I wanted to love this one as it seemed like it was going to be chick lit with a feminist twist. Yet somehow it fell a bit flat for me... maybe it's a cultural thing.

I’m unmarried with no kids. Even though I can’t personally connect with the characters, I found them to be real life situations. It would have been better if could have touch on how they can better manage their issues.

33-year-old single mom Carolyn is a member of Mothers Anonymous, a group of mothers who meet to talk about the challenges of, well, motherhood. The illustrations are cute and jaunty, but the book addresses some serious issues around single motherhood as well as societal expectations for women and mothers - a subplot in which the Mothers Anonymous group vandalizes several advertisements for a kind of "happy pill" is not terribly well developed and, while amusing, doesn't seem to contribute much to the overall narrative.

This GN was translated from French, so there are most certainly cultural aspects that sneaked right past me.

Thank you, NetGalley for the preview of this graphic novel.

Seeking Dad 2.0 is a story about a Mothers Anonymous group who face lots of issues that many other parents must be familiar with. This book had a very 'French' feel to it and I was not able to get the humor in it.

'Seeking: Dad 2.0' by Gwendoline Raisson with illustrations by Magali Le Huche is about a Mothers Anonymous group and the humorous and tender stories about parenting.

When Philippe arrives to the Mothers Anonymous group, things are a bit awkward because he's the only man, but it is soon realized that parenting struggles cross gender boundaries. The story mainly follows Caroline, a single mother, who is trying to figure out how to have a life and be a good mother.

I liked this story. It was funny and warm and touching. I really liked the different perspectives that were shown throughout the book. The illustrations are more on the cartoony side, but they work well for the story.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

Not perfect by any means, but still captivating and heart warming. Clearly this book was very cathartic for the creator.

A bittersweet graphic novel, funny in some parts, to realistic in others. Describes very well the ins and out of being a divorced single mom (you will hate her ex). There is also a dad who seems the perfect one at first glance, but he is dealing with some “stigmas” too and her wife as well.
Its an interesting point of view of a few problems with “moms” and “dads” in the current world.

Thanks to Europe Comics and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine.
#NetGalley #seekingdad

The illustration style is naive and unpolished, but that's charming in its own way. And the writing is funny and realistic. (Well, a support group called Mothers Anonymous might not start vandalizing advertisements to expose celebrities' lies about effortless motherhood, but that's a good way of getting the point across about the need for more honesty and less judgment about parenting.)

"Seeking: Dad 2.0" is an engaging story about a mother's support group. The book has a clever way of addressing issues facing parents in the 21st century. Although the issues and pressures facing mothers is the primary plot, the secondary plot of what is expected of fathers was well executed.

This is not a funny, graphic novel, despite the light illustrations.

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-847" src="http://www.reyes-sinclair.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-12.10.08-AM.png" alt="Dad 2.0" />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-848" src="http://www.reyes-sinclair.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-12.08.11-AM.png" alt="dad 2.0" />

It is a thoughtful story of Caroline, who isn't sure what she wants. She thinks she wants Dad 2.0 in other words, a house husband, who looks after the kids. But when she does get that, she realizes that isn't what she wants.

In between all this, is the Mother's anonymous, where the women talk about what is going on with their lives, and vent.

As often happens with books from the French, I feel there is something lost in the translation.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

Great perspective, interesting topic, wouldn't be surprised to see screenshots of the art as memes in the francophone web. I would love to see what other writing on the subject the author has done. Of course, there will never be a solution to a human problem that deals with such personal matters, but I'm glad to see the contradictions of thought tackled head-on by the author.

Not quite what I was expecting from this graphic novel. There may be an audience out there for it, but I am not one of them.

It was funny but not so much as I am a mother myself....bittersweet it is probably the best way to describe it. There are more truths told by this graphic novel than in all the books about motherhood that I read before giving birth, it should be a suggested reading...

