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Lucien is het resultaat van een dronken vrijpartij. Zijn moeder kon de schaamte nooit van zich afschudden en is hem liever kwijt dan rijk. Maar voor zijn grootvader is Lucien de zoon die hij nooit gehad heeft. Hij ziet in hem de erfgenaam van zijn bedrijf en neemt hem onder zijn vleugels. Er groeit een hechte band tussen de twee. Tot grootvader op een dag sterft. Als Lucien met zijn demente grootmoeder gaat wandelen, gebeurt er een vreselijk ongeluk. Hij wordt beschuldigd van moord en belandt moederziel alleen in de gevangenis…
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Published January 1, 2017
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September 13, 2018
This didn’t lose something in the translation. I think it is just about a cold mother, and a child that is not allowed to bond with her. The mother just doesn’t like being a mother, and hates the child for no other reason than that. And because the child is illigitamite, the mother feels that he is an embarrassment. But her father loves him, and the child dotes on his grandfather.
Most of this first volume is the set up of the child being accused of doing something he did not do, after his grandfather passes away, and thus he is left with no one to care about him.
And because this is mostly a set up, it is hard to say where this one will go, after this.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
Most of this first volume is the set up of the child being accused of doing something he did not do, after his grandfather passes away, and thus he is left with no one to care about him.
And because this is mostly a set up, it is hard to say where this one will go, after this.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
September 10, 2018
Read in English. This is a very interesting comic book. First, the art is amazing, I can really explain why, but the style just please me a lot and I find it refreshing/original. Then the story, a cruel family story, nothing that stand out when you present it this way, and like the illustrations, I can really explain why, but there is something in the story, the character are deep, way deeper then what we expect from a comic book, and I loved it! With the ending, my guest is there will be more. And I hope to read them! Original, deep, creative, a very good one!
September 10, 2018
This was interesting but rather peculiar. Lucien is a lovely child who has a cruel mother. He is the result of a one night stand that his mother had with a stranger. She is cold towards him, a real Cruella De Ville, but his grandfather adores him so he has a happy childhood despite his mother.
Time passes and sadly Lucien's grandfather dies leaving him with his cruel mother, mercenary aunt and very ill grandmother. Lucien's grandmother has an accident while in his care and dies, and unfortunately Lucien is blamed for his grandmother's death and locked in prison.
At that point the story becomes rather unreal because Lucien was too young to be imprisoned. Lucien meets his father quite by chance and their lives become intertwined in an unexpected way.
The story ends on a cliff hanger which is rather irritating because I wanted to find out what happens. The story has a cinderella feel to it and Lucien is such a cheerful character despite having such a ghastly mother and an uncaring aunt. It is such a pity the story ends so abruptly just when I was getting into it.
Thankfully there will be Sun 2 and there are some pictures on the author's website which give a glipse of the adventures to come. https://wvds.net/en/zon-2-update/
The art is good with just enough text to move the story along at a good pace. Great story but I really want to know what happens next!
Copy provided by Europe Comics via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.
Time passes and sadly Lucien's grandfather dies leaving him with his cruel mother, mercenary aunt and very ill grandmother. Lucien's grandmother has an accident while in his care and dies, and unfortunately Lucien is blamed for his grandmother's death and locked in prison.
At that point the story becomes rather unreal because Lucien was too young to be imprisoned. Lucien meets his father quite by chance and their lives become intertwined in an unexpected way.
The story ends on a cliff hanger which is rather irritating because I wanted to find out what happens. The story has a cinderella feel to it and Lucien is such a cheerful character despite having such a ghastly mother and an uncaring aunt. It is such a pity the story ends so abruptly just when I was getting into it.
Thankfully there will be Sun 2 and there are some pictures on the author's website which give a glipse of the adventures to come. https://wvds.net/en/zon-2-update/
The art is good with just enough text to move the story along at a good pace. Great story but I really want to know what happens next!
Copy provided by Europe Comics via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.
November 4, 2018
Great drawings and unique style with an original thickeness to it. Anyway, in short, is quite impressive. Simple, but transmitting with a lot of emotions.
The story has a dramatic feeling to it and the big twist in the end just reminds us that the feeling was correct.
Good first volume. Hope to see the rest coming sooner.
The story has a dramatic feeling to it and the big twist in the end just reminds us that the feeling was correct.
Good first volume. Hope to see the rest coming sooner.
October 29, 2018
Wow! To me, this was a gut-wrenching story. A mother who has a one-time affair and the resulting unwanted child. Her father dotes on the grandson, but once he and his wife pass away, horrible things befall the child.
Very dark. The ending was a little abrupt. I am assuming there is more to come. PLEASE let there be more to come!
