Reads like a classical fairy tale-- the kind meant to scare children into behaving. Gorgeous grayscale art lends a bleakness to the setting, and the artist does not shy away from gore (this is definitely not for the squeamish, as the ogres have a habit of eating humans), but this is far from a horror story. I also enjoyed the prose interludes, which gave the ogres context and purpose in the world. I'll definitely be reading the next volume.

I received an ARC from NetGalley for an honest review. A dark and beautiful masterpiece. This was somehow deeply disturbing, and I’m not sure I could put into words why. Of course it’s dark to see humans being eaten nonchalantly, but that wasn’t it. There were, after all, three distinct sizes of human-like beings in this book (very large ogres, small ogres, and tiny humans). We’re supposed to be the smallest ones, the humans, but it’s still interesting to think eating very small creatures th...

Well, here we have something different that I couldn’t possibly imagine being created in the U.S., (the first volume of a trilogy of) a gothic fable about a world of incestuous monstrous ogres (I know, are there any other kind?) who eat humans. Setting: Castle on a mountain in, let me guess, France. The backstory of various characters is told in periodic two single-spaced pages; the rest is comics. For every inviting aspect of the work (Bertrand Gatignol’s black and white artwork, in this oversi...

This book was bananas. Petit (out titular hero) is the smallest child born to an extended family of inbred giants (Ogres) who rule over a land of humans that they eat. ...Did all of that land? No? Good, it's only going to get weirder.The art in this book (by Bertrand Gatignol) was the saving factor that helped me stay with any of this. It is largely a book about the crazy family dynamics of which giant is bigger than which and how do they feel about humans. Petit is human sized, but he's raised

A disturbing story of a child of giants who is almost human size, almost, but wholly. The giants are considered gods, and have humans waiting on them hand and foot, and if you displease any of them, you are eaten. Sometimes you are just eaten anyway.But there is a problem. Each giant has children that are smaller than the original giant. The current queen suspects it to be inbreeding, and so when her child, Petit, is born human size, she hides him, and gives him to one of the older Aunties, to r...

Book provided by Lion Forge through NetgalleyTW: gore, attempted rape, cannibalism In a royal family of monstrous ogres, continuous inbreeding has been yielding smaller and smaller children. Petit is the smallest yet. So small his mother did not know she was pregnant with him until she birthed him. Instantly reviled for his human size, the court demands to eat him, so such blight can be erased from the royal family. His mother, however, believes Petit will bring about great things, much as

I don't know why I keep reading Hubert, his stories are always revolting.

3.5*Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review* SO CREEPY.If you are not into blood, naked bodies and cannibalism, maybe this book is not for you. I am not into any of that things, but I still liked it! So, we have Petit, the littlest giant in the royal clan. His father, the Ogre King, is THE GIANT and wants him killed as an embarrassment but his mother decides to keep him alive hoping he will bring amazing things. Since Petit is

I could immediately tell this was a bonkers French comic translated to English. It was just too weird and offputting for most American comic audiences. It's about this royal family of inbred giants. The queen gives birth to a human sized son and the king immediately tries to murder him. The queen raises the kid in hiding with her aunt. The queen constantly tries to get Petit to eat humans and have sex with them in order to have giant babies. There's tons of violence towards women and awkward sex...

Ohhh this was creepy and neato. This is another situation where I wish Goodreads did half stars because this is definitely a solid 3.5 teetering on the edge of 4. I'm more than a little bit in love with this absolutely grotesque world of man eating giants obsessed with maintaining their gargantuan stature. After years of inbreeding they are little more than oversized, babbling morons with an endless hunger for human's. The current giant queen gives birth to a human sized baby who she comes to be...

This book is a freaking bizarre combination of fairy tales and Attack on Titan, Vol. 1, filled with incest, cannibalism, gore, and very unlikeable giant characters. The art and story are both simultaneously weirdly beautiful and repellent. I might enjoy this more if the young title character weren't so feckless and ineffectual, but I'll probably check out the next volume to see how he might develop as a person.

Spellbinding, original, eerily good! Finally something that sets itself apart. The only issue I had was that some choices were not explained enough and sometimes the plot did not flow seamlessly. Aside from these a wonderful, haunting piece of art!

A rather gory fairytale with brillant graphics!Petit was a child born to the Ogre King and Queen. Unfortunately he was born the size of a normal human baby. His father the ogre king would have eaten him but his mother hides him, bringing him up in the rooms of his ogre aunt. Petit grows up learning to eat human beings, albeit reluctantly. He knows he is different and manages to keep out of the way of the other ogres. His mother believes he is the key to a new giant race. His aunt wants him to be...

Fairy tales over time have become categorized as "children's stories" but they didn't start out that way. Based on the famous collections of the Brothers Grimm, I have long thought of fairy tales as "grim."Volume 1 of The Ogre Gods is a fairy tale for adults, and as was traditional in the folk tales that became known as fairy tales, features universal themes of sex, death, and violence. The title character, Petit, is born a giant but is undersized—for a giant.The giants consume "humans" for food...

I liked the style of the art, but this was way too grotesque for me. Probably would have minded it a little less if most of the violence hadn't been directed at women.

WOW! Petit is an exceptional story full of all the elements that make a great story. It is essentially a fairy tale for adults full of terrible characters. In fact, it was hard to figure out if there were any protagonists since the characters were complicated in personality and actions. The story is about a family of giants who of course eat humans. They are very nasty giants who have very little care for their family members let alone the humans who serve them and provide their food. The queen

This was weird enough but really good! Giants ogre acting like Gods over humans population, eating them and ruling them like they want to. The story is good, the universe is great and the rythm is well balance between story evolution and action. There is also pages from time to time that goes back to the history of some characters or their relatives in ancien time, and those part are totaly in text, not comic. A good, original and unique work! Well done!!

Holy hell, this was unexpected. Really great world building - really unsettling. I'm dying to see where the next volume goes.

I picked this up because it looked intriguing. It is a large-format graphic novel with a black and white cover with the title in gold letters. It was originally published in French in 2014, and translated into English in 2018. The story centres on the titular character, petit, who is so named because he is much smaller than his parents, who are giants. In this society the giants live in a massive castle, where they have human slaves, and eat humans for their meals. The giants are cruel and callo...

'Petit: The Ogre Gods Book One' by Hubert Boulard with illustrations by Bertrand Gatignol is a story about grotesque giants who have court intrigue and feast on humans.Petit is the son of the (current) Ogre King. He is quite small for his species, towering over humans and seemingly not fitting in to either world. He is protected by his aunt who is larger than other giants in his crumbling castle. To stay alive, he is told he must mate with a human to produce a royal offspring, even though this i...