Comprei esse livro na promoção da amazon, já tinha ouvido falar sobre ele e mesmo assim nunca li a sinopse. Eu sinto que estragaria saber mais do que a capa me mostrava, e estava certa, porque me surpreendi TANTO com a narrativa que precisei vir correndo aqui relatar sobre a leitura.
É tão difícil ler uma história que aborda uma doença sem romantizá-la, e eu diria que essa graphic novel foi o oposto disso: o autor não somente poupou o drama, como foi extremamente sincero, cru e real ao relatar o cotidiano de alguém soropositivo. Sem espaço para sentimentalismo exacerbado e com uma escrita fluída a ponto de me fazer começar e terminar a leitura em uma manhã tediosa. É preciso muita coragem para escrever sobre uma rotina exaustiva, dolorosa e incompreendida pela maioria que não sabe como ela funciona, fora a aula de informação que temos desde o exato momento que abrimos o livro.
Se alguém me perguntasse "Bel, sobre o que é o livro?", eu responderia que Pílulas Azuis é um livro sobre questionamentos. Da vida, do ser humano, das nossas limitações e mais um bocado de coisa que só quem leu vai sentir também.

Altamente recomendado. 💚

Pretty good. I think this is one that gets chalked up to interesting characters and a fairly gripping perspective, but I can't say the art ever became particularly noteworthy..

This is a beautiful example of graphic medicine. It shows someone grappling with the realities behind having a partner with HIV. It is informative. It represents people who do not fit the stereotype of people with HIV/AIDS. It demonstrates that as a society we should change the way that we perceive people with HIV/AIDS. I would highly recommend it.

a lovely autobiographical comic about frederik peeters and his girlfriend, cati. as they fall in love, cati must reveal to frederik that she is HIV positive, as is her young son. i enjoyed the thoughtful (but not sappy) treatment of what can still be a scary and taboo topic. i was also touched by frederik's relationship with "the little one" as they call cati's son. good stuff. i'd like to read more by this artist.

In the line of [book:Blankets], an intensely personal account which does evoke the love of spririt over that of the body.

So far I have been very lucky when reading graphic memoirs, which is in no doubt due to the fact that I have read some really high quality titles like Fun Home and Blankets. My winning streak continues with Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story by Frederick Peeters. Fred and Cati run into each other a few times over the years before becoming romantically involved. When their relationship begins to get serious, Cati has a confession for Fred: She and her son are HIV positive. The book is translated into English, and at times the language can be a bit jarring, but overall, Blue Pills is a wonderful love story that explores both the practicalities and the emotional aspects of loving someone who is ill, while challenging stereotypes of what it means to be HIV positive.