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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
Entertaining, but ultimately forgettable. Not surprising that the author also does erotic comics.
Light and funny with like, a few hints at some real dark shit but you never really get into it. A quick read wrapped up with a nicey nice ending so I felt happy going to sleep. Really enjoyed the drawing style especially her facial expressions when laughing and making out with herself, super funny.
Hilarious, heart-warming, moving, and adorable. Very much enjoyed this.
Jess Fink has a truly unique art and storytelling style, and her talent shines through in this. You're laughing right up until the moment your heart sinks in your chest. Her memoir is so earnest and moving and real, I encourage you to get off your duff and order it right now.
"We can fix it!" by @JessFink is a fun story about trying to change your past and the mistakes you made. I giggled and smiled a lot while reading. Many of the "mistake" scenes were quite familiar with me, so on a more serious level it struck a chord, too. I also liked Fink's art style, simplistic but not simple. It fits the story and the mood of this book.
Also: time travel! *zippity zap*
Also: time travel! *zippity zap*
In recent years there has been much discussion as to what is the appropriate level of fictionalization in memoirs. I doubt anyone who took part in those conversations could have foreseen how Jess Fink used not only the fictional device, but the genre fictional device of time travel to explore her past. However, the incorporation of it in a memoir is a success. It allows Fink's present self not only to reflect on her past but to also react to it. Ultimately this was a fun graphic memoir, and, while I would like to have seen Fink delve deeper into some issues, I found it a surprisingly light read while simultaneously dealing with some dark issues. It is always nice to read someone who can have a sense of humor about his or her life without glossing over the tragedy and pain.
I liked it. It was definitely charming, but not a particularly profound or novel take on “future self tries to prevent past self from making embarrassing mistakes” time travel genre. Basically every element of the narrative was underdeveloped- the time machine origins were funny but not explored; the story of her abusive father was jarring but then dropped almost immediately after it was introduced; the narrative arc of her realising she needed to be kinder to her mother as their family was adjusting after a recent (it seemed) divorce was touching but never resolved. I thought there could have been a lot more time spent narratively connecting the different scenes together and telling the story of Fink’s life. There was some pretty dramatic, traumatic, but also hilarious life events that were just presented as a series of vignettes. This leads me to wonder why these were collected together and what story it was meant to tell beyond “don’t forget you b life has good in addition to bad” which is so facile an insight I feel patronized as a reader.
I got this for 25% off at a closing sale for a comic book shop, and I wouldn’t recommend paying full price for it, but I would recommend getting it from a public library. Worth a read, not worth the list price. Read it cover to cover in under 30 minutes and my thought at the end was “aww that was cute”.
I got this for 25% off at a closing sale for a comic book shop, and I wouldn’t recommend paying full price for it, but I would recommend getting it from a public library. Worth a read, not worth the list price. Read it cover to cover in under 30 minutes and my thought at the end was “aww that was cute”.
A sweet and salty look at how a person's mistakes makes them who they are. There were a few laugh-out-loud moments for me and I really enjoyed the art.