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The Danes
When an Aryan baby is born to a Muslim woman living in Copenhagen, her husband’s family shuns her. But DNA tests prove Sorraya’s fidelity. And she is just the first in what soon becomes a rash of similar cases across Europe, threatening widespread social change even as they ignite passions in immigrant communities and incite familiar racial hatreds. What mysterious conspiracy connects a retrovirus, a young slacker biogeneticist, a former punkette, a dogged reporter, and pharmaceutical giant Keoxis? Clarke delivers a contemplative slice of near-future science fiction paced like a thriller but full of probing questions about our prejudices.
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Published June 20, 2018
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August 2, 2018
+Digital arc gently provided by Netgalley and publishers in exchange for an honest review+
art - 2,5
plot - 1
This book piss me off. Even with the best of intentions, if that, I don't think it was treated as intended or more probably it was bad elaborated since the beginning. I am a gut-feeling ranking-based reviewer, so this is what I feel. Even when the book wanted to deliver a message of unity and blah, it totally failed of its objective.
The plot? It start with a black muslim woman giving birth a blond blue-eyed baby. (Yeah, seems like a soap opera once I watch at tv). Infidelity is not the case, because DNA test said soAnd more and more blond blue-eyed babies are birthed to different race families, like a epidemy. Infidelities cries are shouted and violence explode among inmigrants.
If this is really a virus, a disease, who started it, why, and how can be contained it?
We follow two women with their babies, and a troupe of journalists, and some pharmaceuticals, and a runaway biologist.
Sadly it was not even Village of the Damned.
This could be a good thriller. It was not. Motives and characters fumbled by the book with unclear motives, and often confusing more the reader.
Star Trek made it better with the half-blue guys. Hell, Gulliver was more subtle with the egg thing.
I don't buy the color-race thing. We comment about this every time we gather, having a lot of teachers in the family. Humans don't need an excuse, the children are cruel to each other over the most stupid things: the way they laugh, they sit, they jump, dance, cry, shout, whistle, talk, writte or pay atention. It not just a physical thing. I often hear people bad mouthing people 'race' and it is really a country thing even when phenotypically are the same.
In another hand a reviewer commented about another issue that I agree - it rub the wrong way that all the people tryng to solve or prevent the violence are white blondish male guys, and the violence come from 'foreigners'.
I think the film Il a déjà tes yeux made a much better work of this racist theme. I love the final poster in the adoptive agency.
art - 2,5
plot - 1
This book piss me off. Even with the best of intentions, if that, I don't think it was treated as intended or more probably it was bad elaborated since the beginning. I am a gut-feeling ranking-based reviewer, so this is what I feel. Even when the book wanted to deliver a message of unity and blah, it totally failed of its objective.
The plot? It start with a black muslim woman giving birth a blond blue-eyed baby. (Yeah, seems like a soap opera once I watch at tv). Infidelity is not the case, because DNA test said soAnd more and more blond blue-eyed babies are birthed to different race families, like a epidemy. Infidelities cries are shouted and violence explode among inmigrants.
If this is really a virus, a disease, who started it, why, and how can be contained it?
We follow two women with their babies, and a troupe of journalists, and some pharmaceuticals, and a runaway biologist.
Sadly it was not even Village of the Damned.
This could be a good thriller. It was not. Motives and characters fumbled by the book with unclear motives, and often confusing more the reader.
Star Trek made it better with the half-blue guys. Hell, Gulliver was more subtle with the egg thing.
I don't buy the color-race thing. We comment about this every time we gather, having a lot of teachers in the family. Humans don't need an excuse, the children are cruel to each other over the most stupid things: the way they laugh, they sit, they jump, dance, cry, shout, whistle, talk, writte or pay atention. It not just a physical thing. I often hear people bad mouthing people 'race' and it is really a country thing even when phenotypically are the same.
In another hand a reviewer commented about another issue that I agree - it rub the wrong way that all the people tryng to solve or prevent the violence are white blondish male guys, and the violence come from 'foreigners'.
