Elle(s) is soooooo beautifully drawn. I especially loved how smoothly each page went by. Even though we're dealing with multiple change in Elle's character, it wasn't hard to read because of how Elle was drawn. I loved how each Elle was differentiated by hair color! The colors used for this graphic novel made me feel like I was watching an animated film/video instead of reading a graphic novel.

I just wish it was longer and we're given more time to get to know the characters some more. This is a good introduction and I would definitely love to follow Elle(s) story in the future!

3 stars*
The Elle(s) has an interesting story, and I would continue on with the second volume given a chance! I think although all the characters are kind of one dimensional, they are still distinct from each other and fun. I like the main character and her best friend and am intrigued at where the story is going. I hope that the second volume is translated soon. Overall, I recommend this if not just for the beautiful art style, then for the fun characters.

Me encantó y me dejó IMPACTADA CON EL FINAL. O sea, 100 páginas pasaron en un abrir y cerrar de ojos y fue mucho más que un drama juvenil. La manera en la que representaba los estados de ánimo/emociones dependiendo del color, así como la introducción de un transtorno mental en una novela gráfica tan fresca y entretenida hizo que lo amara de principio a fin. Muero por leer los siguientes tomos, ¡quiero más!

I loved this. Quite simply, it is brilliant. The art work looks like something out of a Disney Pixar short. The colours are perfect and it’s just brilliant.

This shows an excellent understanding of bipolar disorder. I feel that this shows it as it is, a little mischievous but always protective of your main self. Needing to be something different for different situations.

The story is just the right amount of high school and issues, but I wish it was longer.

I’ve been wanting to read more graphic novels so when I saw this on NetGalley. I immediately requested it. The cover and the description had me intrigued and I can honestly say after reading this that this graphic novel did not disappoint. The illustrations are vivd and fun, suiting the premise of the story quite nicely.

This graphic novel is about a girl named Elle who just moved to a new school. She seems bubbly, sweet and even makes friends fairly quickly. However, Elle does struggle with having multiple different personalities that come out when she leasts expects them to. That fact that we can identify these personalities through her hair color changing was a nice detail. That being said, I am not the right person to comment about whether the representation of this disorder is accurate.

I think this novel was a good introduction to the series and the characters. I think I’ll keep an eye out for the next part of this series.

3 stars.

Thank you NetGalley and Le Lombard
Europe Comics for this advanced reader’s copy of Elle(s) script by Kid Toussain and art by Aveline Stokart

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

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A girl, many personalities... but are they really personalities? Or is Elle something more?

When I got the mail from Europe Comics I knew I had to try out this book, the cover certainly made me curious. We see a girl, but with many others who look like her behind her. Thankfully Netgalley had it!

Meet Elle, a girl who is new at a school. She quickly makes friends with a group of people and they have a great time together... but then stress happens and we see how that changes Elle and we also see the cover come to play. Elle keeps changing much to the confusion of her friends, and I could definitely understand that. I mean one moment you have a sweet caring friend, the next a shy one who faints when standing in front of the class, the next you get a rude and mean friend. I could imagine their confusion, their worry. And at first I was worried that they may just leave her. Or abandon her... but no. One of the friendgroup, the one Elle is closed with, decides to help her out. Decide to hunt the truth.

And boy oh boy, the truth... In this one we get glimpses of it. We find out a few things, but not enough to satisfy me so I do hope that the next volume comes out soon because I definitely need to know what is up. What or who is the blue-haired Elle? What is Elle, is maybe the better question. And why are her parents lying? What are they hiding from Elle?

I love that we as the reader (and of course Elle) know when the personalities flip by the change in hair-colour. Of course, we also see the change in the attitude, but I have to say the hair colour change was the most effective for me as it just struck out so much. It was instant. BOOM, colour change. When she is in a meaner mode she is blonde. When shy she has brown hair. When green haired she is rational and protective. There is also the joker who has purple hair. And then there is Elle herself, pink-haired and a sweet and normal girl. I really loved seeing the switches/changes happen. She could go from one to another in just mere seconds.

Through the story we see there is another girl hiding in Elle, one that cannot be released just yet, and I am very worried what she is. She has blue hair and glows. I wonder what Elle she is and how dangerous and powerful she is. Going by the hints we get... I say we shouldn't let her out.

