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melonfizz's review against another edition
4.0
The author has a very pretty, almost effortless-looking art style. I really liked the little moments she chose to document, they felt so familiar that by the end of the book I felt like I knew her and she was my friend.
a2lulu's review against another edition
5.0
Reading it this time I kept feeling like she has a magic pencil. She makes drawing look so effortless, absolutely love her style...
lucyblack's review against another edition
4.0
kindof ya but not ya. nice short read and the last story is heaps funny.
lindick's review against another edition
3.0
Feels very personal and raw, sometimes in a good way and sometimes in a bit of a cringeworthy way -- it really feels like reading someone's diary. It's funny to open a book that I so associate with 2017 (in the press around its release, the binding style, etc), and to find it so thoroughly 2003 inside. I think I like that, though.
I do wish there were more dogs. Feel a little cheated on that front.
I do wish there were more dogs. Feel a little cheated on that front.
curiousreader's review
3.0
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Vanessa Davis collects diary entries 2002-2003 in Spaniel Rage and it's a pleasure to follow along. She chronicles her everyday thoughts, events, feelings and struggles in this book. What I most liked about this was the art - I'm really specific with my art and there was just something about her art that really clicked with me, the round lines, the sketchy feeling, the effortless tone of it - which also really suited the storyteller in it. I loved that sometimes there would be unfinished drawings in it too, like a thought sparked and then forgotten; it gave the sensation of seeing someone's real sketchbook or diary, being invited into the non-edited version of someone's life. Often the diary entries are funny, sometimes they're relatable and very honest. It's enjoyable exactly for its quiet and humble approach.
maddiewagner's review
2.0
A comics diary turned graphic novel -- the illustrations sometimes flow and sometimes don't. There's a lot of internal monologue -- and it feels a little like a comics precursor to the show Girls. I'm not sure if that's just because the author was a young woman living in NYC who drew herself in her underwear a lot? Some parts were interesting, some were boring. Her handwriting is often cramped so it was hard to read beyond the images sometimes.
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