A great graphic novel, a tribute for the 10th anniversary that effectively represents what a tragedy 9/11 was.

To this day theres a lot to talk about that event and the fact that we can approach it and remember it this way is amazing.

September 11, 2001 is a very well done and educational approach to introducing the facts and stories from the 9/11 attack. Its odd to say that the artwork was beautiful when the topic being illustrated is so complicated, but the limited color pallet and intense shading lend the appropriate tone to each separate personal account. This is a graphic I would highly suggest to anyone who knows or wants to know more about September 11 and the timeline of that fateful day.

**Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

It was interesting to read the story of 9/11 told from a non-American perspective. I felt that this gave it a little bit of distance from the tragedy compared with other books I have read about the events of that day, making it easier to see the scope of how the attacks affected the rest of the world. There was a good balance between the objective facts and the stories of specific people who survived the experience.

As someone who was old enough to remember hearing the news as it was unfolding, I didn't get as much from it personally as I had hoped. However, this could be a good introduction for YA readers to show the extent to which the entire world, not just America, changed.

On another note, given recent events at the end of August 2021, it felt like book ended very abruptly, leaving the "story" incomplete. Obviously this is not the fault of the author at all, but a reflection on how current events unfold.

A fairly good overview of the events of Sep. 11, 2001, and their fallout twenty years later. I appreciate that this wasn't solely a story of the attacks; it includes the ongoing impact of what came afterward, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Patriot Act, continuing imprisonments at Guantánamo Bay, and Snowden's revelation of mass surveillance by the NSA and other American agencies. Torture at Abu Ghraib in 2004 is a stark omission, however, as is the rise in Western Islamophobia since 9/11.

The latter omission is my main complaint: I wish the authors had included more information on the unjust scapegoating of Muslims and Middle Eastern people ever since 9/11. Islamophobia is a massive force in France as well, so I don't think the POV character's being French justifies the omission. The sharp rise in hate crimes and hate speech against Muslims and people of Middle Eastern descent — and even of people who are simply mistaken for Muslim or Middle Eastern — since 9/11 is a crucial part of this history. Like so many of the other important threads that the authors tie together here, it's a legacy that still affects people around the world today.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read a digital ARC of this title. #EuropeComics #NetGalley

I was a little hesitant going into this book as I was living just outside of D.C. in 2001.
And I was right to be careful, this book triggered a lot of emotions that have been with me since I was an eleven year old. So be careful if you want to pick up this book! Reliving this day and the ones that followed - especially with the use of pictures - can be triggering.

In the beginning I was also kind of worried because I wasn’t sure if this was the author’s story to tell. It does start off with the protagonist boarding a plane in 2021 to visit a cousin in New York and it is established that this would (also) be a recollection of that fatefull day from the eyes of a young French woman who was a teenager in 2001. But we also have scenes that depict moments of real people that were in the Towers, and I just felt that this took from that premisse of being an account of an outsider looking in - even though these insides were very eye opening of the situation on the ground that day.
After finishing this GN I am still unsure of whose story this is to tell. I would have maybe liked an author’s note at the end explaining the research behind it and how they attained these personal stories. Since I only had an e-ARC, I don’t know if that will be in the finished copy.

The story itself was told very well and will help younger readers who were not alive in that time (or very young) to better understand this event and its repercussions. As someone living in D.C. at the time, I would have liked to see the detail given to the Twin Towers also given to the situation in D. C. and Pennsylvania; they were mentioned but were shown from a distance.
The ending felt a little rushed, and I would have liked to see some kind of outlook for the future.

But overall I think this was well done.

Through a documentary-like narration, we witness POVs of survivors, global news coverage, and the POV of a girl in France as we unpack the events and aftermath of 9/11.

Growing up, I was too young to understand the magnitude and long-lasting effects this catastrophic event had on the world. Though this book can be heavy, it also provides a lot of insight on what happened inside the building, key players, and the unpacking of complicated political and global issues that have affected areas like security, related attacks, and even a resulting war. I liked that this includes real references to people involved, related news coverage, and the POVs of people who weren't directly affected. The artwork was well done and overall, I found this to be an informative snapshot into the events and impact of 9/11.

Thanks NetGalley and Europe Comics for my arc!

It feels unusual to be reviewing this title given the current date and the fact that this will be a triggering topic for a vast group of people. My initial thought was this was an unusual title, in that from the synopsis I felt it probably does appeal more to those of us outside the US for which 9/11 was felt in the wake and resulting aftershocks, but the initial attack did not necessarily impact us personally. (Disclaimer, I was newly 8 years old when the attacks happen, so this is the first major news event that I remember). I was also cautious going in at what exactly this title covered. I had thought it would focus more specifically on that date and the immediate aftermath (which the main events and a few selected individuals at the scene were highlighted), but it actually took time to focus on both the event and the impacts which have been felt globally relating to terrorism in the Western culture. So in some respect for me, it felt quite informative as to the background of what has been going on in Afghanistan in modern times, since I had been young when foreign troops went in. However, the author hasn't put much focus onto those impacted in that part of the world (I appreciate why this may be, but may have been a useful perspective had they found someone willing to provide their experience). I still feel a little uncertain who the specific audience was, given the topic and how on one hand we focused on the impact on the author, a young woman in France and how France handled the event before jumping to a global perspective - my main thought lands on would I have bought this title? I feel I have gained something by reading, yes. I feel the art was handled sensitively and I give great kudos to the illustrator (who I haven't given credit to yet). But ultimately, I'm not sure.

