Shelby H. (Shaverda) reviewed on + 17 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Lesbian/gay or straight, I think you'll enjoy this "tragicomic." To be honest, although it was called a graphic memoir, I didn't realize this is quite literally a comic book, though it is not fanciful but an actual portrayal of her life from years eightish to twenty.
This book/comic mainly seems to deal with her relationship with her father, both before and after death. It might seem a bit repititious to some.
Most of all, I enjoyed her comparisons to Proust, Fitzgerald, et cetera throughout the book; her father taught high school English and it's quite obvious she's well-read. She uses similes about other authors in a funny way.
Anyhow, overall, a great book. For a comic book, it's very verbose.
I would not recommend you lend this to your children (unless you're liberal about those kind of things); pictures exist that show her and her girlfriend in bed (nothing too graphic, I assure you).
This book/comic mainly seems to deal with her relationship with her father, both before and after death. It might seem a bit repititious to some.
Most of all, I enjoyed her comparisons to Proust, Fitzgerald, et cetera throughout the book; her father taught high school English and it's quite obvious she's well-read. She uses similes about other authors in a funny way.
Anyhow, overall, a great book. For a comic book, it's very verbose.
I would not recommend you lend this to your children (unless you're liberal about those kind of things); pictures exist that show her and her girlfriend in bed (nothing too graphic, I assure you).
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