I think the film Il a déjà tes yeux made a much better work of this racist theme. I love the final poster in the adoptive agency.
February 10, 2020
The premise was interesting at first, but the story could have developed better if we had seen it progress through characters with more different opinions; those who had harsher reactions and we only saw them through dialogues and info dumps. Also till the very end, I expected the retrovirus to be the result of a very deliberate human agenda and the reveal that there was no conspiracy and the virus just happened to favor a certain race over others, weakened the plot even further.
July 8, 2018
'The Danes' with art and story by Clarke tells an interesting story about race and genetics and does it in a somewhat thriller based way.
When a very blonde baby is born to a Muslim immigrant family living in Copenhagen, it creates a stir amongst the married couple, but it's proven that she is faithful to her husband. When it starts happening on a wider and wider basis, it creates a crisis. The immunologists and geneticists label the weird outbreak 'the Danes.' A reporter tries to uncover the larger plot which ties in a young unemployed man and a pharmaceutical company. Could this be a racist plot?
I liked this story of race and the lengths that some will go to remove race. The story takes place now, and I liked the ending. The art is also good. This was a thought-provoking read.
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.
When a very blonde baby is born to a Muslim immigrant family living in Copenhagen, it creates a stir amongst the married couple, but it's proven that she is faithful to her husband. When it starts happening on a wider and wider basis, it creates a crisis. The immunologists and geneticists label the weird outbreak 'the Danes.' A reporter tries to uncover the larger plot which ties in a young unemployed man and a pharmaceutical company. Could this be a racist plot?
I liked this story of race and the lengths that some will go to remove race. The story takes place now, and I liked the ending. The art is also good. This was a thought-provoking read.
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.
August 1, 2018
A blonde, blue-eyed baby is born to a non-white family in Copenhagen. A DNA test proving parentage does little to stop accusations of infidelity. Shunned by her family and supported only in secret by her ishusband, Sorraya raises her child alone.
Soon, similar cases appear across Europe – thousands and thousands of apparently illegitimate children. Racial tensions rise as society grapples with ideas of culture and identity. There is a panicked scramble to search for a cause, or even a cure.
The Danes is set in Europe in the near future, and attempts to explore ideas around race and prejudice through very gentle sci-fi: only one small change has been made from the real world, and it’s a perfectly reasonable one. From that single small change, ramifications grow and things spiral outwards to affect the whole of Europe.
The Danes suffers from a lack of space; it’s only about a hundred pages long, and that’s not much space for a graphic novel to cover both the plot and the themes. As a result, it’s quite rushed, with big societal changes that would have taken a while to occur happening within pages of each other. Some plot points come out of nowhere because there wasn’t time or space to tease them in. I’m unconvinced, for example, that even if the mysterious births happened in the real world, that the immediate response from society would be riots, grounded flights and an attempt at a medical cure. I’m prepared to accept these as eventual consequences, with some build-up, but The Danes – again due to a lack of space – presents them as an almost instantaneous response.
The plot operates at two levels – there’s the larger, societal plot with riots and politics and medical science, and then the smaller plot of people trying to track down the people who might be able to explain what’s going on. I understand that both strands are necessary, because otherwise there’d be just themes with no narrative, or just actions with no point, but again, this suffers in the short space available. Character motivations are unclear because they get one speech bubble to explain quite complex intentions, and I found that a couple of similar-looking characters became a little snarled up in my head; the characterisation was rushed and so they never fully established themselves as distinct.
Race is a complicated theme, one that it’s very easy to get wrong, particularly when dealing with “what-if” scenarios. I can see what the author was trying to do, but I think it didn’t quite work here. The Danes examines the idea of race linking to identity, and explores how this would start to evolve if race became totally divorced from ancestry. I think that’s an interesting topic, and one well worth the exploration. However, when dealing with the idea of racial tension and essential humanity, I think it’s important to show that common nature, and The Danes didn’t do that quite as well as I think it needed to.