Thank you NetGalley and publisher, Europe Comics, for the opportunity to read this ARC.
Very dark. The ending was a little abrupt. I am assuming there is more to come. PLEASE let there be more to come!
Thank you NetGalley and publisher, Europe Comics, for the opportunity to read this ARC.
July 15, 2020
'Sun' with story and art by Wilbert van der Steen is a graphic novel about some ugly people and an innocent child.
A man who owns a coffee company and has wealth is looking for a successor. He has two sharp-faced daughters and selects one to run the plant. The other, in a drunken fit, finds a stranger and gets pregnant. The result is a son, who is immediately doted over by her father. She wants little or nothing to do with the boy, which works until family tragedy hits.
This was kind of a dark story, but I liked it. There are characters to like in it and characters that are pretty pathetic. The art was interesting too.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
A man who owns a coffee company and has wealth is looking for a successor. He has two sharp-faced daughters and selects one to run the plant. The other, in a drunken fit, finds a stranger and gets pregnant. The result is a son, who is immediately doted over by her father. She wants little or nothing to do with the boy, which works until family tragedy hits.
This was kind of a dark story, but I liked it. There are characters to like in it and characters that are pretty pathetic. The art was interesting too.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
September 28, 2018
This is a wonderful "comic" story, with a varied format of drawings and delivered in the spoken word of the brilliant characters.
Running a family business without an obvious successor, the father falls out with his head strong daughter. He is a traditionalist and his coffee is without any better; its delightful aroma pervades the town well beyond the factory gates. His first born wants to inject some more diversity into the product with flavours of France and Italy. But it is Dad's way or no way and she is dismissed and her younger sibling takes charge of the coffee house.
In a rage and a sense of disobedience the sacked daughter takes off and comes to her senses after a wanton sexual encounter. Unfortunately, the consequences are only too clear some nine months later when she gives birth.
Doting on his new grandson, the coffee entrepreneur feels overjoyed as the lad slowly grows and forms a close bond with his grandpa. Mum is as disgruntled as ever and still finds little chance to reassert any influence over the business. Lucien, her son maybe the heir apparent to the coffee empire but her status remains unclear. Stark humour, a family at war and a young boy denied a relationship to his father, a nameless one nightstand, uncared for by his mother and devoted to the only person whose attention and love is consistent.
Great to read. Dark in its shading and mood. I loved the sense of smell that drifts among the pages of coffee and desire to get hold of a business before it is worthless. It is simple text and stunning in its delivery, blunt and as blank as the general tone. A simple link is the oft repeated sounds in bursts of three; tip, tip tip for example.
Volume 1 sets up the whole things and demands further instalments are sought out.
Running a family business without an obvious successor, the father falls out with his head strong daughter. He is a traditionalist and his coffee is without any better; its delightful aroma pervades the town well beyond the factory gates. His first born wants to inject some more diversity into the product with flavours of France and Italy. But it is Dad's way or no way and she is dismissed and her younger sibling takes charge of the coffee house.
In a rage and a sense of disobedience the sacked daughter takes off and comes to her senses after a wanton sexual encounter. Unfortunately, the consequences are only too clear some nine months later when she gives birth.
Doting on his new grandson, the coffee entrepreneur feels overjoyed as the lad slowly grows and forms a close bond with his grandpa. Mum is as disgruntled as ever and still finds little chance to reassert any influence over the business. Lucien, her son maybe the heir apparent to the coffee empire but her status remains unclear. Stark humour, a family at war and a young boy denied a relationship to his father, a nameless one nightstand, uncared for by his mother and devoted to the only person whose attention and love is consistent.
Great to read. Dark in its shading and mood. I loved the sense of smell that drifts among the pages of coffee and desire to get hold of a business before it is worthless. It is simple text and stunning in its delivery, blunt and as blank as the general tone. A simple link is the oft repeated sounds in bursts of three; tip, tip tip for example.
Volume 1 sets up the whole things and demands further instalments are sought out.
September 18, 2018
Hmmm – I think a lot of my response to this book is down to the artwork, and me not liking it – I took some time to gel with who was who, and what was actually going on at certain key times was not always clear. But eventually you're caught up with the shenanigans surrounding a bastard scion of a coffee family. It's not just the coffee that's bitter here, though, as the mother is annoyed at not running things, the older generation are getting worse and worse, and so on and so on until it just stops, goading us towards finding Volume 2. But while I might be pleasantly surprised by something dramatic to come, I won't lose any sleepless nights in the interim. Worth a look perhaps – particularly when it's all out in your language of choice – but until then, one that didn't really engage, what with its unfriendly artwork.
