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jenniferdeguzman's review
4.0
Full disclosure, of course: Andi Watson is a friend and I have worked with him as the editor-in-chief of SLG Publishing, where many of his works have been published.
Andi Watson has that keen gift of depicting life and his characters' struggle to understand it. In this book, Simon is learning to be a father, trying to balance his desire for fulfillment in his work and his family's financial needs with the time he wants to spend with his three-year-old daughter Cassie.
I am not a parent, though of late I've been considering it as I near 30, and Little Star confirms what I suspect -- that the experience is terrifying and exhausting and completely exhilarating at the same time. It's become something of a cliche to write that Andi can depict complex emotions with just a few brush strokes, but that is because it's true. His art has a richness that the word "minimalist" doesn't capture. He knows how to distill expressions to their essence, to frame events with emotional significance, and above all, to tell a good, subtle and quiet story.
Andi Watson has that keen gift of depicting life and his characters' struggle to understand it. In this book, Simon is learning to be a father, trying to balance his desire for fulfillment in his work and his family's financial needs with the time he wants to spend with his three-year-old daughter Cassie.
I am not a parent, though of late I've been considering it as I near 30, and Little Star confirms what I suspect -- that the experience is terrifying and exhausting and completely exhilarating at the same time. It's become something of a cliche to write that Andi can depict complex emotions with just a few brush strokes, but that is because it's true. His art has a richness that the word "minimalist" doesn't capture. He knows how to distill expressions to their essence, to frame events with emotional significance, and above all, to tell a good, subtle and quiet story.
redroseses's review
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Child death and Body horror
oohsarracuda's review
3.0
I love Andi Watson. I really do. But he needs
a) to learn the difference between "its" and "it's", and
b) an editor that knows the difference between "its" and "it's".
a) to learn the difference between "its" and "it's", and
b) an editor that knows the difference between "its" and "it's".
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