what the hell, I usually love their books. This one was no exception

From the first page, I was blown away by the art. The clean lines, the pink colour palette, with the flash of orange for Marie's hair, the attention to detail in every panel. Some of the angles were amazing, looking at the characters from high above, from below the edge of a table, in mirrors, at the end of a boxing glove. And while the story may not quite match up - the bundling up of Marie's proclivity with her parent's religious rigour felt a touch pat, and there are more than a few 'how convenient moments' - it was never less than entertaining, and was often, especially around her relationship with Will, a emotional and riveting read.

As for all the sex? Well, that girl can sure draw a penis.

[Neo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely!

Feeling Marie. Love, but how? What is enough or too much loving? Who, how many are you allowed to love - as a Christian, as a girl, as a mother?

A fine, funny, dazzling graphic novel set in 1960s onward. Discusses transvestism, queer sexualities, homophobia, racism, disability, strict religious moral codes, death... The right to love; the need to be loved. Amazing array of topics, really, and it feels like the world just breathes. Marie could be somebody you know. She could be you.

Plusses from gorgeous art work, cuteness and the two times Marie gets caught in the act. I'm giving one extra star for those panels alone. And the fact that women have pubic hair. And the sheer JOY of sex portrayed. And....

So yes, five stars.

[Karina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love how queer this is, but was uncomfortable with the explicit underage sex and then the professor student relationship I was like uhh no thanks. Plot twist got me, I was shocked I'll give you that, that part was cute.

[Jillian -always aspiring- · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars since it was a bit too risqué for me, but I adored the generational vibe to it, seeing these characters age and become truer to themselves. Definitely worth a look.

[Tyler Graham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. A beautiful, sex-positive, LGBT-friendly story about love, sex, and family, gorgeously illustrated and populated with diverse characters. I look forward to reading more of Sarson’s work!

[Ville-Markus Nevalainen · Rating 3 out of 5]

For the Love of God, Marie! ended up being slightly dissapointing. The premise is great, a Catholic girl gets interested in sex and the act of making love and does not understand when her father who preaches love and forgiveness hates so much others, foreigners and same-sex couples. It's cute, a bit naughty here and there, and it has a message.

All this is good, but unfortunately the story stumbles a bit too much to be anything meaningful. My main gripes with is can be summed to the melodramatic storybeats and the way it manages to bring together every and all misfits you could imagine. About the second one, there's not just Marie that wants to have love with everyone but every other sexual... desire(?) is represented here and while I do NOT think this is bad, it made the storytelling somewhat unrealistic for me. Then, taking into account the time of the novel, said to be 1960s, I thought it somewhat unbelievable how openly these are presented. And while I could be wrong and people were already then willing to accept these differences in others, the way the story presents new "twists" after the half-mark of the novel just made me frustrated. I think I muttered "Are you serious?" once or twice, and not in a good way.

I really, really like the idea but the execution fails unfortunately.

[Sandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cette longue BD est une incitation à la tolérance et à l'amour sous toutes ses formes. On y prône la liberté sexuelle, sentimental, tout autant que la liberté d'être qui l'on veux, ce que l'on veux et le droit de vivre et d'être aimé comme on le souhaite, tel que nous sommes. Le livre n'en demeure pas moins triste et dur. Marie n'a pas un parcours simple et en prends pas toujours les bonnes décisions ( comme nous tous). LE dessin tout en courbe est dominé par des couleurs différentes celons les époques de la vie de marie. Une touche graphique appréciable.

[David Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mostly about the sexual misadventures of the titular Marie. Your average indie graphic novel drama stuff. Worth noting that this book contains some pretty explicit sex. I'm not just talking par for the course dicks 'n' stuff, I'm talking full on close up penetration.

[Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was wonderful. Wonderful art, wonderful colouring, wonderful characters. Wonderfully lovely, wonderfully sad, wonderfully queer. I very highly recommend this.

[Max · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mmmmm...it was okay.


The art's very nice. That's the first thing that grabbed my attention and convinced me to give this book a shot in the first place. The faces are expressive, the body and face types differ, and it's always easy to tell what's going on or who's saying what. If not for the art this might be a two-star book.

As for the story, well, that's where I have problems.
Its heart is in the right place! The main character is bisexual and it's treated as a major part of her identity rather than just a side note, though the word "bisexual" never really comes up. The book stands for sexual liberation and sex positivity and against homophobia, racism, ableism and transphobia. And that's great!

But as an actual story, it's a little...it felt a little lightweight and amateurish? It sounds strange to say this about a graphic novel with sex scenes, but it has this 'After School Special' vibe where characters kind of exist to point out an issue rather than be people in their own right. Other reviewers have pointed out how only Marie and to a lesser extent Will really have a narrative of their own, while everyone else is kind of a plot device who exists to demonstrate an issue or show how Progressive and Noble Marie is. The disabled guy she sleeps with at the beginning is...just disabled. Marie has a strong, conflicted bond with her father, but all we ever see him do is disapprove of her and emotionally abuse her. Not only are her parents devout Catholics, they're ALSO racist! The guy Will almost sleeps with attacks him (it's never said what Will's gender identity is, but the narrative always uses he/him pronouns FWIW) and then Will beats him in a boxing match! Marie's daughter Annie seems genuinely uncomfortable with her mom being so openly sexual around her, but it's okay because...that's just Marie!