Got I received a free e-arc from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This is a good graphic novel to come out On the 20th anniversary of 9/11. This is a great book for young people who have not experienced 9/11 and they get to learn more of what happened. I liked that the book showed also what happened other than New York, like France. I love that the illustration was quite simple and had dollars colours Helped in focus in the story rather than being distracted by bright colours.

I wasn't sure what to make of this at first, to write a graphic novel around such a fraught and delicate time in recent history was a bold and brave thing. With writers such as Joe Sacco, jounalism in graphic novel form seems to have really taken off and brought new life to the profession, as well as a new and mindful way to share and remember some incredibly hard stories with the world.

Set in France, it reminds us that the tradegy and shockwaves of fear and grief weren't just localised to New York or America as a country, but resonated around the world. A lot of the governmental statements and actions afterwards have been downplayed and forgotten by many, but there's honesty in questioning if George W. Bush did the right thing by declaring a 'war on terror' at the drop of a hat and how some of those repercussions are still being felt to this day.

To include the Spanish and London bombings in 2004 and 2005 respectively was important, many see them as isolated events but they all are mindless attacks. France was also hit, most noteably in 2015 at the Bataclan. I find it so frustrating that people seem to localise and almost gatekeep grief and fear of these acts of terrorism (because let's be honest - they are acts of terrorism), to bring all of these horrible events together was a step towards healing from it all as an international community.

I couldn't have asked for better and more sensitve illustrations to go with a story so powerful, I was genuinely surprised and impressed at how well emotion was conveyed.

It doesn't seem possible that it is 20 years since the events of 9/11 but reading this graphic novel brought back all of my memories and captured how shocking the day was and how I felt afterwards.

I was working in 2001 but there was the same feeling of disbelief as stories of what had taken place filtered through the shop where I was working, and how we all found ourselves gathered around the radio in the staff room listening to events unfold and this experience is mirrored in this wonderful graphic novel.

I really liked the weaving in of real stories to the narration (some with a happier outcome than others) but as this was the JFK/Moon landing event for many of us this book tells the story incredibly well. I hope it does really well.

September 11, 2001: The Day the World Changed Forever is a French graphic novel about 9/11 and its aftermath on both the world and its protagonist. The story is mostly told from the perspective of 33 year old Juliette, a French woman, on her way to visit her cousin in New York who was 14 when 9/11 occurred. It also highlights several people's stories from that day and those that followed.

I thought it was interesting to read about September 11th from a non-American point of view, especially someone who was about the same age as me when it happened. I also liked learning about steps that France took domestically after the terrorist attacks. I found the art style to be visually appealing as well as the color palate. There were some panels that I had difficulty telling what was actually happening.

However, this book was not cohesive and felt like it was struggling with an identity crisis. The authors also seemed unfocused on what they wanted the primary subject matter to be. It starts with 9/11, going through the events and Juliette's perspective of that day. But later, it verse off and discusses what the authors see as related events years later and abandons Juliette's storyline until the end of the book. When it did seem focused on a storyline, it then jumped around and was not in chronological order. I was left wander what the authors' intent was - To inform? To recount their experience? To highlight the repercussions of decisions made in the wake of the terrorist attacks?

My biggest problem with September 11, 2001: The Day the World Changed Forever was the serious inaccuracies. I do not understand how you write something based upon history without fact checking it. Errors included stating that the WTC was located on Wall Street, that Anthrax is a disease, and that 9/11 occurred 21 years ago, among others. These are glaring mistakes, and the fact that more are made is simply unacceptable.

Overall, I found this graphic novel to be okay, but I would not recommend it. I would instead recommend a book that is completely factual and is a cohesive story.

I am not normally a graphic novel reader but I do like to read them for heavy non-fiction topics to get a better overview or to remind myself of certain facts. September 11, 2001 piqued my interest because it's written from the point of view of someone observing the tragic event from another country. Normally books written about September 11, and other major events for that matter, are usually from the perspective of someone actually on the ground at the time or someone directly affected by it. So it was really interesting to see what people in another country saw and felt, and to be able to relate to that as that was my position being from the UK.
I think the novel did an excellent job of noting the most important points of the event without feeling like it was just dry facts. I particularly liked how the novel was set over many years so it was able to show readers not just what happened on September 11 but how it still affects people now such as new laws, extra security etc.
This was a beautiful and respectful portrayal of such a horrific event.

