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Saison des Roses

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- On nous prend pas au sérieux nous les meufs. Des fois je me dis que ce serait plus simple si j'avais des couilles.
- C'est pour ça que tu t'habilles comme un mec.
- Arrête on dirait ma mère !
- T'façon même en talons tu serais pas plus féminine...
- Une gazelle, ça court pas en talons.

240 pages, Hardcover

First published May 16, 2019

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Profile Image for Alexander Peterhans.
Author 2 books301 followers
March 8, 2025

Interesting to read a book from Fantagraphics that more or less moves into YA territory, albeit in a realistic, grounded manner, and there is a kind of romance substory.

The story involves a girls' football team (a soccer team, for Americans), the Rosigny Roses, in a Paris banlieu. The club also has a boys' football team, and sadly they are getting more attention and money from the club's managers, implying that the boys are better footballers.

So a story follows about trying to prove that the girls are ready to enter championshops just as much as the boys, while the main character, the captain of the Rosigny Roses, Barbara, has a mother who is worried about how much time all this football will take away from her schoolwork. And then she falls in love with one of the boys from the other team..

The book is beautifully drawn, with felt-tip pens, very colourful. Some lovely depictions of football, and I don't even really like football (I know, bad European!).

Wonderful, for young and older readers.

(Thanks to Fantagraphics Books for providing me with an ARC through NetGalley)





Profile Image for Urbon Adamsson.
1,982 reviews102 followers
September 14, 2024
I enjoyed this read. It's pleasant and lighthearted.

The setting evokes a traditional England, perhaps reminiscent of Liverpool, Manchester, or Leeds.

The main character, Barbara, is the captain of a local women's football team determined to seek justice after being wronged by the club they play for. In a way, it's a gentle of gender, given that the men get a more premium support by the same club.

Alongside this, there are personal, family, and professional relationships, as well as romantic entanglements.

The illustrations work well, adding great energy to the story.

It's an easy and enjoyable read—perfect for those days when you just want something comforting without too much mental effort.
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200 reviews26 followers
February 17, 2024
Une BD sur le foot féminin et pas une seule lesbienne à l’horizon??? i was ROBBED !!!!
Et en gros j’ai pas aimé l’histoire, les dialogues, les personnages etc : j’ai pas passé un bon moment mais j’ai lu jusqu’au bout par respect
Profile Image for Mélanie.
915 reviews185 followers
August 18, 2019
Portrait d'une équipe féminine qui se bat pour faire entendre sa voix, et son talent certain, au milieu d'un univers machiste tel qu'est le football. D'actualité et très bien narré.
Profile Image for Marie Albert.
Author 2 books79 followers
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March 9, 2024
Une histoire féministe un peu trop hétéro 😬
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120 reviews15 followers
January 21, 2024
J'ai adoré le dessin au feutre et les couleurs vives et plus encore l'histoire simple mais qui se suffit à elle-même en faisant le récit d'une incroyable injustice sexiste et j'ai la haine de ce qu'on fait aux femmes, à leurs passions et à leurs ambitions.
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128 reviews41 followers
March 24, 2025
The story follows a girl's soccer team as they compete against the boy's team for a spot at the championship.

The art style of this graphic novel is so charming! It looks like it's drawn with marker and it adds such a childlikeness to it! While the story mainly focuses on Barbara as she tries to achieve her goal of winning a championship before graduating high school it does a great job of showing the friendship between the girls. Overall I enjoyed this graphic novel and recommend it for anyone looking for a unique read!

Review to come! Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!
Profile Image for Lune.
292 reviews59 followers
October 2, 2024
j'ai chialé mais genre... ugly cry. après mes règles y sont sans doute pour quelque chose, mais c'était intense et beau !
197 reviews1 follower
December 9, 2021
J ai bien aimé le thème. Mais le phrasé, les dialogues en mode « je suis de la cité » c’ est au dessus de mes forces … Berk
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581 reviews11 followers
May 10, 2022
Mais um livro juvenil giro para miúdos e miúdas que encontro nos meus périplos pelas bibliotecas de Lisboa! :)
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738 reviews11 followers
January 27, 2022
Je ne connais rien au foot, je ne le suis pas, je ne l'aime pas. Et pourtant, cette BD je l'ai lue d'un trait. 'Saison des roses' m'a tout de suite entraînée avec ses couleurs, ses dessins sinueux et une façon de raconter très directe, sans narration, juste des dialogues juxtaposés qui vont droit au bout. Coup de coeur !
Profile Image for Rafaela Perpétua.
250 reviews18 followers
May 28, 2023
ok. deixem-me hibernar até a planeta tangerina lançar outro livro da coleção “dois passos e um salto”. terminei esta coleção que se tornou favorita da vida! não há um livro que não valha a pena.

