Aude Picault

Amalia is on the verge of burnout. Her family life—with her husband, Karim; her 4-year-old daughter, Lili; and her 17-year-old stepdaughter, Nora—is nothing but rushing around, screaming, and doors slamming. At work, they talk about agility, flexibility, and adaptation, but her workload is slipping away from her. As she drives through the countryside, she sees diseased wheat fields and polluted rivers. She can't even listen to the radio without some new story about deadly attacks and a dying climate. Amalia struggles, tries, fails... and eventually, she cracks.

Amalia

I didn’t enjoy this as much as I’d hoped. Even though the premise of a slice of life graphic novel following a family seems like a fun time. It just ended up being kind of boring. I really did not like choice of font for the text, which honestly made it hard to read and take much longer than it should have, I feel like a simpler font would have fit better with the art style as well. The art itself wasn’t my favourite but it was quirky and classic comic feeling. It was easy to consume but not the most pleasing to look at. Overall this was ok, but I don’t think I’ll be reading more from this artist/author.

Sophie Elaina 

It's a little peek to Amalia's life. Being a mother and step-mother, also a wife and employee. I personally feel really sad when she was diagnosed with burnout, and feel happy when she got to go out and have some break. A little painful to see a teenage struggled with her identity in this beautiful novel, and happy nevertheless when she opened up with her new family.

Inez

It's a little peek to Amalia's life. Being a mother and step-mother, also a wife and employee. I personally feel really sad when she was diagnosed with burnout, and feel happy when she got to go out and have some break. A little painful to see a teenage struggled with her identity in this beautiful novel, and happy nevertheless when she opened up with her new family.

Short, but meaningful.

Ana V. 

Amalia is a slice-of-life graphic novel about a family of four. Amalia is the mother and we get the perfect picture of her chaotic daily routine as she tries to make everything perfect at home, with her children and husband but can't have enough energy for all. Adding to the chaos the world is aggravating her exhaustion. 
I love how the choice to not have panels (square frames) added to the anxiety and chaos that this family routine portrays.
It's a little depressing to see that on top of the things we can't control we create more pressure and rules making it harder on ourselves: For example, the teenager measures her existence and love through social media analytics. 
I think this is a strong message telling us to slow down and check our priorities.

Amalia

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