Part 2 of this story goes off the rails as the people who eat these potato chips begin to act like dogs, including Yasmina's father. It gets really goofy and you can see how much this is meant for kids as opposed to all ages. They also get sucked into an underground factory where the chips are made when combined with water meant for dog bowls. It doesn't make a lick of sense but I'm guessing kids will have fun with it.

A fun continuation to Yasmina and her predicament with the new corporation in town and their addictive, experimental potatoes! The illustrations are wonderful and the story on whole is just the right amount of silly yet serious.

'Yasmina and the Potato Eaters: Part 2' with story and art by Wauter Mannaert continues the story of little chef Yasmina as she finds something odd happening.

Yasmina and her dad live in a small city apartment, and Yasmina is able to stretch their meager food in interesting ways. She finds an odd bag of potato chips with a familiar looking logo. When people start eating these chips, odd things start to happen to them. Yasmina traces it to something meant to be for good that got turned in to something not good at all.

It's been a while since I read the first volume and I can't remember much of it, but it feels like I didn't have to in order to enjoy this one. The art is not bound by strict panels and feels a bit loose, but I like it.

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.

Part 2 of Yasmina and the Potato Eaters gets even more exciting as the story continues! I think the two books should be collected in one volume because both are so essential to the story. I hope to see more installments!

While I thought the first installment was a little slow, I felt this volume went too fast! So much had to be crammed in to really tell this story I almost think it could've been 3 volumes! However, I continue to enjoy Yasmina's spirit, loved how all the characters came together to fit Big Bad Potato Business and saved the day in the end. All in all I think it was a fun graphic novel for middle grade readers, and girls especially might find a hero for inspiration in Yasmina.

A little girl encounters mutant potatoes. This sounds like a strange concept for a graphic novel. It is translated from French. That likely raises red flags for a potential reader. In spite of those things, it's a charming story. The sci-fi elements are fairly minimal, to be honest, and take on more the flavor of a classic B-movie. Yasmina is more a story of appreciating food. This is a story of a little girl who loves to cook, who enjoys the process of putting fresh foods together in unique and appealing ways. She appreciates the way that a good meal brings people together. Mannaert brings up organics, processed foods, GMOs, and general ecology. I should note, too, that while the genetic manipulation in this book goes bad, Mannaert doesn't out and out vilify GMOs. Rather, he seems to urge caution and thoughtfulness.
Artistically, it's very stylized. There's a heavy use of contrast more common in European comics. And there are many near wordless passages, so the illustrations are used to their proper effect.
I was frustrated to find that Part 1 cuts off rather suddenly, with no resolution of any sort. Certainly give this series a read but do yourself a favor and wait until you can get both volumes at once.

This volume had a bit more story than the previous one, so it was more enjoyable. Still, I feel like the story could have been more divided between the two volumes, giving the first one a bit more of this one. The artwork was still great, but the story just isn't really my favourite, unfortunately.

The thrilling conclusion!
The second half of Yasmina and the Potato Eaters was action packed and heartwarming. For a moment I was truly worried for Yasmina's father and how our main characters would escape a town full of brainwashed citizens. However, smart and strong-willed Yasmina comes to the rescue in the end, powering through a toxic corporations dastardly plot.
I loved the amount of action this second half provided, as well as the happy ending and return to somewhat normalcy having learned something. Great wrap up!

3.5

This series is sorta monotone but still enjoyable. I wanna see how this goes if there’s more.

The second and final installement of the story of this courageous and asertive young girl fighting against a big company to help her father, friends, and the city.

That of 'you can not eat only one' takes a new look in this story .

For this girl to advocate for community gardens, and for growing vegetables on the terraces of buildings comes to bring a very relevant issue. Not only about pesticides and food with non-natural aggregates, but also because of the scarcity of good food that we are facing, especially with the shrinkage of agricultural land.

Although this is a story that goes to a pseudoscientific extreme, the greed of the companies is something that every community faces every day. That she needs her neighbors and family to face the problems is also the message.

Also, how can we find the cure in the same nature and trusting in it.


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This series is really cute, I don't know how long it'll stay with me for and I have a feeling it might end up being quite forgettable but while I was reading it I enjoyed it, I like the main character (some of the side characters maybe weren't fleshed out all that well) and I liked the story line. The art is very cute and easy to follow, and I would certainly recommend the series for anyone who thinks it sounds interesting.