este último livro da coleção não tem o meu enredo favorito, mas achei o tema abordado muito interessante e a arte deliciosa! tantas cores vivas que temos aqui que até dá vontade de o comer. lembram-me gomas, vá-se lá entender 😅

em “a época das rosas”, da autora e ilustradora parisiense chloé wary, conhecemos a equipa fantástica de futebol feminino “rosas de rosigny” e a sua capitã barbara. mas surge um problema: antes de terem a oportunidade de ser qualificarem para o campeonato nacional feminino, a diretora do clube decide retira-las da qualificação para apostar tudo na equipa masculina. previsível, não é?

futebol é para homens, claro que têm prioridade, independentemente do quão boa é a equipa feminina.

as “rosas de rosigny” ficam frustradas com toda a situação, mas bárbara não desiste. e apesar de todas as preocupações, da mãe distante, da sua falta de apoio, das dúvidas que surgem – até porque, não deveriam os estudos ser a sua prioridade? –, do flerte entre ela e o capitão da equipa masculina, ela tenta lutar pela sua equipa e pelo seu sonho.

mais um livro que nos traz diversidade, por isso, mais um livro que recomendo 🫶🏼
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345 reviews554 followers
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March 6, 2021
Prémio do Público do Festival Internacional Angoulême de Banda Desenhada (2020)
RESUMO:
O título pode remeter para a primavera ou para um cenário bucólico. A ilustração da capa diz-nos o contrário. As Rosas são a equipa juvenil feminina de um bairro de subúrbio. As Rosas são raparigas que lutam até ao fim por um reconhecimento merecido e um justíssimo lugar no campeonato nacional. Bárbara, a sua líder e protagonista luta contra o mundo, contra a direção do clube, contra a mãe, contra o rapaz com quem se envolve. Luta como se não houvesse outro caminho, mesmo quando talvez haja. Porém, quando a desilusão parece vergá-la, é de casa que vem o apoio e a motivação para não baixar os braços.
[Resumo da responsabilidade do Plano Nacional de Leitura 2027]

ISBN:
978-989-8145-30-7
CDU:
087.5-053.6
821.133.1-31(084.11)

Livro recomendado PNL2027 - Banda desenhada - dos 12-14 anos - dos 15-18 anos - maiores 18 anos - Mediana - Fluente
Profile Image for Margarida Galante.
468 reviews42 followers
August 31, 2020
Uma equipa feminina no universo masculino do futebol. A luta das miúdas para não serem preteridas pelo clube quando é necessário escolher apenas uma equipa a apoiar.
Gostei muito das ilustrações com uma pintura que remete para a pintura infantil a caneta de feltro. Quanto ao conteúdo, achei que algumas vertentes poderiam ter sido um pouco mais desenvolvidas.
Ainda assim, gostei muito do livro no seu todo.
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171 reviews4 followers
March 6, 2022
El que tiene el arte de crear y de contar historias, lo tiene independientemente de los medios que utilice para hacerlo. Y por eso estoy aquí dandole cuatro estrellas a un cómic pintado con rotuladores. Muy recomendable.
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267 reviews2 followers
September 5, 2025
Amazing gorgeous marker illustrations. Girls’ soccer in fiction makes me wish i loved real-life soccer. I haven’t played since i was like 8 and i would pick dandelions instead of paying attention to the ball
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159 reviews1 follower
December 15, 2025
très bien, le dessin au feutre est trop beau, j'ai vu d'autres revues dire trop hétéro et je suis d'accord, mais c'est quand même bien
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1,245 reviews3 followers
February 17, 2022
Posso começar por dizer que apesar da arte não ser nada do meu agrado, eu adorei a direcção da arte e toda a novela gráfica! Admito que tem cenas de sexo entre jovens, e embora não seja o que goste de ler, acredito que seja a realidade actual.
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Profile Image for Léa Stoltz.
19 reviews
July 20, 2025
fan des dessins au feutre! histoire chouette! je veux faire du foot en club..
Profile Image for Xabier Cid.
Author 3 books35 followers
January 22, 2022
Despite the colourful, expressive, distinctive, briliant style, the story creates more expectations than emotions. A perhaps too simplistic conflict to start with, and a quick, clumsy way to solve it for clearly too many pages. I did enjoy the reading mostly because of the characteristic illustrations, and yet the overall experience was quite a disappointment. Looking only at the story's perspective, the last few pages made me feel insulted. Besides, understanding and respecting the fact that there is a need for a man-woman conflict (and therefore we need a man in this plot, perhaps the most interesting character), the lack of lesbian references and expressions (how can a graphic novel on women's football being so straight!) is shocking. By the way, its translation, by Lucía Bermúdez Carballo, is b*****y amazing.
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145 reviews5 followers
July 23, 2020
J.ai pas vraiment aimé mais le travail graphique est super genial et c.est une histoire, malheureusement trop courante et realiste, qui merite vriment vriment d.etre racontée. Cette histoire s.ancre vraiment dans notre reel, je suis sure que ce genre d.histoire arrive tout le temps. Encore une relation toxique entre un homme et une femme ou l.homme se comporte comme un connard malheureusement. Ca peut paraitre des petites choses mais ca detruit les femmes sur le long terme et de maniere systemique
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134 reviews29 followers
April 11, 2021
Une BD sur le foot féminin et sa difficulté à arriver au niveau des masculins en terme de mise en avant, de sponsors, de visibilité (et pas de niveau !). Une réalité très dure à combattre mais dont il faut prendre conscience.
23 reviews9 followers
September 4, 2019
It's a nice story however an important part of the story is left untold - that of the main character's mother. It would have been nice if the mother figure had been explored a little more.
Profile Image for Hugo Gonçalves.
63 reviews
December 2, 2020
Este livro foi-me oferecido pela Cláudia ( No youtube e instagram como “A mulher que ama livros”), ao qual estou super agradecido.

