misssusan's review against another edition
3.0
it's a little odd reviewing a memoir. if this was fiction i would have complained about the ending -- it feels realistic but it's not terribly satisfying -- but it's what happened, what're you gonna do?
so yeah. story follows maggie in the summer she's fifteen at camp and ends up crushing on her female camp counsellor. it's pretty chill, just talks about her friends, camp, figuring out the whole liking girls thing, become a designated expert shooter. normal slice of life stuff. i liked the art style; it's sort of unpolished in a way that makes it feel like something a fifteen year old girl would draw
3 stars
so yeah. story follows maggie in the summer she's fifteen at camp and ends up crushing on her female camp counsellor. it's pretty chill, just talks about her friends, camp, figuring out the whole liking girls thing, become a designated expert shooter. normal slice of life stuff. i liked the art style; it's sort of unpolished in a way that makes it feel like something a fifteen year old girl would draw
3 stars
amg25's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
2.75
Very easy to read. Not as thrilling as I had hoped.
iffer's review against another edition
4.0
Although I'm not usually drawn to the jillion graphic memoirs that seem to be "the thing" for female comic book artists to do, I enjoyed this one. Although the art and writing might not be considered great, they're affecting; they're candid.
The book ends abruptly, but it's true to life. It captures that weird surreal feeling of being in the gap between childhood things, and growing up. It's also a lesbian story that should be out there, especially since it's an experience that isn't completely traumatic, like most of those that are turned into books, movies, etc, but still communicates society's detrimental "don't ask, don't tell" attitude/denial about anything it doesn't want to deal with.
The book ends abruptly, but it's true to life. It captures that weird surreal feeling of being in the gap between childhood things, and growing up. It's also a lesbian story that should be out there, especially since it's an experience that isn't completely traumatic, like most of those that are turned into books, movies, etc, but still communicates society's detrimental "don't ask, don't tell" attitude/denial about anything it doesn't want to deal with.
zquill's review against another edition
3.0
I was initially pulled in by the genuine details of camp life as a teenage girl and the quick humor, even if the art was messy and some of the characters were difficult to differentiate from each other. The story seemed to be building to a somewhat cynical lesson about the ephemeral nature of youth/summer/first love, and one could argue it's there if you squint, but it all comes off as more of a confession than as a story with a point by the end.
i_will_papercut_a_bish's review against another edition
5.0
Brutally honest, a realistic depiction of girl relationships in high school, and utterly cathartic.
libby1990's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book.
I read it in one sitting and I wanted more.
This is about a girl who goes to an all girls camp and she is finding out her sexually. This book is heart warming and sad at some parts. But this is well done.
There is also some bullying in here as well when all of the other girls find out that one who the one girl is
Plus it shows how some friendships are not meant to last.
I loved the writing style and this was my first memoir book that i read and I loved it
I read it in one sitting and I wanted more.
This is about a girl who goes to an all girls camp and she is finding out her sexually. This book is heart warming and sad at some parts. But this is well done.
There is also some bullying in here as well when all of the other girls find out that one who the one girl is
Plus it shows how some friendships are not meant to last.
I loved the writing style and this was my first memoir book that i read and I loved it
freja_ts's review against another edition
4.0
contained no less than two scenes that made me go "this is the gayest shit i have ever seen" (the handholding and the time she FAINTS because the girl she likes nearly kisses her) and also an amazing rant about how you can only like girls or horses, which i personally found hilarious because i quit horsebackriding around the same time i realised i like girls.
personal pro tip: pick girls. they're nicer, smell better and are less likely to kick you in the face.
personal pro tip: pick girls. they're nicer, smell better and are less likely to kick you in the face.