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May 21, 2019Eloquentress rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I finished reading this in Dec. 2017, a stimulating comic novel, Hostage by Quebec cartoonist Guy Delisle that was featured on the paper back in MAY. I tore off that article and kept it with me. A few months later, I borrowed the book from the library, and was surprised to see the book thick. This is a graphic biography that recounts the story of Christophe André, a French aid-worker who was abducted in Nazran in the summer of 1997, and his experience being tied to a radiator inside an empty room in Chechnya. For 400+ pages of panels, I felt as trapped as Christophe, especially reading his narrative in the events of his inactivity. There was a scene where the opportunity of escape presented itself, and I gasped, "OMG" loudly as I read that in the train. It was suspenseful. I recommend picking this up if you're into light reading. Definitely a page turner.