Resolvi dar as cinco estrelas porque a meu ver, a mensagem foi passada na perfeição.

Trata-se então de uma equipa feminina de futebol, que traina arduamente para participar no campeonato. Nessa altura, ficamos a conhecer um pouco mais da equipa e claro, da personagem principal, team líder, a Bárbara.

A Bárbara é aquela nossa amiga que manda cagar os saltos altos, basicamente. Uma pessoa prática e com uma personalidade muito forte, é partilhado connosco a sua relação com a mãe (que para mim, foi top e já explico o porquê) e a visão e opinião da mesma sobre o facto de a filha jogar futebol.

Adorei esta parte da história por retratar tão bem a minha situação com os meus pais. Quando a Bárbara conta que marcou quatro golos, a mãe responde com, “Está bem, cuidado com os papéis (onde ela tinha a mão pousada”. Com os meus pais, sabendo que não é por mal claro, quando estamos a mesa e pretendo mostrar algo ou falo de algo, sou sempre interrompido pelos mesmos e a minha conversa fica ali. Ficando o meu irmão mais novo a consolar-me nesses momentos, ao qual ele diz sempre, “mais uma vez, ficaste no vácuo”. 😪😅 oh well..

Percebemos que existe uma rivalidade (saudável) entre a equipa feminina e a masculina, pois só uma pode competir. Acontece que o clube apenas pretende apostar numa equipa e tudo começa a ficar sério a partir daqui.

O livro mostra-nos o porquê de ser importante, a existência do feminismo, através de algo tão simples como uma equipa de futebol de um bairro.

O fim foi a cereja no topo do bolo.
Se me deixou um pouco vazio e triste, deixou.
Se trocaria por algo mais risonho? Não. Acredito que este vazio, frustração e raiva, muita raiva, que as mulheres poderão sofrer neste tipo de situações, tenha de ser partilhado, de forma a despertar e mudar visões muito erradas.
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203 reviews7 followers
November 12, 2025
Rossigny, ville fictive d'une banlieue parisienne dans l'âme. Barbara est passionnée par le foot, elle ne vit que pour son sport et son équipe dont elle est capitaine, au grand dam de sa mère qui s'inquiète de son futur (les études, les études...). Son rêve est d'emmener l'équipe en national, rêve qui plus que jamais lui chatouille le bout des doigts. Les Roses de Rossigny font une excellente saison et sont en passe de se qualifier.

Mais voilà. Le foot féminin, ça n'intéresse personne, pas vrai ? Les filles, ça ne jouera jamais aussi bien que des garçons, parce que le foot c'est avant tout un sport de mecs.
La directrice du club vient de décider de mettre fin à la saison des Roses avant même qu'elle n'est réellement commencée, car l'équipe masculine vient de parvenir à se qualifier et que le budget manque pour envoyer les deux équipes en national.

Les Roses vont devoir donner le meilleur d'elles-mêmes pour prouver, sans cesse prouver, qu'elles sont aussi méritantes (voir plus). Mais cela suffira-t-il ?

Saison des Roses touche à beaucoup de thématiques : la place du sport dans les banlieues, potentiel ascenseur social pour ces jeunes défavorisés par un hasard existentiel, bien sûr, les premiers émois adolescents pour des gens pas forcément bons pour nous, également, mais aussi et surtout l'injustice fondamentale dans le monde du sport féminin, gangréné par le sexisme qui dit son nom, justifié par le cynisme économique et l'immobilisme de ceux qui profitent de ce système sans chercher à faire bouger les choses.