The art is just the best. I just love the style, the colours, and the character designs.

I would highly recommend this book to all. This one will suck you into the story. Fantastic characters. Tons of mystery. And wonderful art.

This graphic novel has stunning illustrations, though they appear a bit static. I loved the friendship aspects of the story. It's also fast-paced and very engaging. The story itself leads up to a bigger mystery, but ends on a cliffhanger and doesn't reveal any part of it to the readers.
But I have to bump it down one star, because, with my limited knowledge, I don't think 'Elle(s)' is a good representation of dissociative identity disorder (e.g. having one evil personality, that tries to overrule all the others). Though it seems to be of fantastical origin, it stands on its own in this volume and is used as a plot device.

An incredible story about Elle, a teen with Bipolar disorder navigating life and a new school. Each of Elle’s different personalities have different colour hair, so the story was easy to follow. This depiction of the disorder was very powerful and I learnt a lot. It was very interesting to see inside Elle’s head for this short graphic novel (I finished it in about a half-hour sitting), and left on a cliffhanger that I can’t wait to find out about in the next volume.
One downfall I felt was that this graphic novel volume was a bit too short, and the other characters weren’t fleshed out well because of this.
But the stunning artwork, colouring and story were perfect. I’m not an own voices reviewer for Bipolar disorder so I would definitely be interested in reading reviews from readers who have actually experienced this.

I really liked the way this book tackled the topic of multiple personality disorder. The art style in this graphic novel was stunning it also helped the reader differentiate between all of the different personalities that Elle has throughout this book. There is also a subplot that is a mystery surrounding Elle's family. I can not wait to read the next volume from this series. I am super excited!!!

Elle(s) by Kid Toussain & Aveline Stokart was a very beautiful and interesting graphic novel about a high school girl with multiple personalities. It had some mystery, some family and friendship drama, and fantastic art to boot. This was only the first volume, so I'm very interested to check out further volumes in the story!

I am hooked! Elle(s) is a beautifully drawn comic. I've followed Aveline Stockart for a while so I knew I needed to read this when it was finally available and it didn't disappoint. If anything Elle(s) was much more than I expected. Sweet and sinister at the same time, mysterious and intriguing and like I said, beautifully drawn. I am so invested in this story, and what a way to end it!

Thank you to NetGalley for the arc of Elles!

Okay, I loved this graphic novel.

This novel follows Elle and all of her distinctive personalities. Her personalities are defined by her hair colour (that only the reader can see). I won’t go much in to the plot of Elles as I want to keep this review spoiler-free, but man this was a good read.

I was hooked immediately. The artwork is beautiful. The characters are drawn so wonderfully, with beautiful colour palettes and a lovely technique and style. The characters are diverse and fun, and I loved watching the different relationships with Elle’s friends are her multiple personalities.

The story was really fresh and unique, and I was drawn in to the mystery of it straight away. I stormed through this graphic novel in no time and then flipped back through to re-appreciate some of my favourite pieces of artwork within.

Elle is a main character I have never come across before. She is totally unique and unlike any other I have read and that was an amazing thrill. It was so great to take in something so wholly different from anything I’ve read before.

I got to the end of Elles way too soon, and my jaw hit the floor at the cliffhanger ending! This is the type of graphic novel series that I know I could comfortably sit and read a compendium of with no problem. Coming to this conclusion after only reading the debut volume makes me VERY excited for what is to come.

I simply can’t wait to see what happens next with Elle. I will defiantly be purchasing a hard copy of this graphic novel when it hits the shelves because I can’t wait to see what this work looks like on paper.

Massive props to Kid Toussaint and Aveline Stockart for creating something so imaginative, creative, and full of fantasy possibility. Defiantly one of the best things I have read so far this year without a doubt.

I just loved it!!

I've been trying out new stuff this month, i.e. graphic novels, and this is the first one I picked up! I just loved the cover, and the colouring, and it was available for READ NOW, so I just had to read it.

That wasn't a bad decision, apart from the fact that the others in this series have not been released, but I will definitely be checking out more of this because this had me invested.

Even if the plot and stuff might not have been as interesting, I would still have rated this 5 stars for the art, because this is the style of art I really love. The colours, the shading, the face shapes; it all adds a certain life to it, in a way that it immediately catches your eye. And this was present throughout the novel, so I just loved the reading experience.