We shall never forget. This a graphic novel for the remembering 9/11 events on the 20th anniversary. (has it been that long?!?!?) A french girl of 14 remembers the events up until the present of her trip to New York. Great to how people of other countries saw/reacted to 9/11. Plus for it impacted our world of today.

"Where were you on 9/11?"
This is a question that Americans over a certain age can immediately answer. We know where we were, what we were doing, and how we felt when the towers were hit. When 9/11 is portrayed in media (books, movies, etc), it is always from an American's perspective. This is not the case for this book, which provides a level of uniqueness I have not encountered before.

September 11, 2001: The Day the World Changed Forever follows a young French woman who is on her way to New York on the 20th anniversary of the attacks. She flashes back to when she was a young girl, seeing the events unravel in real time. As she flies across the Atlantic, she thinks about how the events that day have effected not just the United States, but the world as well.

Viewing the events of 9/11 from an outsider's perspective is an interesting way of looking at the day that is seared into our minds. It never even occurred to me that people in Europe would have such clear memories of the terrorist attack. One thing to note about this graphic novel is that the author has the benefit of hindsight... I don't think the American experience was accurately portrayed in the sense of the extreme fear and desperation to find who was responsible and hold them accountable. For that reason, as well as a semi confusing timeline, I decided to rate the book at 4 stars.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I loved this book so much. I thought it was a great way for people who would like to know more about the 9/11 when they weren't there. The art made this book even more great to read as I had an open picture, I also loved how it was told from a french person's perspective as it shows how many people were really affected by that day. I hope you guys give this a chance because it was more than I expected, there is some foul languange but I think the story makes up for it

Everyone who is old enough to have memories from 9/11/01 will remember so clearly where they were on that fateful day. I enjoyed this book to aid in discussing with the generation who did not live through it.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

September 11, 2001 by Baptiste Bouthier and Héloise Chochois is an extraordinary graphic novel that sheds light on a dark moment in American history. Even 20 years later, the aftereffects can still be felt, but now is the perfect time to reflect on the tragedy and what transpired afterwards. The plot of this graphic novel revolves around the tragic events of that day and then continues to what happened in the 20 years afterward. The story is told from the perspective of French people, which is a point of view that has not often been shown in the September 11th retellings that we often see.

FIrst off, I have to applaud the creators of this graphic novel for the creative approach that they took with this graphic novel. This is not just a play-by-play of the attacks on the twin towers. The story starts off with a character 33 year-old Juliette traveling to New York to visit her cousin for the first time. The art style is drawn in a nice, colorful style, reminiscent of the cartoons in the Sunday newspapers. The story focuses on Juliette's life in France on that fateful date. Back then, she was 14 and watched the images on TV.. The way that the graphic novel uses Juliette's character as a window into the tragedy is brilliant.

Overall, September 11, 2001 is an interesting and beautifully-drawn look into the events of that day, and it would make a great read for anyone hoping to learn more about that day. I can also see many high schools using this text. Although there is some foul language, the graphic novel for the most part is appropriate and not gory. The art style will appeal to teenagers who are looking for a more light-hearted or softer approach that doesn't emphasize the violence of the events of that day. If you're intrigued by the synopsis, or if you're a fan of historical graphic novels, I highly recommend that you check out this book, which came out last week!

A beautifully illustrated of September 11th and everything that followed as a result of the atrocity. There’s a good mix of individual stories and a more global view of events that followed. I think this book would be particularly useful for young people who didn't live through the part of history as it helps to put many of the future world events that followed into context, such as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. As the twentieth anniversary of 9/11 approaches we are still dealing with the consequences, as the US withdrawal from Afghanistan plunges that region into turmoil again.

A few weeks from the 20ieth anniversary and right as the US are leaving Afghanistan, a book about 9/11 and its aftermath, viewed from the point of view of a French teenager who is witnessing the events from the media. The event itself is accurately portrayed. From the description I was expecting more personal stories, but the book mostly presents the 9/11 aftermath in terms of US war in Iraq and Afghanistan in terms of the ineffectiveness and uselessness of the operations in those countries in a survey of recent history. It also points the finger toward the rise of mass surveillance, terrorism in Europe. Whether one sides with it or not, it tries to cover a lot it inevitably capturing only the most superficial aspects and makes it easy to turn the parties into baddies. The French perspective is interesting but not equally relevant to all readers.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

What I liked about this book was how it showed the perspective of the fallout from people across the world from where the event actually occurred. I was in France myself when I witnessed the devastation of 9/11. I did find the construction of the storylines confusing as it jumps about. The graphics were on point but the main reason I wanted to check this novel out was to see if it was suitable for my 11 year old son as on Goodreads the book description it starts with "What does the younger generation know about 9/11"...... The graphics are good and portray the emotions of the day well... I didn't think you needed "shit" and then "HOLY SHIT" in giant letters to portray the shock as well, as a parent it would put me off showing it to my children.