Bref, ça remonte un peu comme un coucou, parce que c'est révoltant et pourtant d'une banalité folle.

La BD est vraiment très forte, et le seul point d'ombre pour moi est la couleur au feutre. Cette technique se retrouve pas mal chez un certain nombre d'auteurs indé, et j'ai vraiment du mal.
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27 reviews1 follower
March 24, 2025
I really enjoyed it and as someone living in Australia it felt like I was reading about the Matildas!! (No joke the Matilda effect is so real here and as a girlie heading into sport in my mid 20s I am obsessed.)

Soccer is so sick and women's sport is very rad. It was very fun and sweet to read a comic about both! I'd say this is definitely a special one for all the young girls growing up who face gender inequality in sports.

While we don't delve much into the other characters, it was awesome to see the diversity of the characters. (Hate Chantal though.) I really appreciated seeing the different types of relationships that Barbara has with the various people in her life which is so real. We see the rocky-ness with her mother, the will it-won't it with Bilal, the connection with her coach and the joy and camaraderie with her teammates.

While there is variety to the panelling, I would have loved to see way more creative use of space. Especially as I grew up on graphic novels, I want to see the characters being part of the negative space and interacting with the panel boxes. Sometimes the action sequences were rather hard to follow as each panel felt very still and didn't necessarily flow or indicate movement.

Regardless this is a special and important story for the young ladies in sports to read!!! This is your gentle reminder that sports is so amazing and you should join a team even casually or recreationally and back the women's' teams!

Thank you to NetGalley and Fantagraphics Books for providing me with the eARC and the opportunity to read and provide an honest review!
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539 reviews53 followers
March 14, 2025
Soccer is Barbara’s passion. As team captain she is so excited that her high school team the Rosigny Roses have qualified after two years to make it to the nationals. However, the club president has pulled the plug. The Roses play second fiddle to the boys team as they are made a priority to go to the nationals forcing the girls team to forfeit. This infuriates Barbara as it is a blatant example of gender bias in sports. Barbara and her team find loopholes and workarounds to play in the championship with minimum support from Barbara’s mother and boyfriend.

I was not crazy about the art style nor the color. The color was extremely bold and very in your face. There were red splotches across the girls’ cheeks where to indicate blushing or anger but looked very awkward and misplaced. What’s up with that? It’s as if someone took a broad paint brush and splashed paint across their cheeks, not an attractive look.

This was a French to English translated story. As a basketball fan, I had the impression it was basketball themed (my mistake) but it turned out to be a soccer story, which would appeal to wider audiences. I enjoyed the story just fine, but just didn’t care for the overall design.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a review copy.
254 reviews6 followers
September 24, 2023
Bastante chulo y necesario en tiempos en los que el fútbol femenino lo está petando, a pesar del circo montado por cierto entrenador deportivo.

La obra (¡cuya principal fantasía radica en el hecho de estar íntegramente coloreada con rotuladores!) en un retrato de los suburbios de alguna localidad francesa.

Me gusta porque es simple, e incluso me ha hecho aprender términos futbolísticos (supongo que básicos) tales como "fuera de juego", entre otros que YA he olvidado.

Me da un poco de vergüenza ajena la jerga MLDR de los chavales, y el entrenador me da un poco de angustia, pese a sus "buenas" intenciones. No deja de ejercer tampoco una relación de poder y excesiva cercanía con la protagonista, no sé, llámame exagerado.

Especial mención al señor del kebab, donde festejan con exquisitos durums sus victorias futbolísticas.

Como conclusión final yo se lo recomendaría a las chavalas jóvenes que están empezando a jugar al fútbol y que tienen a referentes como la selección femenina. Las chicas que veo practicar fútbol en el polideportivo, así como los chicos que practican patinaje, son mis verdaderos ídolos.
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3,545 reviews38 followers
May 25, 2025
Barbara, captain of the Rosigny Roses U19 girls football club, fights to keep the team alive after the club decides to divert their limited resources towards funding the men's team. Fiery and passionate about football, Barbara proposes a "winner-takes-all" match between the men's and women's team to decide the fate of the Roses season. A sports-centered story featuring a young woman's ambitions and dreams, Season of the Roses is a pleasant, charming time. The story does read a little like YA - fairly unconventional output what this publisher usually seeks out from foreign imports, but the story is solidly entertaining and never campy. Chloé Wary's vibrant felt-tip marker based artwork is gorgeous and soothing, capturing both the soccer action well along with the quieter, contemplative moments as well. There's a lot of loose paneling and great use of the negative space to capture some kinetic compositions, but Wary also doesn't shy away from more denser pages either. It's a great looking book, with an entertaining coming-of-age story to drive the artwork.
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