Frédéric Brrémaud

A graphic novel without words, that depicts a day in the life of a tiger. They hunt for a meal, avoid animals that could hurt them, and are observed by other residents of the jungle.

The illustrations here are absolutely stunning, down to every leaf and raindrop. The movement of the animals is captured perfectly. The “facial expressions” are a bit exaggerated but that’s necessary for a comic. However, the story is not great. This must be an especially stupid tiger because they spend a show more lot of time chasing (and missing) one tapir, and then kill a leopard that attacks them but don’t bother to eat any of it, then can’t manage to avoid a lusty elephant that they could have heard coming from a mile away. In the end they eat a human, which tigers only do when they are very desperate. Why was this tiger so desperate when it didn’t eat an already-dead leopard? It doesn’t make much sense. This book was originally published in French and it’s not stated who translated the few sentences of writing at the beginning, explaining why the series is called “love”, but they don’t make any sense. It was beautiful to look at and I’m not mad I read it, but I don’t think I’ll continue with the other 3 books in the series. show less

A gorgeous book with a lovely story. The translation is a bit clunky at times, in that typical French-to-English kind of way where some lines seem abrupt and others unnaturally expository, with the 'wrong' things being between the lines and the 'wrong' things spelled out. But even so, the narrative comes together beautifully, as the plot at its heart is both simple and engaging. The conclusion felt sufficiently telegraphed to not be out of nowhere, and yet was presented in such a way as for show more the reveal to still be quite moving. All of this is aided immeasurably by the brilliant, beautiful artwork, which makes every single page and panel a treat. show less

I liked the first book in this series, the Tiger, very much, but the story in this one was even better. We get to follow a fox and several other animals during a volcano eruption. It's a game of survival; it doesn't matter if you are big and strong like a bear, there is always something bigger than you that want to eat you and the volcano itself consume everything in its way. It's an absolutely fantastic story, no dialog or any text except the short text before and after the story. And, the show more art is marvelous. It's just so breathtakingly beautiful.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! show less

Masterfully told with no words and beautiful illustrations. Let me tell you now, the dog goes THROUGH IT in this story. Doggy was fighting for his life every page. Also, shout out to the adorable platypus babies.

I was fully expecting the dog to die, but he surprisingly it lived.