I picked this book off the new graphic novels shelf at one of my local libraries, mostly because it was thin and would be a quick read. I plucked it off my to-read shelf before bedtime and didn't even glance at the description on the back before I started reading. I fell asleep ten minutes into it, about halfway through. In the morning I started reading again and realized I didn't really understand the point of this book from what I had read so far, so I read the first paragraph on the back cover. It's set during a 2012 student strike in Montreal and examines how modern city planning is intended to thwart citizen uprisings and revolutions, giving tactical advantages to the police and military. Huh. Well that seemed interesting, and indeed the second half of the book starting touching on the architecture stuff. But as in the first half of the book, the writing and art were so sketchy I felt as if I were reading a rough thumbnail guide or outline of what could have been an interesting graphic novel. It was a disappointing mix of moments, vignettes and memories that didn't make me care about the protagonist, the strike, or Montreal. The Notes section at the book's end, hinted at how much potential the author had squandered as far as the city planning/citizen suppression information. Finally, to demonstrate either how little I engaged with the book or how poorly the author executed it, after I finished reading the book I read the second paragraph on the back cover and only then realized that the protagonist of the book had been female. I had not picked up on that from the story or the art. ( )