While this book was made a few years ago, the details Delisle depicts are still frighteningly relevant today. It was the most eye opening and most interesting out of the bunch.Notable quote: "Yesterday morning, priests from different orders came to blows during a celebration at the church. Even though I'm not religious in any way, I feel a bit ashamed for Christianity in general. If I were somewhere else, it would probably make me laugh. But when you think that Christians can't even set an example in a conflict that's polarized the world for so long, it's a but depressing. I swear, when you see the spectacle religion puts on around here, you don't feel like being a believer." I liked this from a number of perspectives. It seemed to me that Guy is honest and has his heart in the right place. I did not find many books in the graphic novel format that give such a contemporary view of aspects of the complex life of Jerusalem like this. It was mostly experiences from the Palestinian side of Jerusalem, by a Canadian author. It offered a window into the place, from a specific perspective, and I found it valuable to me to read it. It is not deep, and Guy is not a philosophical person, it seems to me, and so he doesn't get into heavy thinking about things, rather he shares his experiences, which I found quite valuable as such. I am interested in the issues that have their life centered in this land, as I am an advocate for peace and understanding and so have a personal wish that the challenges there can be resolved so that harmony and justice for all can return. Guy's observations of all kinds of people there could be an assistance to them, for the sake of reflecting on themselves, as many things that contribute to problems there were quite evident; evident, but I'm not saying easy to solve. I am hopeful that it could be a prompt for individuals to want to be kinder and more understanding, and not contribute to making things worse, on all sides. I am one who has traveled some to other countries, and I tried to carry with me the question of how to see life outside of my own innate cultural sense of what is right or practical. This book contributed experiences valuable for me to consider what life is like for the people living and traveling in Jerusalem.
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