I have had We Called Them Giants by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans and Clayton Cowles as an online reader copy for a few months. I have had opportunities to read it, but for the most part I figured it would expire before I had a chance to. Thankfully I was able to find it and read it at lunch today. It was an interesting experience.
This graphic novel is an on book. We know the dystopian aspects (a girl wakes up one morning to find her new adopted parents, and pretty much everyone else has disappeared; then the survival situations with gangs, animals, and more), but the addition of the Red and Green Giants turn things in a slightly different direction. They take on a spiritual aspect without being overly preachy. And granted, we might know this story as well, yet it is trying a different take. Overall, it is not a pleasant story, but there is an odd hopefulness even in the dark.
In the end, this is a story about friendship and family and what that means to each of us especially when our biases come into play due to our sheltered or less-than-sheltered backstory. And this is expressed with not only the inner monologue of the main character and the dialogues she has with the two other people in her life, but with delightfully illustrated images that are hauntingly ugly and beautiful.
Currently available, this graphic novel might be a bit too familiar for someone who reads a lot of science fiction and/or dystopian fiction, but for someone who is not a huge reader of those genres, it would work well. Mature themes and images make this best for at least 14 and up.