(Not gonna lie, I was a little uncomfortable with the stuff surrounding Annie. It felt like her discomfort was dismissed too easily because of Marie's cheesy heroic sacrifice bit. But that's just me.)

Also, one of the most defining plot moments felt...kind of like a cheesy soap opera twist rather than the gut-punch I think it was supposed to be.

Overall I wanted to like this more than I did, alas. Like I said, heart was mostly in the right place, nice art, but the story was eh.

[Phrodrick slowed his growing backlog · Rating 3 out of 5]

Somehow not loving, Jade Sarson’s For the Love of God Marie! Kinda feels like not getting emotional at the end of the Bambi movie. There is much in this edition to the credit of Ms. Sarson as author and illustrator. It is mostly a happy read, gender friendly and with a positive message. The art work is lovely with the overtly sexual situations handled with some class.

It will be with the art work that I will begin to indicate my not going with the flow of more positive reviews. Pastels make for lovely colors, but being pale, when added to pastel colored lettering the lack of contract can make for problems in reading. Given the message of inclusiveness, some appreciation for the value of color contrast for the maybe less visually able might have been appropriate.

As for the content. The basic story line seems re run with very little modification. We meet Marie as a sexually active underage girl (Trigger warning and the only one I will give) who seems to understand the Christian message to love each other as a directive to have sex. And in particular sex with people who might not be first pick in the dating scene. Marie is available regardless of gender, physical challenges and race. Meaning that this book can be considered as LGBTQ friendly, but w/o a deliberate feel of boxes being checked.

Early on her father and her, of a different race lover die. Events she understands as direct attacks on her, by God. That others may need comforting, having also suffered losses does not seem to be a matter for her to ponder.. Having experienced the possibility that her church schooling may have skipped some of the finer points, our Marie proceeds to live a seedy life, while inching her way to becoming a teacher, and BTW left from her departed lover, she is a mother.

All of this read as a many-times told story. There are several indications, beginning with the title, that Marie will experience a dramatic religious exegesis. Absent one, For the Love of God Marie would seem like a deliberately misleading title.

[Sucre · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mixed feelings on this book. Didn't like some of the relationships with their big age gaps, didn't like that one of the antagonists falls into the "homophobe because he's secretly gay" trope, didn't like what little character development there was. Also, this book is set mostly in the sixties and focuses on bisexual characters including a man who cross dresses yet there is very little consequences for them being so open in such a homophobic time. There is a hate crime that happens (a gay bar is bombed) but this had such little effect on the characters it might as well not have happened. They didn't even shed a tear over a place they frequented being burned to the ground, and didn't express concern for anyone stuck in the building who likely died. It was very surreal to see a character who was outside when this bar burned not have survivors guilt or seem to be effected at all by this hate crime.
There's a lot of convenient things that happen in this book. One case involves Marie getting injured and actually made me laugh out loud at how ridiculous it was despite it meaning to be a serious scene.
Marie herself is selfish and admits it but doesn't really change much. I also find it hard to believe she got to 18 years old and had never heard the word 'slut' before.
The art was nice in places, but sometimes it was really ugly, especially with the faces. Also the ending got weirdly meta which was a turnoff.

[Elvynaa Crow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Merci aux éditions Cambourakis pour ce super roman graphique. Une belle découverte qui je le savais ne pouvait que me plaire !

Marie est née dans une famille catholique très pratiquante. Son prénom ne sort guère du hasard. Dès les premières pages ont ressent une réalité acerbe de ce milieu trop engagée dans une forme d'extrémisme religieux. Loin d'en faire une secte isolée à pointer du doigt, la dessinatrice relève toutefois l'absence totale de tolérance face à l'autre.

Marie a grandit dans une école catholique, elle y a fait de délicieuses rencontres, certains vont même l'accompagner toute sa vie et s'avérer des amis précieux...
Dans ce contexte familiale très fermé et culpabilisant, Marie souffre de sa liberté sexuelle et d'opinion face à une forme d'obscurantisme patriarcale qui la pousse à ne jamais être totalement épanouie.

Le roman se découpe en plusieurs chapitres qui correspondent aux étapes de construction de Marie (adolescence, jeune adulte, adulte et mère mature). Difficile de ne pas en dire trop !

Si vous avez comme moi une appétence pour les romans graphiques dits "érotiques" ou qui comme ce dernier, traite juste de la vie clairement...avec un peu plus de piment mettons ^^, n'hésitez pas !

