ashleylynn's review
Love the art style, but I’m learning I don’t care about books on motherhood / children
constant_reader's review
2.0
Uninteresting. I didn't like the illustrations & the handwriting was sloppy. Her kids were whiny & annoying.
radclyffe_uhaul's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Dementia
Minor: Grief
k8lynn's review
lighthearted
slow-paced
3.0
described im the intro by the author as "diary comics" and this speaks true to the whole book. it reads like a comic anthology, varying from spreads about her daughter Helen to scenes with her
mother suffering from Alzheimer's to her times in Cyprus and Greece. the art is beautiful and varies from page to page, but it's very slow paced & I wished some of the diary comic entries were interconnected or more cohesive with one another. i also wish more familial aspects were fleshed out more. but ultimately i enjoyed this book!
mother suffering from Alzheimer's to her times in Cyprus and Greece. the art is beautiful and varies from page to page, but it's very slow paced & I wished some of the diary comic entries were interconnected or more cohesive with one another. i also wish more familial aspects were fleshed out more. but ultimately i enjoyed this book!
toad_maiden's review
2.0
This felt scattered and sloppy to me. Some of the comics were memorable, but the overwhelming majority were about the parts of parenthood that make childless people like me glad that they are childless.
hypops's review against another edition
3.0
A collection of diary comics from an archaeological illustrator. In line with cartoonists like Keiler Roberts, Glynnis Fawkes captures the day-in-day-out conversations with her young children, their vacations to Greece and Cyprus, as well as a few other events and occasions.
A few of these comics are excellent (especially when her interest in archaeology overlaps with her family life), but most are straightforward “kids say the darnedest things” moments captured in comic form.
A few of these comics are excellent (especially when her interest in archaeology overlaps with her family life), but most are straightforward “kids say the darnedest things” moments captured in comic form.