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cotahobbs's review against another edition
3.0
Enjoyed the colorful, humorous illustrations. Quite a story.
erine's review against another edition
3.0
The visual part was five stars. Clear and bold drawings meshed well with the story. The story was... eh. And yes, I realize this is someone's life and there's not much you can change about the facts, but I thought she dwelt on her celebrity interview list a little long. I think what really failed me is that I didn't get engaged to her as a character or person before she launched into her trouble with her dad. I wanted both more information on her father that I didn't get, and more information on her. Some of the foreshadowing was a tad heavy-handed, as well (that Ambien is going to lead to addiction!? No way!). In that sense, the story may have been better delivered with more text, and graphic inserts for particular episodes.
blairmahoney's review against another edition
2.0
Way less interesting than it sounds, especially when it forgets about the father and focuses on the author's uninteresting relationship, job and addiction. The art is amateurish and the graphic novel format offers nothing to the story.
trin's review against another edition
4.0
A graphic memoir, which I am apparently okay with. Unlike [b:The Liar’s Club|14241|The Liars' Club A Memoir|Mary Karr|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166585947s/14241.jpg|1269768], this is more about Sandell’s life as an adult (and her childhood was a whole lot less shitty than [a:Mary Karr|8865|Mary Karr|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1264001681p2/8865.jpg]’s, anyway). I really like Sandell’s art, and the way it seems to become more sophisticated when she’s illustrating the adult portions rather than the childhood ones—a nice Joycean touch. I’m a little bit “eh” about the idea that the rehab clinic recommended to you by Ashley Judd can solve all your problems, but then I’m “eh” on the idea of therapy in general—I know it helps a lot of people, and my grandmother was a therapist, and so on and so forth, but the idea of relinquishing control to an institution and sharing and group and all that stuff makes me vastly uncomfortable. Hello, my own issues! Maybe this is why I don’t/shouldn’t read memoirs so often: I never have to think about this stuff when I’m reading about fighting crime or blowing up spaceships.
alicebme's review against another edition
2.0
This graphic novel is my taste visually-drawing style, amount of text. The story was interesting and relatable at first, but then it veered off into a world of privilege that lost me.
meghan111's review against another edition
3.0
Quick read, colorful pictures, could be a good introduction to graphic novels for women, especially since a lot of other graphic novels that offer entry into the genre have male leads. Laurie's father, an economics professor, tells wild and dramatic stories about his past, and won't ever let anyone else get the family's mail, which tends to come bearing all sorts of aliases and imaginary names. When Laurie reaches her twenties, she realizes her father has been lying a lot, and has taken out credit cards in her name. She distances herself from her family for a number of years until she can process her experiences - along the way, she also becomes a successful writer for Glamour and battles Ambien addiction.
floralfox's review against another edition
4.0
Fascinating, honest, funny, and sometimes poignant. It was particularly interesting to me because my aunt's father and her had a similar relationship, where he abused her trust and scammed her and was basically a con man. Definitely into the idea of graphic novel memoirs.
saidtheraina's review against another edition
4.0
My favorite of the three adult graphic novels I read this weekend (the others were [b:Stitches|10964|Outlander (Outlander, #1)|Diana Gabaldon|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1402600310s/10964.jpg|2489796] and [b:Asterios Polyp|4070095|Asterios Polyp|David Mazzucchelli|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327877671s/4070095.jpg|4117200], so that's kind of a big deal).
Fun, fascinating self-discovery/parental discovery story about a girl who grew up with a con man for a dad. Goes into depth about how her trauma from that affected her relationship with a screenwriter from LA. Colorful illustrations, including some real life drawings she did as a little girl. Awesome book for 20somethings.
Fun, fascinating self-discovery/parental discovery story about a girl who grew up with a con man for a dad. Goes into depth about how her trauma from that affected her relationship with a screenwriter from LA. Colorful illustrations, including some real life drawings she did as a little girl. Awesome book for 20somethings.