In the aftermath of the births, tension rises. The author wanted to show the disruptive effect this would have on people of all races. However, the choice to focus primarily on blonde children being born to Muslim parents causes some issues. I don’t think the author intended this at all, but the racial tension and violence shown is shown primarily in that community – it’s the Muslim population who riot, it’s ISIS who set the bombs. Meanwhile, it’s primarily white men who do the investigating, who solve the problems and remain calm.
Again, I don’t think the author intended this. I think the author attempted to take an even-handed look at race and culture, and there characters of different races on both sides, mentions made of the prejudice on both sides. There’s an argument to be made, as well, that art reflects society, and the most obvious link for modern readers is Islamic terrorism. However, if you’re going to write even semi-allegorically about race and culture, then you need to be so careful that you’re not accidentally reinforcing the idea of a civilised white society and a more violent other.
The key issue is one of impact. It’s a problem because of space, because of the complexity – it’s a perfectly understandable problem – but it is a problem. The Danes doesn’t hit as hard as it needs to, doesn’t sink home its points. You can see where it should, and it’s always trying to, but the messages never have quite the impact they should. Instead, key ideas are skated over in the rush for the next idea.
There are several things to praise about The Danes. It’s trying for a big, difficult, and important topic, and that is courageous. Whilst I have criticised the impression of race relations it gives, I must stress that it could have been far worse; it’s an unintentional issue in a book that does do a lot to present thorny issues well. However, I do think that the problem of space is a significant obstacle – with more room given to explore the ideas in more depth, I think The Danes would have been a lot stronger. Still, it is trying to tackle a complex issue, and it deserves credit for that.
Soon, similar cases appear across Europe – thousands and thousands of apparently illegitimate children. Racial tensions rise as society grapples with ideas of culture and identity. There is a panicked scramble to search for a cause, or even a cure.
The Danes is set in Europe in the near future, and attempts to explore ideas around race and prejudice through very gentle sci-fi: only one small change has been made from the real world, and it’s a perfectly reasonable one. From that single small change, ramifications grow and things spiral outwards to affect the whole of Europe.
The Danes suffers from a lack of space; it’s only about a hundred pages long, and that’s not much space for a graphic novel to cover both the plot and the themes. As a result, it’s quite rushed, with big societal changes that would have taken a while to occur happening within pages of each other. Some plot points come out of nowhere because there wasn’t time or space to tease them in. I’m unconvinced, for example, that even if the mysterious births happened in the real world, that the immediate response from society would be riots, grounded flights and an attempt at a medical cure. I’m prepared to accept these as eventual consequences, with some build-up, but The Danes – again due to a lack of space – presents them as an almost instantaneous response.
The plot operates at two levels – there’s the larger, societal plot with riots and politics and medical science, and then the smaller plot of people trying to track down the people who might be able to explain what’s going on. I understand that both strands are necessary, because otherwise there’d be just themes with no narrative, or just actions with no point, but again, this suffers in the short space available. Character motivations are unclear because they get one speech bubble to explain quite complex intentions, and I found that a couple of similar-looking characters became a little snarled up in my head; the characterisation was rushed and so they never fully established themselves as distinct.
Race is a complicated theme, one that it’s very easy to get wrong, particularly when dealing with “what-if” scenarios. I can see what the author was trying to do, but I think it didn’t quite work here. The Danes examines the idea of race linking to identity, and explores how this would start to evolve if race became totally divorced from ancestry. I think that’s an interesting topic, and one well worth the exploration. However, when dealing with the idea of racial tension and essential humanity, I think it’s important to show that common nature, and The Danes didn’t do that quite as well as I think it needed to.
In the aftermath of the births, tension rises. The author wanted to show the disruptive effect this would have on people of all races. However, the choice to focus primarily on blonde children being born to Muslim parents causes some issues. I don’t think the author intended this at all, but the racial tension and violence shown is shown primarily in that community – it’s the Muslim population who riot, it’s ISIS who set the bombs. Meanwhile, it’s primarily white men who do the investigating, who solve the problems and remain calm.