I wasn't completely onboard with the seemingly budding romance, but then it turned out Elle wasn't either, so all was well. I loved the personality changes, though it wasn't clear at first why nobody else saw the hair colour changes.

I want to know more about Elle's family, and who that girl controlling her is, and I honestly really want to know more about Linotte, because she was like one of my favourite characters form this, even is Maesy was the better friend....but then Linotte was pretty absentminded at times...

I can't wait to read the others, and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys amazing art, an alright storyline, and a short pick me up.

Full review to be posted soonish.

I would like to thank the publisher and netgalley for providing me a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

5/5💫: WOW! This graphic novel was absolutely amazing. My only issue with it was that it was too short and I wanted more. But the imagery was beautiful and the hair change allegory was done seamlessly. I thought the author did a wonderful job of dealing with a heavy topic of mental health issues and contrasting it with middle grade language so that it could be easily understood. I also loved the friendships Elle made. If I had one gripe, since it's the first volume, I would like more of the friends/relationships before her episodes rather than just a montage of images to show time has passed.

I can't believe that it ended with such a juicy cliffhanger, I can't wait to find out more and see what path Elle goes down. I definitely would recommend that everyone go pick this up for a brisk but meaningful read. I'll be sure to look of for the next volume and pick up a physical copy of these beautiful illustrations when it's released.

----My ARC copy of the book was provided by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for a fair, unbiased review.----

Elle(s) was a very interesting graphic novel. The artwork was beautiful. I love that the author tackled a mental illness that is not often spoken about. The take on disociative identity disorder was very important. I feel like it is necessary to increase the awareness of mental health disorders, especially for the youth of the world. The treatment of the disorder was incredibly well-done. The idea of changing the hair color for each personality helped it to be easily understood and aided in the comprehension of the story. I wish that the story was longer; I was very invested in the characters and wanted to learn more. I was able to read the entire story in 30 minutes and wanted it to keep going. Overall, I applaud the author on creativity, and I will be sharing this story with everyone I can. I am eager for the sequel already.

I spotted this cover a few times here on Netgalley and well always skipped it, then i heard someone else had read it and how much they enjoyed this. Soooo i had to come and read it myself.

First i am loving the Inside Out theme is has!!! one of my favorite movies.

Secondly, this comic has so much emotion in it i felt it while reading it. Reminded me of kinda what i also go through in my daily life as a teen and well now as an adult. The feelings we have that are hard to control and the ones that want to come out so badly.

I got to the last page and kept scrolling saying " no no no i need more " I will be getting this one for my own collection and i WILL be getting the next.

You need to read this ASAP!!!

I loved this! It was so fun but also a great exploration of the different emotions we go through and how these might affect our behaviour.

The graphics were fantastic, the storyline unique. The only thing I didn't like? I was so into the story and absolutely loving it and then you hit me with a cliffhanger like that? Seriously? I need the next installment now!

Thank you for the review copy!
This was a fun and quick read. I loved the art, enjoyed the story and loved Elle's character.
I feel like its a book one can pick up, binge through and relax
However, the romance portrayed seemed a bit rushed and unnecessary. I felt like we could have done without it, to be honest.
I did enjoy the premise, the ending and the mental health rep(at least, I hope it is).
Overall, its worth the read!

The graphic novel is about our main character Elle, her life and about herself. She got transferred to a new school and is a new kid there and many of the students find her quite different and cool. She befriends a group of friends and they instantly click irrespective of how different each one are among themselves. The initial days go by happy making lots of memories with her friends, but as days go by an incident occurs + lots of school pressure on her, Elle starts to change. The change is very drastic and dramatic for her and even for others around her. She suffers from Dissociative identity disorder or Multiple personality disorder which we come to know as the story progresses. Just when we start to get deeper into the story, it ends at a cliffhanger.

Storywise I am definitely in love with it and hooked. I would want to know what happens in the next volumes. It is engaging and Elle's character is portrayed well. I like that she has supportive friends who understand that she is changing and suffering and don't give up on her. Artwork is amazing. The colours and the illustrations are cute. Surely recommend the graphic novel as it is a quick read and showcases a story wonderfully.

Thank you Netgalley and Le Lombard / Europe Comics for the arc in exchange for an honest review.