What Were You Raised By Wolves? by Vera Brosgol

What Were You Raised By Wolves? Reviews

• 
  Liz Janet

  This story is available online for free:
  Here
  After reading her other work,
  Anya's Ghost, I wanted to see what else she had done, and if it was as good. It wasn't, but it was also not bad.
  This is a story told through images, there are no words, in the same artistic style as her graphic novel, except this one is in black and white, and has none of the dimming and beautiful colours the other one had. Therefore, the story feels rushed, but it is still simple and gives enough information, so we are not left with a desire to want more.
  The best part is that this is the story of a feral child, who sees people acting horribly towards each other, in "animalistic ways", and she is still deemed the more animal than all those when she tries to stop them from committing them. She was trying to do good in a world that saw her good as unnecessary, it did show the real world in a realistic light.
  I did have one issue with it: The little boy did not need to be eaten, it would have made as much sense as having her mother's corpse as the skeleton, which would have explained why she was raised by wolves.
  If you liked Anya's Ghost, this should be your next step.
• 
  Glasdow Teacosy

  Find this story at
  http://verabee.com/wolf/
  
  Told entirely without words, this online comic is about a young, feral girl raised by the family of her playmate. She & her playmate didn't get too much time to play together, however, because her wolf family ate him. His family then takes her in as their own. After going through the school system, she tries to make her way in the world, but has a hard time fitting in. The real world is filled with adults who act like animals.
  
  Both funny and sad, this story impressed me with its wordless narrative. The art style is cartoony, which gives the heavy subject matter a lighter feel. I would say it's more adult than YA because of the subject matter in a few of the panels.
• 
  Velia

  Very sad.
  
  No words were needed to tell the story.
• 
  Millenia

  
  Humans are so cruel.
• 
  machinaheart

  Entirely without words, hauntingly beautiful and sad.
• 
  Alexandra

  Not as great as Anya's Ghost but it's fairly nice! I love Vera Brosgol's illustrations and how her stories are tinged with realism.
• 
  Deanna

  Heartbreaking.
• 
  Nain

  4.5
  
  This was solid. I liked Anya's ghost enough to want more from this author and this was what I was looking for. Excuse me while I examine her website for future publications.
• 
  Katrina

  Well, this was...bleak. I went in search of other Vera Brosgol work after reading Anya's Ghost, but this was a disappointment. I liked the idea behind it: a feral girl, raised by wolves, who enters human society and finds that humans are beasts in their own right. It's a decent story and could be effectively told, but the execution here is heavy-handed and simplistic, trying too hard to hit certain notes without spinning an effective story. Plus, I have objections to how the story unfolded. The pack of wolves ate the boy at the beginning because...why? It's meant to tie in to the human beasts - they're no better than wolves! they kill and maim too! - but the reality is that packs of wolves don't just roam modern campsites and rip up children. You don't need to make the wolves noble beasts as a counterpoint to the inhumanity of human nature, but at least try for a little realism instead of perpetuating a false idea of wolves that has been circulating for too long. Then, in terms of this story, if you factor in the human girl the pack had obviously taken in previously, rather than eating, it makes no sense. It's internally inconsistent. At least this was just a short comic and not a full graphic novel. Perhaps it would have been handled better if given more space to develop.
• 
  Kit

  As much as I enjoyed the story, I am kind of bothered by the logic problems in the initial premise. The comic being so short means it doesn't ruin anything for me, but I do think it would be more effective if that snag of "raise her, kill the other" wasn't so glaringly odd.
  ...of course, this is with the complaint that she was a girl raised by wolves losing jobs because of animal habits, sooo....take that as you will.
  Absolutely worth the read at 3.5/5
• 
  Noha

  A very-short graphic story about a girl who was raised in the jungle, a turn of events made her move to the city which was sadly a concrete jungle full of "human" wolves! my 4-star rating is for the graphics!
  
  you can read it from
  here
• 
  Rebecca Dawkins

  Really good but also really dark. Definitely not written for young readers but I kind of like it because of that. It feels Brosgol got to be creatively free with it being online and not targeted for a younger audience.
• 
  Mitchell Friedman

  Dark in concept but kind of cheerfully drawn. Wordless black and white story of a family that goes into the woods. And loses a young boy. And finds a young girl apparently raised by wolves. And then we see her in the outer world for awhile. Clear moving and interesting though short.
• 
  Natalie Laureano

  I love how it's told with no words and is still heart breaking.
• 
  Lola

  An incredibly powerful, wordless, short web-comic. Quite distrubing when you take a second to think about it. A quick, but very good read.
• 
  Aritra Dasgupta

  Amazing.
• 
  Jessica Mae

  I read Anya's Ghost recently and absolutely loved it, so I looked to see if Vera Brosgol has written anything else and came upon this free short graphic novel that's online and enjoyed it! There are no words and it takes 15 minutes or less to read it so its super short. But in that short time it was really sad and leaves you with a message. If you liked Anya's Ghost, you should check this one out!
• 
  Jim

  Marvelous wordless story about how nature isn't much different from "polite society".
  The nameless protagonist shows growth, only to realize that the modern world isn't all it's cracked up to be. There is some suspension of disbelief (or just lack of detail) about her transition (to say nothing of lack of grief over a brutal death from that character's family), but Brosgol beautifully "animates" the girl's actions and moral values.
• 
  Elle Pierre

  Interesting. I had missed the part about this not being a happy story. I liked/understood the social commentary on human nature but the plot was so... depressing. And dark. There was an absence of hope that I felt ruined the ultimate meaning of the comic.
• 
  Just a Girl Fighting Censorship

  Wow this was dark, especially if you know the author from their middle grade children's books. This is a wordless commentary on the horrors of our modern world showing that it is difficult sometimes to tell the difference between wild beasts and 'civilized' society.
  
  
• 
  Jasmine

  Odd and sad. I'm not sure what the through-plot of this one was, or what it's trying to say, if it's trying to say anything, but it's well done. And odd.
• 
  Miriam

  2.5
  
  Besviken för att jag älskade Anya's Ghost så mycket...
  Denna var mest skum. Förstod inte riktigt poängen.
  
• 
  solène

  Not as good as Anya's Ghost (which was truly amazing), but still nice.
• 
  Paloma

  Haunting
• 
  Jody

  Beautiful
• 
  Mydia

  Uau é lindo o traço e nada do que eu estava esperando.
  
  Já ouvi falarem que não importa o quão longe você vá, porque um dia vc vai querer voltar para casa.
  
  Espero que a garota tenha sido aceita de volta em casa