Again, I don’t think the author intended this. I think the author attempted to take an even-handed look at race and culture, and there characters of different races on both sides, mentions made of the prejudice on both sides. There’s an argument to be made, as well, that art reflects society, and the most obvious link for modern readers is Islamic terrorism. However, if you’re going to write even semi-allegorically about race and culture, then you need to be so careful that you’re not accidentally reinforcing the idea of a civilised white society and a more violent other.
The key issue is one of impact. It’s a problem because of space, because of the complexity – it’s a perfectly understandable problem – but it is a problem. The Danes doesn’t hit as hard as it needs to, doesn’t sink home its points. You can see where it should, and it’s always trying to, but the messages never have quite the impact they should. Instead, key ideas are skated over in the rush for the next idea.
There are several things to praise about The Danes. It’s trying for a big, difficult, and important topic, and that is courageous. Whilst I have criticised the impression of race relations it gives, I must stress that it could have been far worse; it’s an unintentional issue in a book that does do a lot to present thorny issues well. However, I do think that the problem of space is a significant obstacle – with more room given to explore the ideas in more depth, I think The Danes would have been a lot stronger. Still, it is trying to tackle a complex issue, and it deserves credit for that.
July 26, 2020
3.5 really.
The Danes is a comic that is about immigration and racism. What happens when immigrants, in particular black or brown skin immigrants give birth to babies who blonde haired and blue eyed?
This book explores that.
And it does it pretty well. The reactions of society to such a virus was believable done especially with the pandemic sweeping the world currently. The characters were believable, and by and large, non sterotypes; for instance Soraya's husband and Soraya herself (in general).
However, the heroes of the book, the main movers and shakers of the plot, the heroes are white men. I wanted the women to do more instead of just being understanding and accepting and traditional, even the one who said she wasn't traditional acted like a traditional female sterotype. Most of the comments about politics came from men with the woman just simply being "I love my baby". Which would happen, but we can have a bit more than that. Soraya, devout, isn't judgemental, which is a good thing, but that's as far as it goes.
The Danes is a comic that is about immigration and racism. What happens when immigrants, in particular black or brown skin immigrants give birth to babies who blonde haired and blue eyed?
This book explores that.
And it does it pretty well. The reactions of society to such a virus was believable done especially with the pandemic sweeping the world currently. The characters were believable, and by and large, non sterotypes; for instance Soraya's husband and Soraya herself (in general).
However, the heroes of the book, the main movers and shakers of the plot, the heroes are white men. I wanted the women to do more instead of just being understanding and accepting and traditional, even the one who said she wasn't traditional acted like a traditional female sterotype. Most of the comments about politics came from men with the woman just simply being "I love my baby". Which would happen, but we can have a bit more than that. Soraya, devout, isn't judgemental, which is a good thing, but that's as far as it goes.
July 21, 2020
The graphic novel "The Danes" is a piece of speculative fiction. It is mainly set in Copenhagen, Denmark, with mention of similar events happening in other Western European nations. The plot starts off with a young black, Muslim immigrant giving birth to a blond, blue-eyed baby girl. To protect her from her husband's family's wrath, the social worker from the hospital conducts a paternity test, and to the family's dismay the baby is, in fact, his. This seems to be the case with many babies born across Denmark and other European countries, and with racial, cultural, and political tensions raising because of it, this quickly becomes an issue in the European Union and a lot specialists become involved.
The premise of this graphic novel, along with its beautiful cover, is what drew me to it. It is very short ( about 100 pages) and action packed, and it held my attention enough to finish it in one sitting. The art was also very nice, which is always a plus for a graphic novel. So then why only 3 stars?
The problem with this graphic novel, in my opinion, is that it tries to convey too much in not enough pages. There are a lot of characters who play an important part in the story, but we don't get to spend enough time with them to get to know them and get to care about them. There are a lot of social issues themes that are very relevant to the world today, like refugees coming to the EU, cultural identity versus assimilation to the European culture, the pharmaceutical companies and the run for money over the well being of the people, and so many more, but neither receive enough attention. I think this would have packed a much heavier punch would it have been a series, where each story line received its own issue and got more in depth dialogue around these themes.
