Sara

Ever been gut-punched in the best possible way? If not, then read this.

Sara has consumed my life. I thought it was a hyperfixation when I first read it in 2021. Turns out it's a special interest. Even 3 years on, I still have a physical emotional reaction to it.

It features Sara and the six other members of her unit, with badass action scenes interspersed with emotional moments and an ending that threw me for a loop- again, in the best possible way. The chemistry in the unit is very believable, especially between Sara and 'Rina. The comic doesn't shy away from depicting moral grayness in its protagonists, either - one of the unit tortures Nazis for information, while Sara herself traps enemy corpses with grenades.

I borrowed this graphic novel from my father, and I've just ordered my own copy.
I'm torn between going to everyone and going "JUST READ IT" and keeping it to myself.

So. Read it or don't read it, it's your choice, but the only reason I'd regret reading this is because of the way it has consumed my daydreams.

If you like graphic novels about WW2, especially from the Russian side's POV, get this.

...when writing about war, that is. A few other things of his have not passed muster for me, but generally he's as solid as Burt Lancaster's chin.Every form of art has, within its mysteries, magical methods, that work in unique ways upon each of us who are ensorceled by the charms of any given work — at times, trying to explain what it is that moves one about a film or painting, a song, or short story, is as hopeless as describing the feeling of first love — you could talk until the stars come falling from the sky, and still be left wordlessly waving your hands at the thing in questions, as if to say: ‘This, this, don’t you SEE?!’Which is precisely how I felt about Sara. It shook me right down to the very marrow of my bones. I work from home, make my own schedule, and have an enormous amount of time to read — I generally get about 250 books read each year, about half of which are graphic novels, and this is probably the finest thing I read in 2019, and maybe even for the year or even two before that. The power of the art, from line to inking to coloring, sharp writing, originality of the plot…truly wonderful stuff. One of those books that I wish I could get everyone I know to read, in the way that some movies, or TV shows, are seen by almost everyone you know, and thus can be talked about by nearly everyone you know.Perhaps someday comics will get to that point — highly unlikely, but I’ve been a dreamer since I was a kid, I see no reason to stop now.