April 4, 2019
This may be a little TOO European for me - it was pretty dark and bleak.
MILD SPOILERS AHEAD!
It starts out when a woman who doesn't get along with her wealthy family (she wants to run the family's coffee business, her father thinks her sister should run it) and has a one night stand that leads to her becoming pregnant.
She doesn't want to be a mom but has the baby anyway, and her father is basically the only member of the family who loves the boy and shows him any affection. But when the old man passes away everything goes to hell, especially when the young boy is accused of a murder. It ends on a complete cliffhanger, and part of me wants to know what happens but part of me just thinks all these people are horrible and wants to leave it alone.
MILD SPOILERS AHEAD!
It starts out when a woman who doesn't get along with her wealthy family (she wants to run the family's coffee business, her father thinks her sister should run it) and has a one night stand that leads to her becoming pregnant.
She doesn't want to be a mom but has the baby anyway, and her father is basically the only member of the family who loves the boy and shows him any affection. But when the old man passes away everything goes to hell, especially when the young boy is accused of a murder. It ends on a complete cliffhanger, and part of me wants to know what happens but part of me just thinks all these people are horrible and wants to leave it alone.
October 4, 2020
Dit boek lijdt aan wat ik nu even het sympathiesyndroom noem. Omdat je sympathie krijgt voor de vader – en je van de moeder alleen maar onverschilligheid tegenover haar zoon te zien krijgt – is het blijkbaar moreel goed dat hij een agent omkoopt om zijn zoon uit de gevangenis te krijgen, zeker als dat met het geld is dat hij van de moeder kreeg om te verzwijgen dat hij de vader is, wat we dan weer moreel laalbaar vinden vanuit datzelfde sympathiesyndroom. Het is hetzelfde en in mijn ogen verwerpelijke procédé dat we in ongeveer alle actiefilms zien: de goeierik mag geweld gebruiken, enkel bij de slechterik moet geweld afgestraft worden. Geen wonder dat de Amerikaanse defensie altijd graag zijn medewerking verleent aan een dergelijke verdraaide pedagogie.
September 11, 2018
I received this book (in English) from the publisher on NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
I was really enjoying this until the really abrupt ending. Why couldn't have there been more? It ended in such a short, weird way. It felt so incomplete. And I was enjoying the drama between Lucien and his mean mother. I honestly just needed an ending period.
This would have gotten so many more stars if there was more to it. It was a rather grim (I enjoy grim) story with interesting characters.
I was really enjoying this until the really abrupt ending. Why couldn't have there been more? It ended in such a short, weird way. It felt so incomplete. And I was enjoying the drama between Lucien and his mean mother. I honestly just needed an ending period.
This would have gotten so many more stars if there was more to it. It was a rather grim (I enjoy grim) story with interesting characters.
June 30, 2023
A wealthy family with a coffee business has two daughters vying for control of the business. When one loses out, she gets pregnant after a drunken rampage. The mother is cold and wants nothing to do with the son while his grandparents dote on him. The story just keeps getting darker and darker but begins to go off the rails towards the end. It also ends without an ending and there still hasn't been a follow up 5 years later. The art is strange. Everyone has giant heads.
September 25, 2018
This was a really great read. I flew through this with an intriguing art style and a story that I was really invested in, I absolutely loved Lucien and his relationship with his Grandfather. I will not spoil anything in this review BUT I thought the ending was fantastic and I can't wait to read the next instalment!
June 5, 2022
Van der Steen writes and illustrates a story that's almost Dickensian in theme and scope. A mesmerising, singular graphic novel, with a beautiful and tragic main character. What a joy to read and re-read!
August 1, 2022
Lijkt alsof er een vervolg op zou moeten komen. Oke verhaal maar, zeer open einde
November 7, 2018
Ultimately this should’ve been a very emotional and sensitive read due to the subject matter. As it was, this first volume went at such a lightning pace that I didn’t feel like there was any real opportunity to feel bad for the kid before the volume ended. The story had so much potential to really get into some grit on many different subject matters (sex positivity, feminism and women in the workplace, and parenthood) and yet none were really given any real thought. I’m sure some of these plot lines will be touched on in further issues but I won’t be reading them. I’m just not invested.
Received via Netgalley and reviewed of my own accord.
Received via Netgalley and reviewed of my own accord.
September 21, 2018
A rather dark graphic novel about an illegitimate child, and the mother who never wanted him. I quickly found myself getting wrapped up in the story, and was thoroughly enjoying it, despite the darker than usual subject matter, but then it ended so abruptly that I was kind of flustered. I'm hoping they're considering coming out with a second volume to finish up the story...
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I appreciate it!
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I appreciate it!
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