Despite all this though, I really enjoyed it and it definitely left some food for thought. It's a quick read with a good message ~ one that the world today may benefit from hearing.
The premise of this graphic novel, along with its beautiful cover, is what drew me to it. It is very short ( about 100 pages) and action packed, and it held my attention enough to finish it in one sitting. The art was also very nice, which is always a plus for a graphic novel. So then why only 3 stars?
The problem with this graphic novel, in my opinion, is that it tries to convey too much in not enough pages. There are a lot of characters who play an important part in the story, but we don't get to spend enough time with them to get to know them and get to care about them. There are a lot of social issues themes that are very relevant to the world today, like refugees coming to the EU, cultural identity versus assimilation to the European culture, the pharmaceutical companies and the run for money over the well being of the people, and so many more, but neither receive enough attention. I think this would have packed a much heavier punch would it have been a series, where each story line received its own issue and got more in depth dialogue around these themes.
Despite all this though, I really enjoyed it and it definitely left some food for thought. It's a quick read with a good message ~ one that the world today may benefit from hearing.
July 14, 2018
**3.5 stars**
First, I wanted to say that I LOVED the cover. It reminds me of a TIME magazine cover and felt very timely/relevant, especially with current debates around race, immigration, and refugees.
The plot of this was unique and intriguing. This book would be a good one for a discussion group--there's a lot to unpack here, including whether or not you "agree" with the end decision. A great subtle detail I want to point out: On pg. 26, there's a restaurant called "Royal Skin" (cough cough).
A criticism I have is that Martin and Jorgen were drawn kind of similarly, and I got them mixed up at a few points. The riot scene confused me for a while, because Jorgen just happened to be standing there and started talking to Kristen right after Martin walked away. I was also a bit unsure of how the virus got started. I assume it was intentional because of but it's never explicitly said.
As an American reader, the title didn't really resonate with me as much. A character remarks at one point that it's a callback to the Mohammad cartoon controversy, so maybe it would connect better with European readers.
I received a free digital copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
First, I wanted to say that I LOVED the cover. It reminds me of a TIME magazine cover and felt very timely/relevant, especially with current debates around race, immigration, and refugees.
The plot of this was unique and intriguing. This book would be a good one for a discussion group--there's a lot to unpack here, including whether or not you "agree" with the end decision. A great subtle detail I want to point out: On pg. 26, there's a restaurant called "Royal Skin" (cough cough).
A criticism I have is that Martin and Jorgen were drawn kind of similarly, and I got them mixed up at a few points. The riot scene confused me for a while, because Jorgen just happened to be standing there and started talking to Kristen right after Martin walked away. I was also a bit unsure of how the virus got started. I assume it was intentional because of but it's never explicitly said.
As an American reader, the title didn't really resonate with me as much. A character remarks at one point that it's a callback to the Mohammad cartoon controversy, so maybe it would connect better with European readers.
I received a free digital copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
July 12, 2018
After reading "The Danes" I was struck with the feeling that a virus could be something that could be viable in the future. I don't think it could control everything that it intended to do. I think that it would have people rioting in the streets if it were possible. Clarke set up his story so that all the people in it found out what it means to have their ethnicity changed. It's a story of fiction and I hope it stays that way. I think Clarke was very good at Illustrating his ideas and put a thought provoking story together which will make people think of their biases.
July 21, 2018
A socially-minded thriller, but one that doesn't quite hit enough nails on the head, and fails to give the relevant answers when needed. In Copenhagen people of colour are suddenly finding their children to be too Caucasian for their tastes, so do the obvious thing – take to the streets and riot. They riot about a conspiracy of Europeans to bleach immigrant culture (not proven), they riot because they can't go back home to protect their identity (which seemed to be a bit sudden to my mind, as if these children were instantly malleable teenagers and not babes-in-arms who should not face such influence anyway), and they riot, just because… The engine of the plot is the necessary search for patient zero in the case, for this is proven to be a virus and Big Pharma might get a vaccine to stop the bleaching effect.
