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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
This book was good but not as good as Smile. I couldn't relate to this book as much as the other one. Still a good and quick read.
I'm making an effort to read more of my students' favorite books. I'm pretty sure all 120 of my kids have read this one, and I can see why. Though it's clearly meant for readers younger than myself, I still found it funny, relatable, and heartwarming. Reading that this is the author's childhood memoir made me like it even more. I'm also insanely jealous of Raina's drawing skills.
I thought this was a really good book. A really easy read and very quick read as well.
lighthearted
fast-paced
I am just LOVING Raina Telgemeier lately. I love that I can sit down and knock out one of her graphic novels/graphic memoirs in an hour or so but the story is well-developed and has so much I can relate to (especially this one about Raina and her younger sister Amara learning to get along).
As a story, I really liked it! I have 2 problems with it: 1, it's a graphic novel (not that graphic novels are bad, I just find them short, quick reads), and 2, it could have been longer (honestly, 3 weeks in less than 220 pages???). But, otherwise, it was a good book!
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
i love graphic novels, however this one was boring. they just head to Colorado and the story somewhat documents the road trip. it ended very quickly. the sisters just make up after some batteries and colored pencils, and they find mango (amara's snake). this was also a reread and maybe i just found the story boring because i somewhat remembered it but i remember it being a little better.
Love this: simple storytelling that isn't simplistic. Like her others, this made me nostalgic for my own tween/teen years. Each of her awesome graphic memoirs make me realize that it's ok to write about the awkwardness of your own adolescence, and the subtle shifts in your family relationships--Telgemeier shows how important this act of story sharing can be. There's a lovely sophistication here: the flashbacks to her earlier childhood, setting the stage for the vacation/journey that is the story's present. And the art: clean and quirky and good.
Mmm nope. Thought I was going to get a cute sweet story about sisters but instead got a story about some whiney bratty kids that somehow at the end get along because of batteries. Pass.
Raina captured the relationship between her sister and herself very well.