crystal_reading's review against another edition
4.0
I am really enjoying the recent spate of graphic novel memoirs. I think graphic novels can be an excellent format for memoir. Maggie a significant summer camp experience. She becomes quite interested in a female counselor and doesn't know what to do with those feelings.
The often dark illustrations seemed to help show how conflicted Maggie was during the time.
It's a quick read and overall was kind of a quiet introspective book. It's likely to bring back summer camp memories for readers.
The often dark illustrations seemed to help show how conflicted Maggie was during the time.
It's a quick read and overall was kind of a quiet introspective book. It's likely to bring back summer camp memories for readers.
tessachb's review against another edition
2.0
Thank you so much to Candlewick Press for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review!!
2,5 stars
2,5 stars
kristenmtan's review against another edition
3.0
3.5/5
pacing was confusing? but that’s probably because this is an audiobook adapted from a graphic novel i don’t blame the author lol
pacing was confusing? but that’s probably because this is an audiobook adapted from a graphic novel i don’t blame the author lol
esppperanza's review against another edition
4.0
This was going to be a 3 star book for me but that ending though!!!
missoliviareadsbooks's review against another edition
3.0
Beautiful art style accompanying the highs and lows of first love at an all girls summer camp. A really enjoyable read!
jexjthomas's review against another edition
4.0
Honor Girl is a moving coming-of-age story about Maggie, an adolescent girl who discovers that she has feelings for Erin, an older counselor at the Christian camp for girls that she's been going to since she was a child. Her only crush up to this point has been one of the Backstreet Boys, and she's caught off guard by her feelings. This graphic memoir details that summer, where Maggie has to come to terms with her sexuality and being unlike the other girls in a very repressed, conservative camp. The story is raw, funny feels very true to life, and not just because it's based on a real summer in the author's life. This would be a great book for teens to read if they are struggling with their identity, and for adults it's a time capsule that perfectly recalls how confusing and scary adolescence was. The only potential sticking point for me was the art, which can feel very amateurish, but that actually ends up working in its favor, evoking the style of a young person and contributing to the rawness of the story. The ending is heart-breaking in that it utterly lacks closure, but isn't that how life often is, full of hesitation and missed chances? I hope that Thrash follows this up with more graphic novels, because she's obviously got a knack for poignant, touching storytelling.
mikethepysch's review against another edition
4.0
The art is almost laughable, but story is interesting enough. Along with the characters.
leavingsealevel's review against another edition
3.0
Good, but lost interest in teenage angst halfway through.