230 planches de pur bonheur, de rire et des larmes !
Une superbe découverte qui donne envie d'en découvrir davantage sur l'auteure.

Foncez 😉

[Elaine Ker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Je sais vraiment pas ce que j'en pense... j'aime bien la complexité des personnages, les jeux sur la couleur des illustrations, et le fait que les personnages ne sont pas conventionnellement beaux (les love interest peuvent avoir des nez ou des mentons marqués sans que ça soit un sujet, ça change)

Je crois que c'est une erreur d'impression, à un moment c'est dit que Marie a 13 ans, mais à la fin du passage elle part à l'université... c'était probablement 18 ans. J'espère en tout cas, j'ai pas envie d'avoir lu des scènes de sexe explicites entre des ados de 13 ans. (et du coup, j'ai été très mal à l'aise tout le début parce que dans mon édition c'est écrit "13 ans"... mais d'après ce que j'ai vu en ligne c'est bien 18 ans qui devrait être écrit)
(bon, après Marie a une relation avec son prof, et vers la fin Will embrasse un mec dont il pourrait être le parent... c'est définitivement gênant d'un point de vue relationnel)
Les questions de religion et de queerness, la complexité des relations, la parentalité entre amis, sont des aspects que j'ai beaucoup aimés dans cette histoire.
Par contre, il y a une agression homophobe qui est montrée comme ayant peu d'impact, ainsi qu'un attentat contre un bar gay qui ne change rien à l'histoire... pourquoi c'est là? Réalistement, les personnages devraient ressentir quelque chose à ce sujet, mais rien.

[dndgirl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Picked this up out of boredom at work (I work at a bookstore) and ended up loving it! Not only was the art fun—and the pop of color of Marie’s hair was fun—but the characters were lovely and heartfelt and realistic; they all wanted to live their lives authentically. Living in the 21st century, it’s so easy to imagine that people in the past, even the recent past like the 60s and 70s, were only ever sheltered or closeted and had to hide who they were, but that wasn’t always the case, as Will and Marie proved.

The emphasis on the spectrum of sexuality and identity was really great and nicely done, though I wish we’d gotten a little more of an actual ending with Will, and even a bit more about Annie, who I ended up really liking and whose time seemed regrettably brief in the story itself. That said, this was a quick, lovely, thoughtful, and even emotional graphic novel with lovely art and I quite enjoyed it, especially as I tend to go more fantasy in my graphic novel tastes.

[Ash · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good points: really gorgeous art and a real page turner, I finished it in one evening. The story keeps moving forward and it is quite energetic and bubbly. A good light read.

Downsides: the characters are quite 2D. In particular, almost nobody except Marie gets any actual development, they exist mainly to further her story. We don't get to hear much about Agnes' life; Prannath dies to further Marie's plotline; and Will, despite being a main character all the way through, doesn't get a happy ending or much development. This was disappointing both because I wanted to know more about the characters, and because it made me feel that the presence of disabled/brown/gender non conforming characters was tokenistic - just a plot device to show what a loving person Marie herself is. Which left me feeling rather cold.

[Mikko Saari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Satunnaislöytö kirjastosta osoittautui aivan mainioksi. For the Love of God, Marie kertoo Mariesta, joka joutuu jo nuorena vaikeuksiin katolisessa koulussa ottamalla lähimmäisenrakkauden liian kirjaimellisesti. Marie rakastaa ja rakastelee välittämättä muiden mielipiteistä ja uskoo vahvasti, että Jumalalle on ihan sama, kunhan on onnellinen. Ympäristö on luonnollisesti eri mieltä.

Tarina etenee 1960-luvulta 1990-luvulle ja käsittelee rakkautta, seksuaalisuutta, uskontoa ja misogyniaa aika kepein ottein. Piirrosjälki on kaunista ja värimaailma myös, tarinassa on seksikkyyttä ja seksimyönteisyyttä ja lopputulos on oikein mukava ja dynaaminen sarjakuva.

[Nicholas Whyte · Rating 4 out of 5]

https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/3526389.html

A graphic novel about Marie, growing up in England in the 1960s, Catholic family and school, but herself determined to live her own life and to love who she wants. And the story then goes through to the 1990s when things are different in some ways and the same in others, through sadness and happiness. I generally liked it, but was a bit surprised that Marie didn't especially seem to have learned much or developed much over the decades. Still, it's the kind of book you could give to gently educate. You can get it here.

[NJH · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really interesting look at relationships and how each one influences our lives.

The graphic novel has a thought provoking take on the Christian teaching of to love another as God has loved you--with Marie's mission to love and understand everyone being expressed a bit differently than the average Christian would answer the call.

Artwork was super detailed and was really cool to see how the artist aged the characters as the story progressed.

Marie and Agnes were really cute and it was wonderful to see their story come full circle. Also really enjoyed seeing all sides of Will and Marie's friendship: good, bad, and tear causing.