In this second volume of the story, Yasmina has no choice but to try to solve the mystery of the super-addictive potatoes which seem to turn everybody around her into human dogs. This, sadly, includes Yasmina’s father. Yasmina finds out her neighbour, whose vegetables she occasionally ‘borrowed’ whenever she faced a fresh ingredient crisis, is involved. She used to be a scientist and long time ago invented a new powerful technology which could potentially save the world from hunger. I do not want to give the story away. Suffice it to say, Yasmina is brave and inventive and surrounded by loyal friends who help her save the world.
The artworks is fantastic and I really enjoyed following the story of this unusual, fiercely independent and extremely lovable character.
Thank you to NetGalley and Europe Comics for the ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

Hooray, the second part of the potato eaters is out, and we get to find out what happened to Yasmina, and all those who refuse to eat fast food.

Yasmina is plucky as ever, especially when she discovers that her father had to eat the weird potatoes when she ran out of fresh food, and he started behaving like very one else, a human dog.

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Fun, quick story. Yahsmina is a very determined fierce girl, and she knows what is right and wrong.

A little heavy handed on the evil corporate bad-guys, but hey, it gets the point accorss.

Enjoyable middle-grade graphic novel.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

The sequel to Yasmina and the Potato Eaters was just as vibrant and delicious to read!
We continue to follow Yasmina as she solves the mystery of this chip company that is taking over the city and that also took away her community garden. Another great middle grade graphic novel!

Yasmina’s goes to war in this second instalment.
We have potato crisps in the U.K. called Walkers well in this fantasy reality they might be Walkies.
Following her neighbour’s early experiments with food production Pat Tato has bought up her invention and used it to make potato products no-one seems to be able to resist. Furthermore, the consumption of these processed carbohydrates turns the consumer into a canine beast. Her local town has folk chasing cats and postal workers and Yasmina’s Dad short of his healthy pack-up succumbed and now sleeps curled up on a mat.
This is GM crops gone mad. Indeed for the Potato King not only has he an irresistible product his buyers have the loyalty to brand like a puppy dog.
The same characters return in part II of this crazy tale of dietary battles for the soul of a vegetable and eating healthy foods, but it falls to Yasmina to save the day.

This volume picks up exactly where Part 1 left off. We follow Yasmina as she tries to figure out what the mysterious company is up to and what her neighbour's got going on in her gardening shed. Will she and her friends be able to get to the bottom of it all? Can they save everyone from the addictive potatoes?

Overall I really enjoyed this story. It was always clear and easy to follow. At times it was a wee bit repetitive, but for targeted age group, I think that's just fine.

4 stars for this fun story, but make sure you can access both parts before you get started!

Thanks to NetGalley and Europe Comics for providing me with a DRC of this book.

The continuation of this graphic novel with wacky (possibly too wacky) presentation of themes regarding GM foods and diet. Still an acquired taste, but a reasonable story all told. Still a great shame the publishers couldn't leave alone and sell the book as one volume, like the original. Three and a half stars.

A hilarious sequel to the incomparable first edition of one of my favorite graphic novel series this year. I can't wait to see what types of hijinks and vegetable related squabbles Yasmina will get herself into next.

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The art was fun and energetic, as in the first part, and I like the slightly "unconventional" use of the page space that Mannaert chose to illustrate in.

However, this second part is much lighter and shorter than the first, which only reinforces my belief that these two should be combined into one volume. The resolution comes a little quickly due to the length, but it's still a satisfying conclusion.

Yasmina and the Potato Eaters Part 2 takes Yasmina’s story from a tale of corporate greed to that of a super-villain intent on ruling the world with potato chips. It’s a fascinating extension of the first volume, and completely unexpected.

We see Yasmina’s neighbors become crazed by this new product and they quickly start exhibiting strange behaviors. Yasmina gets answers from her quirky neighbor upstairs and, with the help of her farmer friends, she’s able to uncover the plot to take over the world one potato at a time. There’s some incredible originality here, pairing a superhero story with a narrative on the importance of fresh food versus fast food. There’s also an underlying message on product testing and the importance of fully understanding experiments before they’re sold to the masses. What seems like a simple story has a lot of depth to it – kudos to the author!

I continue to love the art style of this series. It’s quirky and abstract at time, and intricately detailed at others. The villainous factory has all of the expected super-villain lair tricks, complete with enormous automated machines and vats filled with questionable liquids. It makes for a vivid story.

Yasmina and the Potato Eaters Part 2 is a great extension to the first volume, turning the story from curiosity about the natural world into a sci-fi villain plot to control people’s consumer habits. Expect to find something wonderfully unique that leaves you rooting for our young culinary hero.