È stato divertente leggere questa graphic novel, anzi dolceamara é probabilmente l'aggettivo piú adatto per descrivere questa storia che contiene molte piú veritá di tutti i libri sull'argomento che ho letto prima di diventare madre, dovrebbe diventare una lettura obbligatoria....

THANKS NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVIEW!

This was cute and easy graphic novel. I think the artist did an awesome job. Everything is so accurate. I don't have kids but we can see this people all around us.

or, 150 pages of yacking about being a parent. Don't come here for any drama whatsoever, it's just polemic. Whinging parents should be told YOU HAD A CHOICE. And so do I, to ditch this dross.

Review to be posted on my blog on August 13th, and then on all sources when I return from my vacation in September.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

So, I was quite looking forward to this book. I love Europe Comics, they always have some amazing comics/graphic novels, and I am always eagerly awaiting their new releases. I couldn't resist this one as it is about parenting, being overwhelmed by it, how it is to be a dad who cares for his kid, and more.

It all starts when Philippe enters a M.A (Moms Anonymous) meeting. All the women are startled (because it is a mom thing), but they quickly accept him as one of his own when he throws out his problems. When he tells them about his wife, about society and how they look at a guy who is caring for the kids. From that point we switch between him and a mom there, Caroline.

It was quite interesting to see two POVs. Both are types of parents who, by societal standards, are looked at funnily/weirdly (if that is the correct word). A single mom, and a stay-at-home-dad.

Caroline is a single mom and is falling between both of her friends. The single ones don't invite her out much due to her kid, her married friends don't want her near any of their men, or put her with the kids. Then everyone also expects her to be happy and good because she is free from a man. While, we the reader, can clearly see that Caroline isn't always happy. She has to let a lot of things go because she has to be there for her kid.
Can I just say that I hated Caroline's ex-husband? What kind of dickhead just up and goes to live on an island? You have a kid, you can't just drop everything on your ex and run away.
I felt sorry for her that she was looking for love, but also had trouble with it. She wasn't sure what to do. Her speech at the end, the acceptance she found, yes, I was also applauding.

Philippe is now taking care of his kids while his wife works and while he loves it, he doesn't like how people treat or act around him when he prefers to care for his kids or go home early instead of drinking all night. Or how his wife reacts (dear lord, that woman is terrible, but wait *points to a paragraph lower*) to how he is doing parenting. So, he let his daughter run around in a shirt, so what, that thing is huge, it practically a dress. And then when she messes up it is all right? Dang....

Thankfully, both these characters find acceptance and care in the meetings. People who understand, people who accept them. A place to where they can let out their frustrations and find people alike.

I really loved reading all the experiences both characters went through, the chats they had with other people (quite often parents), at times my heart broke for these two. They work so hard, and yet people treat them like this. :(

I had a laugh at when Caroline made that Typology of available man for her friends. :P And then also continued on her lovers and how that just didn't work if you have kids (aka kids just know when mommy is having fun).

That the group was also vandalising those Happy Pill posters? Um, I am not too sure how I felt about that to be honest. I am on the fence. On the one hand I agree and I think it was pretty funny and dedicated of them to show the world another opinion, but on the other hand, they are adults and it is still vandalising public property.
I guess it wasn't unexpected to see that woman appear at the meeting. Was it really needed to give her an accent? It just felt weird, and also wasn't easy to read.

When we finally meet Barbara, Philippe's wife, I suddenly could understand why she was acting the way she did. Yes, it doesn't excuse her terrible behaviour, but I could see that she just wanted Philippe to go back to how he was, to not be so obsessed with his kids, to be a bit more manly, and to also give a bit of control over the kids back. And I could understand that. The parts we see of Philippe. He is a good dad, but he is doing it all the time. He is never seen doing much more than that.

The art throughout the book is decent.

So I have enjoyed this book and I would definitely recommend it. I love that we got two POVs. While I love Philippe and Caroline, I don't think I could have handled a book with solely one of them. Now it was nicely balanced and it showed two sides to parenting and how society treats those that are single or stay-at-home-dads.