I enjoyed the themes and messages here, I'd love for the struggles to conceive to be more openly talked about, but it felt rushed and too fast. I wish it was a little more contemplative, had a bit more story. But I did enjoy it and many of the illustrations were really pretty.

‘’Sometimes we drown drinking in the sea. A sea as red as a heart that’s stopped beating. We look up from an underwater crossroads - return to the surface or let go.’’A young woman is trying to have a baby. Things don’t go as she planned, her wife is her rock, her loyal supporter, her hope. But she cannot chase away the nightmares that have been hunting our narrator, the images of a lone boat, the images of drowning. Of suicide. When tragedy strikes, the couple will need each other more than ev

An achingly beautiful and of course sad story of Chabbert's miscarriage and (emotional) recovery with the help of her so sweet wife. Waves function as metaphor on various levels throughout, with pastel watercolors. Very few medical details are shared, as the focus is on the emotional sea they both sail on, waves of grief and recovery. Many wordless panels and wave-y clouds and dreams of waves, and wavey hair in the wind and wavey dog tails. Another reason for few details is so that readers, mayb...

When you are a lesbian, it is a little harder to conceive, and much more expensive. Trust me, I know all about this. I've been there, done that, have the kid to prove it.So, this very moving story, based on the authors attempts to become a parent, cut to the bone, probably more so for me, than those out there who have not had to go through what she went through to try to become a parent.The pictures are moving as well. I was deeply touched by this story. Death of anyone is hard to take, but to l...

Content warnings for miscarriage, loss of child, infertility, depressionBased on the author's personal experiences with her partner, Waves follows a couple trying to have a baby, and the ways they are forced to find healing afterwards.I don't know what I was thinking requesting an eARC of this graphic novel.It was beautiful, and tragic, and so honest, and well-done... and one of the most miserable things I've ever read. I couldn't stop sobbing. Waves is brutal and, despite how great of a graphic...

Waves is a heartbreaking and simultaneously hopeful graphic novel, that gives those who haven't experienced anything like this just a small glimpse into what it must feel like, and those who have, some hope and the feeling of not being alone.The art is absolutely breathtaking. It especially portrays the emotions incredibly well and is what makes it so easy to understand what and how the characters are feeling. I don't think there is a way to express this pain in words and that is what really mak...

| Reader Fox Blog | A children's book author, Ingrid Chabbert sets off to share the painful story of sharing her struggles with her inability to have a child and the loss of one via miscarriage in graphic novel format. A short, though not entirely sweet due to the sad nature of the story, the novel begins with a young woman and her wife as they embark on the journey to have a child together and face a number of struggles, many of which lead to the unending challenge of facing the days ahead

I admire the painful story of loss and recovery at the center of this book, especially since it is told from the perspective of a lesbian couple, an angle I have not seen before. However, the dream and fantasy sequences, writing samples from the protagonist’s journal, and heavy-handed metaphors just sank this book into a sea of pretentiousness. It also suffered in comparison to the unadorned and moving style of the graphic memoir I had read earlier the same day: Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Pos...

Waves is a heartbreaking, profound and beautiful graphic novel. The story is a simple one, an event repeated time after time throughout the world. A long awaited pregnancy brings hope and happiness to a young couple. What follows is reflected in the first few desolate scenes when a young woman and her wife come to terms with their tragic loss. The artwork is vivid, the colours reflective of the emotions of the moms and how they come to terms with the loss of their child. I don’t remember when I...

"Think of yourself as dung beetles [...] Dung beetles lug their ball of dung around...we all have our own ball of dung to lug around. We're all dung beetles, in our own way."This graphic novel is absolutely beautiful. Not only is the art stunning and well made but the story itself is so raw and heartbreaking. It fills me both with warmth and sadness. Ingrid Chabbert tells us the story of a lesbian couple who finally gets pregnant after a long time trying. But things doesn't go as planned and bec...

Waves was a beautifully poignant story based on the author's real life experience of dealing with miscarriage/s. This book was painfully raw at times and made me pretty emotional. Whilst I have never been pregnant, I can only imagine the absolute devastation the two women in this book must have felt, alongside guilt, frustration, anger and hope that eventually they will have a child. The story was pretty muted throughout - there wasn't a tonne of dialogue - but I thought this worked really well

WAVESIngrid ChabbertWOW, I am really stuck on conception today! The title, "WAVES" is indicative of the ups and downs faced in real life. The story's modern couple struggles to conceive a child and then after an explosion of joy, there is the unexpected drop when the wife loses the baby. One thing I noted was that even in this book the partner's emotions were slightly ignored when the wife miscarried. The graphic novel seems to be a great way to express so much of the couple's pain without using...

LGBTQIAP representation, heartwarming illustrations, supportive partners, amazing storytelling.A difficult read for me as it handles issues which I get to see some patients struggle with the most during most days. It's accurately presented. I liked how such difficult topics have been presented with sensitivity and care.Also, appreciate the parts where therapy sessions have been shown (though I wish it was more elaborate) and how the process of journalling was actually helping the character to co...

A devastating yet profound portrait of grief and healing about a queer woman's journey following a miscarriage.

Okay so I'm going to get a bit personal on here. A few years back my wife miscarriage with our first child. It was probably one of the biggest challenges in our lives. Both together and dealing with our own loss. I shut myself away from her and just about everyone, and she went into depression. It took a long time, and many other stumbles, before we got back up. But it was one of the hardest points in our lives. Waves is about two ladies who finally get pregnant and are ready to create the famil...

Waves is one of the most well put together comic that will make you dive into emotions through the changing color schemes and through the amazingly portrayed characters. It revolves around a woman who loses her child in a miscarriage and finds herself amidst a dark thought process--almost like she's drowning and that's depicted in a few illustrations parallel to the main storyline. It's a story about her finding her own smile again, of finding her inner writer, of finding herself and all this wh...