我不是完美小孩

by Jimmy Liao, 几米

大家好，我叫“郝完美”。
这个名字是爸妈为我取的。
他们说，我小时候，不管正面看背面看，
醒着睡着，或笑或哭，看起来都好完美。

可是，随着我慢慢长大，事情就变了。。。。。。

爸妈的要求越来越多，学校的要求越来越严。
我觉得好累，真想大叫：我不是完美小孩啦！

我想知道，
世界上有多少人跟我一样觉得自己不完美。
所以我鼓起勇气站上台，
讲出我对于这件事的想法。
所有放弃追求完美的小孩和大人，
欢迎来听讲。

Genres: Graphic Novels

127 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2010

About the author

Jimmy Liao (pen name: 幾米；autonym: Lao Fu-Bin, 廖福彬) born in Yilan County, Taiwan. in Fine Arts, with a major in Design. He had worked in advertising companies for 12 years. Now he works as an illustrator. Since 1998, Jimmy published several illustrated books with amazing originality and multi-faceted narratives. He had since set a fashion in creating and publishing illustrated books in local and international markets. Utilizing images as a refreshing form of literary language, Jimmy creates in his works poetic frames that emit charms and appeals. He has published seventeenth popular books so far, and they are translated into English, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean and so forth. Being the most popular illustrator author in Asia, creating lots of fantasy and touch hearts cross all generation, however, with low profile personality, he enjoys the family time more, lives a tranquil life and devotes most of his time to work. Immersing in his works is just like to go into Jimmy's inner world, his inviting stories reflect the reality of real life, more and more people are intoxicated by his vivid strokes and his magic realism narratives. Now in Asia, Jimmy becomes vogue of the time, beyond his stories, "Jimmy" is like a pop of a new life style.

from: http://www.jimmyspa.com/en/

Reviews

[Mariya · Rating 4 out of 5]

牙痛，不請自來。
愛情，不請自來。
歲月，不請自來。
災難，不請自來。
爸爸說：
我也是，不請自來。

Jimmy Liao's books have a way of finding me when I need them. This author holds a special place in my heart.
If you have a kid, you will probably feel moved by this book. It deals with lots of everyday human emotions, especially generated by the gap between generations.
The cute illustrations can be enjoyed by children and parents together, and both can be inspired by the stories of many perfectly imperfect famous people. But some topics go deep and can definitely give adults food for thought.

On a side note: It is a great book to learn or review many useful colloquial and idiomatic expressions for Chinese learners.

[Anat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me permito ser nota discordante porque no me ha dicho nada... Creo que tiene que ver algo con lo asiático que no acabo de entender. Eso sí los dibujos son maravillosos y de los textos, de todo un poco.

[isomorphic · Rating 4 out of 5]

完美的客套人人都会
很多大人对朋友说：
“找个时间一起吃饭，我们再联络......”
我一听就知道他们再也不会再联络了

大人的世界很幸苦喔。

完美的鼓励一辈子都受用
世界愈悲伤，我要愈快乐
当人心愈险恶，我要愈善良
当挫折来了，我要挺身面对
我要做一个乐观向上，
不退缩不屈不挠不怨天尤人，
勇敢去接受人生所有挑战的人

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well. -- Shakespeare

[Jennifer B. · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't care much for this one. It was too long, too repetitive, and not even much variety in the illustrations.

[Junesann · Rating 4 out of 5]

郝完美~这个名字很完美~

[Fátima’s version🐚 · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5⭐️

[Rossana Karunaratna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am reading this book slowly, to feel illustrations and texts together. Do we expect a book on not being perfect to be perfect when dealing with this topic? Of course not so let's enjoy a book that wants to be non perfect with all the magic of its kind. However, this is not my favorite book by this autor.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

He de decir que conociendo el trabajo y las ilustraciones del autor y leyendo el título del libro, esperaba que me llegara el mensaje de una forma más profunda, de ahí mi calificación. Las ilustraciones se me hicieron repetitivas y en ocasiones perdí el hilo argumental o el mensaje que trata de transmitir Jimmy Liao.

[Coke Fernández · Rating 3 out of 5]

6/10

[Jenni · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked the messages that the author/illustrator tried to convey to us readers about the word "Perfect" (完美). According to the author, this book is dedicated to those parents and children who can abandon their pursuit of perfection. And this is what this is all about: "Perfect is not everything", "Even though you are not perfect, it doesn't mean that you are useless or unworthy" etc. I think these quotes that the author brought up in his book are a great example of how the world should view their life, and stop chasing for perfection, since it doesn't exist:

"Have no fear of perfection - You'll never reach it." - Salvador Dali
"不要害怕完美，因为你永远达不到它。" -达利

"Striving to better, oft we mar what's well." - Shakespeare
"为了追求更好，我们毁损了原已够好的。" -莎士比亚

"We live in a rainbow of chaos." - Paul Cezanne
"我们活在一个由混乱形成的彩虹之中。" -塞尚

"If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to do." - George Bernard Shaw
"如果这世界完好，一点问题都没有，我们不就无事可做了。" - 萧伯纳

Perfection has one grace defect. It is apt to be dull. - William Somerset Maugham
"完美有一个重大的缺陷。它往往是无趣的。" - 毛姆

The text combined with the colourful art that features our main heroin, 郝完美, we follows her "journey" through ups and downs in life, and re-discover the meaning of the word perfection.
This is the first book I've read from this author, but I've heard of his name before and admired his art, so when I saw this in my local library I was very excited to find it there. Overall, I loved it and despite that I didn't agree with some things he said in the book, it was a great read.

[Tensy Gesteira estevez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es un libro con unas ilustraciones magníficas, para disfrutar en una tarde de invierno con buen té o un café cargado. Así lo he disfrutado yo, mientras reflexionaba alrededor de si los libros infantiles tienen que tratar solamente de temas banales, o de temas tan complejos como la perfección. Sin duda, No soy perfecta es un buen ejemplo de que todos los temas, aun los más trascendentales, se pueden adaptar para los niños, siempre y cuando tengamos en cuenta que en las primeras edades la sensibilidad es mayor. Jimmy Liao cumple con todo, y nos ofrece una obra a la altura de cualquier libro para adultos.

Reseña completa aquí: http://lecturafilia.com/2016/02/25/no...

[Andrea Merelo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Se supone que es un libro "para niños" pero del cual todos podemos aprender, incluso el autor dice que es ideal para aquellos niños, y adultos, que han dejado de buscar la perfección.

Me ha encantado y tiene mensajes muy buenos, además como es para niños es realmente una lectura rápida e interesante :) Además las ilustraciones son geniales

[JanaMarga · Rating 5 out of 5]

As all Jimmy Liao's books, the illustrations often tell the story by themselves. It was such a fun read, and i think a lot of people, not only children, can relate to it. Once again the emotions are really tangible when reading this amazing story. I would definitely recommend it to everyone.

[Camelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

读着这本书时, 一边庆幸我此刻十六岁的心中还有一半儿时的想法, 却也同时在为消失的一半难过... 这本书勾起童年时对世界的种种疑惑, 也开始让我感叹曾经对自己信誓旦旦不会轻易和世界妥协的我也渐渐地在投降了...

Ratings : 4.8/5

[Natalia · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Dedicated to the children and grownups that have stopped looking for the perfect world"

[YC KU · Rating 4 out of 5]

很童心的一本書,
還記得你怎麼開始認識這個不完美的世界嗎?