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Susceptible Hardcover – February 19, 2013

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"...an aching clarity [is] evident in [Castrée's] sombre grey tones and her dexterous, serpentine lines."-Globe & Mail Best 100 Books of 2013

"With mesmerizing honesty Castrée resurrects the obscenely disorienting turning points of a childhood, the ones that haunt a person for a lifetime. After reading the last page I closed the book and wept a little bit about its simple, perfect ending."
-MIRANDA JULY, author of It Chooses You and No One Belongs Here More Than You

Goglu is a daydreamer with a young working mother, a disengaged stepfather, and a father who lives five thousand miles away. Drawing, punk rock, and the promise of true independence guide Goglu to adulthood while her home's daily chaos inevitably shapes her identity. Susceptible is a devastating graphic novel debut by Geneviève Castrée; it's a testament to the heartbreaking loss of innocence when a child is forced to be the adult amongst grownups..

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February 19, 2013
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6.81 x 0.53 x 9.69 inches
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1770460888
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In a series of spare first-person vignettes, Castrée pieces together the difficult childhood of Goglu, a French Canadian girl who lives with her alcoholic, self-destructive mother and distant, resentful stepfather. Goglu—tomboyish and with a perpetual self-conscious blush—strains against the influence of her genes, wondering where her own deep sadness comes from and hoping that she won’t succumb to the same troublesome lifestyle of her mother, who is desperate for her daughter’s attention and beset by manic episodes. As Goglu gets older, she seeks refuge in punk rock and drugs, but the strain of her destructive home life becomes too much to bear and she escapes to live with her biological father in Vancouver. Castrée’s black-and-white, Scarryesque illustrations accompany tiny, precise cursive lettering that gives the whole work a whispered, confessional quality, as if each word were an embarrassing secret. At times, Goglu’s story is overwhelmingly, heartbreakingly sad, but Castrée leaves a glimmer of hope: a redemptive future shaped by art, independence, and unconditional love. --Sarah Hunter

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“[Susceptible]'s pervasive melancholy is still lingering with me, a reminder of why we really read: to feel things besides our own emotions.” ―Paris Review

“[Susceptible is] a devastating coming-of-age graphic memoir.” ―CBC

“Castrée's black-and-white, Scarryesque illustrations accompany tiny, precise cursive lettering that gives the whole work a whispered, confessional quality, as if each word were an embarrassing secret. At times, Goglu's story is overwhelmingly, heartbreakingly sad, but Castrée leaves a glimmer of hope: a redemptive future shaped by art, independence, and unconditional love.” ―Booklist

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Drawn and Quarterly (February 19, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 80 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1770460888
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1770460881
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.81 x 0.53 x 9.69 inches

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- #348 in Drawn & Quarterly Comic & Graphic Novels
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maxxism

Achingly beautiful and poetic

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2017

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I got this after reading of Geneviève's passing in an article on her husband Phil Elvrum's (the microphones, mt eerie) music made in mourning. The book is already a fairly devastating story on its own, but is quite depressing in light of her death. Having said that, I also found it achingly beautiful and poetic, both visually and linguistically. If you like autobiographical graphic novels like Stitches or Epileptic that also deal with trauma, chances are you'll like this. If you're easily triggered by depressing subject matter, you should probably avoid this.
Geneviève was clearly a very gifted artist with a lot of strength and resiliance, I would have loved to meet her. RIP.
Side note: reading about her influences turned me onto Julie Doucet and "My New York Diary", which was a good chaser for this.

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Suzy-Q

Newspaper Review Hits the Mark

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2013

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After reading a favorable review of this book in my city's newspaper, my interest was elevated and I decided to order "Susceptible" for my 18-year-old daughter who is a fan of graphic novels and any novel that challenges and enlarges the reader's view of the world. She loved it (as did I) and is now passing it on to her friend. This graphic novel captures the isolation of growing up for main character, Goglu. Each page details Goglu's difficulty in maturing through life's stages with her family and friends. Eventually, Goglu does find a sense of her own identity and as a reader, I rejoiced with this fact. This graphic novel does not focus on fantasy for its plot but rather on real-world actions and consequences. What an interesting read this book weaved from beginning to end. The illustrations are absolutely essential and supportive of the narrative. Don't miss reading author Genevieve Castree's "Susceptible".

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Gripping and Powerful

Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2013

We follow Goglu from a very young age up to her teen years in this often heartbreaking debut from Genevieve Castree, who writes and illustrates with soft, subtle restraint.

Goglu is just barely out of diapers when she begins to learn of her mother's drinking...and how to handle it. She and her mother are living in Quebec with her mother's boyfriend, while her father is thousands of miles away in British Columbia. There's quite a bit of pain tucked away in Castree's sparse panels, in which she beautifully captures the oddness and bewilderment of a childhood spent overcompensating for irresponsible adults.

Goglu is a daydreamer, and quite smart as well. She is tough and opinionated. Fascinatingly, she wonders about her own tendencies toward being drawn to sadness. It's something she struggles with, and she reflects on it often. Is she susceptible to it, as the title suggests? Or is she strong enough to become her own person?

Susceptible is only 75 pages, but it's one of those books that feels twice as long. The story is gripping and powerful, without dwelling in morbidity. Instead, it's a rather impressive debut that offers hope amidst its hard-hitting narrative.

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Bren Isbell

beautiful. honest

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2017

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heartbreaking. beautiful. honest.

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J.

Author is very young.

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2014

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I enjoyed this book and I think the art was excellent, but a clearer, more definitive ending would have been good.

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Dr. Pizza

A stunning work from a remarkable talent

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2013

This long-awaited work from multi-talented artist & musician Geneviève Castrée is simply gorgeous. It's a step away from Castree's more poetic and metaphorical works like the previous Tout Seul Dans la Forêt en Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur? [Vinyl ] but the more directly narrative approach is well-suited to her talents. This book displays an ambition, a subtle politics, and depth of emotion that many autobiographical comics lack. It's funny, tender, emotionally gripping and honest about the darker parts of childhood. And the art is peerless; every delicate line seems infused with subtlety and grace.

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Spook

sparse and touching account of emotional abuse and neglect..beautifully drawn and narrated

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 3, 2016

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between 3-4 stars..i did not think it was mind-blowing.. content is harrowing and you feel trapped just reading about her childhood..however as usual, the gaps that your imagination fills..well there are too many..especially towards the end..it is almost asthough she is dissociating as she is writing it rather than processing..sadly the author died recently and from what i read she did have a nicer life in the end..i found this through nicole georges invincible summer..which i found far more absorbing and drank in as there were moments of highs and not just lows..i suppose because goerges treats life like i do..having moments of deep despair, fear and disappointment or even loneliness..but then plods on with doing beautiful things and seeing beauty in the simple things. excuse my broken keyboard..it was a beautifully drawn book, however, but i think it could have been twice as long and with at least some upbeat moments. one gets the impression her depression and dissociation were a terrible problem, and you feel bad for the child and adult that went through a difficult upbringing..i expected more atmosphere, more spirit and at least a tiny flame of hope. that said it was still a book i remember..which is always a mark of a decent book.

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