Beautiful illustrations and timely subject. Sparse. I am a little conflicted, I feel the sparseness was both good and bad. Good because it allowed for the reader to draw a lot of their own conclusions... however I would have preferred the characters be more fleshed and we could get to know the characters a bit better. I liked that the ending was honest.

Note that both creators are European men.

This sparsely worded graphic novel looks at young Syrian refugee Amina. As her overfull boat capsizes and she begins to sink into the sea, Amina remembers her life in Syria that led up to her present circumstances. Her parents struggled to put food on the table, as money grew tight and the city crumbled around them. Amina's mother told her to always remember Zenobia, the bygone Syrian empress who showed that women are capable of great things, and it is Zenobia who Amina's thoughts turn to in the swirling ocean.

Zenobia paints a heart-breaking picture of the plight of Syrian refugees, however doesn't offer much in the way of information or context for Amina's story.

Wow.

El relat cru i invisibilitzat de l'exili per la guerra amb una perspectiva infantil però no paternalista ni entendridora, tal qual deu ser.

Spoiler

M'agrada força que el final sigui, a parer meu, tancat i tràgic. És cap a on tirava la història i fa veure que això no és cap ficció ni molt menys una d'edulcorada.

Molt recomanable, fins i tot em va fer plorar a la segona lectura... al metro...

Very well done, but the ending! :-O

This story was well-told, but I didn't like it that much, probably because the ending was too realistic.

OMG this is a truly fantastic graphic novel that portrays the plight of people escape war by boat from a child point of veiw. This is an emotionally hatd hitting story with driffent colour schemes depicting present, past and imagination as it jumps from one to the other. This really pulls at the heart stings more so than any documentary or book I have read on the same topic. Diffently a must MUST read.