The book is a bit too much of a melange – it tries to have high drama, and it tries to have heart, with a sappy romance between the guy that found the virus' potential in the first place and one of its early 'victims'. It tries to point out anti-white racism, but fails to get the target fully in sights. Several times the script feels as if we have jumped a page, and lost some telling detail. And as for comments about ''that ending'' – well, it's just one more aspect of the book that could have been hit home a lot more effectively (especially as I had to read the key scene twice to work out what the point being made was). All in all, a concerted effort to get important themes onto the page, but not a completely successful effort.
The book is a bit too much of a melange – it tries to have high drama, and it tries to have heart, with a sappy romance between the guy that found the virus' potential in the first place and one of its early 'victims'. It tries to point out anti-white racism, but fails to get the target fully in sights. Several times the script feels as if we have jumped a page, and lost some telling detail. And as for comments about ''that ending'' – well, it's just one more aspect of the book that could have been hit home a lot more effectively (especially as I had to read the key scene twice to work out what the point being made was). All in all, a concerted effort to get important themes onto the page, but not a completely successful effort.
August 11, 2018
It is not far fetched to imagine a world where a retrovirus in pregnant women might produce blond, blue eyed babies even when parents are ethnically different. It is also not far fetched to imagine that the outward appearance, rather than the paternity test markers would cause ethnic unrest, disbelief, racism and chaos. Nor is it implausible that the pharmaceutical companies would race to try and create a vaccine for such retrovirus.
This story does a realistic job of imagining such a scenario, clearly playing out the stakeholders and balancing the unrest and corruption with a human story of love and family.
This story does a realistic job of imagining such a scenario, clearly playing out the stakeholders and balancing the unrest and corruption with a human story of love and family.
November 17, 2020
Goed getekende "graphic novel" met een interessant uitgangspunt: wat indien er een virus rondgaat waardoor nieuw geboren baby's wel nog de genen van hun ouders hebben (dus qua DNA onmiskenbaar rechtstreeks verwant zijn) maar niet meer dezelfde huidskleur hebben? En zwarte koppels dus witte kinderen krijgen en omgekeerd? Hoe reageren families, maar ook politici? In het verhaal wordt gefocust op gekleurde koppels die witte kinderen krijgen, het zou minstens even interessant geweest zijn om dat mechanisme om te draaien. Goed verhaal maar er zat meer in.
August 2, 2018
Thanks Netgalley for the ARC. This well drawn and well written graphic novel draws you in from the first panel and holds your attention to the end. It is a great blend of science (fiction?) and thriller. I really recommend this one.
August 9, 2021
OMG what the heck? What was UP with the ending to this? It explained NOTHING, resolved NOTHING and made no sense whatsoever! Sometimes I wonder about some of the Europe Comics, if maybe they just have terrible translators or they are just this bad in their original languages!
don-t-wanna-read
September 25, 2020Dnf
October 11, 2021
so confused? what was the point of this book? help
Read
March 2, 2022Murky plot, wouldn’t recommend
May 31, 2022
Une histoire intéressante que j'aurais sans doute davantage apprécié à un autre moment, étant donné le sujet (Une épidémie).
January 31, 2023
Cette bd ne fait AUCUN sens . Schlecht 👎🏼
November 12, 2025
3,5 ⭐️
November 16, 2025
Desværre en meget tynd historie som aldrig blivet til någet, den blonde epidemi.
November 16, 2020
I wanted to read "The Danes" because a) it is set in my home country Denmark and my current home town Copenhagen, and b) it has a really interesting concept - immigrant women suddenly give birth to blonde, blue-eyed children. For the most part, "The Danes" deliver. Clarke's drawings are very realistic and filmic, but also a bit minimalistic. I especially loved how he captured Copenhagen on paper and how he creates drama by having two scenes occur simultaneously on the same page or just by switching between panels of people looking tensely at one another. The story is a nice political thriller, and how everyone reacts feels very true to the political climate in Europe today. Reading this comic almost feels like reading a film. However, I have some issues with "The Danes". I didn't really feel like people talked like real people would. Maybe it was because I read the Danish translation, but everyone just phrased things a little odd once in a while. I also felt that some puzzles were missing once in a while. One of the main characters, Martin, suddenly becomes very important to why children are suddenly born blonde, but I had to backtrack a little to remember why. There are also a couple of other moments where I went: "Wait, how did they know that?" or "Why did that just happen?" However, "The Danes" is a pretty good thriller with a lot of interesting things to say about European politics, race, and majory-minority relations in Denmark and Europe. Check this one out!
