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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
An amusing introspective autobiographical graphic novel told via a time-traveling older Jess who is looking to fix the errors of her younger selves ... and make out a little. Who wouldn't?
Read by a friend + "time travel" in the title = add to reading list. This approach can result in mishaps. Pros were the illustrations, the length and time travel. Cons include inside jokes and lack of plot or direction. See also [a:Audrey Niffenegger|498072|Audrey Niffenegger|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1367342548p2/498072.jpg].
Main character uses time travel to attempt to fix her past mistakes.
For some reason I thought this would be queerer? Maybe it's because the first thing that happens is she makes out with her past self, but aside from making out with herself it's really super duper straight (which to me is hella boring). That makes it sound like a deal breaker. I still really liked this! But the part that I liked the most that was so interesting was when she tried to intervene when her abusive father kidnapped young Jess. That was the one part that was truly heartrending. The rest was just like goofy teenage makeouts and screwing around at work. I would definitely read an entire full length memoir about that one single incident with her dad and cry my damn eyes out.
An adorable little self-reflective adventure.
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dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
I heard about this book in Tom Hart's The art of the graphic memoir. The premise is that Jess Fink decides to go back in time to recommend changes to her younger self--trying to stop her own narrative at pivotal moments, to make it better or avoid mistakes.
And slowly as she goes, she learns that she had to do what she had to do to get where she is today....
It's funny and light and also by moments dark, but overall the tone was too superficial for me. I wanted her to dig in more...
And slowly as she goes, she learns that she had to do what she had to do to get where she is today....
It's funny and light and also by moments dark, but overall the tone was too superficial for me. I wanted her to dig in more...
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual content
Standard trope: the first thing any time traveler does is make out with him/herself. After that: in this case, a small, sweet story about what we choose to remember and how that affects who we are as people.
Major disappointment. If you love time travel, this is NOT the story for you.
This is one of the most self-indulgent and self absorbed books I have ever read, did she even consider her audience? This book is comprised of seemingly random vignettes stringed together, many of which are neither unique nor interesting.
This book is crude to say the least, you have a time travel machine and all you want to do is stalk yourself and have orgies with several versions of yourself? It is not that I was offended by the content but rather I was offended by the idea that this content would be considered humorous or amusing, it was just stupid and a bit sad.
I would not recommend this book to anyone, and I give a warning to any fellow sci-fi or time travel fan, this book really contains neither. It tried to do the whole 'moral of the story' thing but it fell flat since there were no consequences to her disruptions of the timeline. You want a great graphic memoir? Try [b:Getting Married and Other Mistakes|13147797|Getting Married and Other Mistakes|Barbara Slate|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1333580753s/13147797.jpg|18325442]
This is one of the most self-indulgent and self absorbed books I have ever read, did she even consider her audience? This book is comprised of seemingly random vignettes stringed together, many of which are neither unique nor interesting.
This book is crude to say the least, you have a time travel machine and all you want to do is stalk yourself and have orgies with several versions of yourself? It is not that I was offended by the content but rather I was offended by the idea that this content would be considered humorous or amusing, it was just stupid and a bit sad.
I would not recommend this book to anyone, and I give a warning to any fellow sci-fi or time travel fan, this book really contains neither. It tried to do the whole 'moral of the story' thing but it fell flat since there were no consequences to her disruptions of the timeline. You want a great graphic memoir? Try [b:Getting Married and Other Mistakes|13147797|Getting Married and Other Mistakes|Barbara Slate|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1333580753s/13147797.jpg|18325442]
I'm not giving this any stars, because any faults I perceive in it are definitely more about me than about the book.
Gentle review-reader of the future, you may note that I read this book in the tumultuous and contentious days following the 2020 election in the United (?) States. I thought I needed something light, frivolous, and optimistic to give me a brief break from the waking nightmare I was living in at the time. And then I got super pissed that light, frivolous, and optimistic is exactly what I got, because it turns out that wasn't what I needed after all.
So if you're looking for a fun, quick read, this is for you. If you're not, it's not - and that's certainly not the book's (or Jess Fink's) fault.
Gentle review-reader of the future, you may note that I read this book in the tumultuous and contentious days following the 2020 election in the United (?) States. I thought I needed something light, frivolous, and optimistic to give me a brief break from the waking nightmare I was living in at the time. And then I got super pissed that light, frivolous, and optimistic is exactly what I got, because it turns out that wasn't what I needed after all.
So if you're looking for a fun, quick read, this is for you. If you're not, it's not - and that's certainly not the book's (or Jess Fink's) fault.