6/28/2023 0 Comments This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki![]() The pages are simply awash in emotion from panel one, and the entire book evokes instant nostalgia, a yearning for happier and more innocent times. A strange choice of dark purple - almost black - line work over creamy almost yellow paper and with pale purple spot color tones, gives the book an immediately distinct and stunning feel. ![]() Though Mariko Tamaki's writing is lovely, full of character and expertly restrained, it is Jillian Tamaki's perfect visuals that creep into your soul and take root forever. ![]() Mining well-worn themes of friends growing simultaneously together and apart, trauma and simple pleasures, the edge between childhood and adulthood, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki's "This One Summer" is so effortless and beautifully executed that it delivers all these things while remaining cliche-free, and delivers a stunning, emotionally engaging, beating heart of a book. ![]()
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