April 6, 2019
Clarke alias Frédéric Seron est liégeois. C'est le scénariste et dessinateur entre autres de Mélusine et Mister Président. Il nous arrive avec ce "one shot" "Les Danois".
Sorraya vient d'accoucher. Elle et son mari sont d'origine arabes, leur enfant est blanc, blond et a les yeux bleus. Après un test de paternité, aucun doute, il s'agit bien de leur enfant.
Kirsten est danoise, elle met également au monde un enfant blanc, blond aux yeux bleus. C'est étrange car il s'agit d'un enfant adultérin et le père est Mauritanien.
Ces deux femmes se rencontreront par hasard et uniront leurs forces pour protéger leur enfant.
Bruxelles, mai 2018, un rapport fait état de 830 familles issues de l'immigration ayant un enfant blanc, blond aux yeux bleus. Plus de doute, un virus est en marche...
Une idée de scénario très intéressante.
On s'interroge sur la disparition des ethnies, de l'évolution de la génétique, la récupération politique. Des familles se déchirent, des migrants veulent rentrer dans leur pays d'origine et l'on ferme les frontières. On s'interroge aussi sur la façon dont la presse s'empare de l'info, de la chasse aux vaccins et du rôle et du lobbying des entreprises pharmaceutiques.
On suivra essentiellement trois personnages durant cette période et leur vision des choses. Une belle idée, un beau graphisme.
Très réussi pour ma part.
Ma note : 8.5/10
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July 2, 2020
So, this book had me fired up for about a good 90% of it.
When babies all over the world start being born outside of their parents ethnic group D.N.A, people everywhere start losing there minds! The story mainly follows two woman who are cast out of their homes after giving birth to blonde babies that look nothing like them or their spouses. I think this was around the time where I got really fired up because it ties into what I learning in my anthropology class right now. Genetically speaking, race doesn't exist but it's culture that puts a heavy emphasis on it. What happens when people's ethnic group is taken away? They go absolutely insane and it was a joy to read.
I really liked reading about the struggle these two woman face in a world that is against them but I wasn't too entertained by the investigation part of the book. Scientist and a reporter are trying to solve the mystery behind this crisis and it was interesting at first but soon I found myself skimming those scenes. I'm just not much a thriller type of reader.
Over all, the story was entertaining, thought-provoking (THAT ENDING), and the art was good.
My first Netgalley review! Yay!
ℹ Disclosure:
I received an arc copy of this book from Europe Comics via NetGalley and I’m reviewing it voluntarily.
When babies all over the world start being born outside of their parents ethnic group D.N.A, people everywhere start losing there minds! The story mainly follows two woman who are cast out of their homes after giving birth to blonde babies that look nothing like them or their spouses. I think this was around the time where I got really fired up because it ties into what I learning in my anthropology class right now. Genetically speaking, race doesn't exist but it's culture that puts a heavy emphasis on it. What happens when people's ethnic group is taken away? They go absolutely insane and it was a joy to read.
I really liked reading about the struggle these two woman face in a world that is against them but I wasn't too entertained by the investigation part of the book. Scientist and a reporter are trying to solve the mystery behind this crisis and it was interesting at first but soon I found myself skimming those scenes. I'm just not much a thriller type of reader.
Over all, the story was entertaining, thought-provoking (THAT ENDING), and the art was good.
My first Netgalley review! Yay!
ℹ Disclosure:
I received an arc copy of this book from Europe Comics via NetGalley and I’m reviewing it voluntarily.
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