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izzys_internet_bookshelf's review against another edition
1.0
1/5
Wasn’t into it, found the plot kinda flat
Wasn’t into it, found the plot kinda flat
ell_jay_em7's review against another edition
4.0
This book had one particularly moving moment that the rest didn't quite match, but was a good read nonetheless!
coleycole's review against another edition
3.0
This graphic novel is good, but it would have been awesome if the copy I read didn't have a pagination snafu -- the first third of the book got repeated, and then it picked up with the final third. Essentially, I missed a good solid chunk of the middle, though the beginning and the end were good...
meghan111's review against another edition
3.0
Good concept, fun read. A teenage girl is visited by versions of herself at six, 28, and 78 years of age.
maryehavens's review against another edition
3.0
I really liked Grace meeting all the different versions of herself. Made me wonder what would happen if I met the different versions of me when I was 18 (EEP!) I would definitely want to hang out with 70 year old me, who, I hope, it not that different from 18 or 29 year old me except wiser. I've always liked Antiques Roadshow! :)
I'm surprised that Kim chose a female protagonist. Just curious to me. And the title: it only made sense in one part of the graphic novel. Again, just curious. OH! And I could have sworn that either 1) I had read the beginning of this before or 2) the beginning (in the park, before the pinata) was just like another graphic novel. But I can't remember which one. It was eerie!
I'm surprised that Kim chose a female protagonist. Just curious to me. And the title: it only made sense in one part of the graphic novel. Again, just curious. OH! And I could have sworn that either 1) I had read the beginning of this before or 2) the beginning (in the park, before the pinata) was just like another graphic novel. But I can't remember which one. It was eerie!
papalbina's review against another edition
3.0
Si algo tiene Como Lily de lo que uno se podría quejar, es que sufre de una compresión alarmante. La historia daría para más páginas e incluso tomos, como cualquier buen shoujo japonés, pero los cómics de la colección MINX tenían un límite de páginas y a Grace 144 se le quedaron cortas. De todas formas, Derek Kirk Kim hizo un gran trabajo de caracterización de los personajes dotándoles de carisma y encanto, con especial hincapié, como no, en las Graces (la Grace de 70 años es para echarle de comer aparte). El dibujo tiene momentos brillantes (parece que a Jesse Hamm la Grace anciana también le gustaba mucho), aunque en general es bastante simple. Quizá radique en que el diseño de personajes también le pertenece a Kim y Hamm no consiguió del todo hacerse con ellos.
Pero, ojo, hay que olvidarse del título. No se puede buscar a Lily entre las páginas del cómic porque te llevas una decepción. El título no responde al contenido, o sólo a una parte muy pequeña del mismo. Mejor te olvidas de Lily y te concetras en Grace, la verdadera protagonista de Como Lily.
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Pero, ojo, hay que olvidarse del título. No se puede buscar a Lily entre las páginas del cómic porque te llevas una decepción. El título no responde al contenido, o sólo a una parte muy pequeña del mismo. Mejor te olvidas de Lily y te concetras en Grace, la verdadera protagonista de Como Lily.
http://eltemplodelasmilpuertas.com/?templo=leer.php?id=407
nssutton's review against another edition
2.0
meh - i think i'm mostly excited about the minx series in theory.
saidtheraina's review against another edition
3.0
Compared to some, this is a better than average Minx title. Girl meets three selves at different ages. They have issues to resolve. Some of the banter was fun. But there were lots of places where the computerized text bugged me - probably because there was so much of it. Also, there's nothing particularly unpredictable in the story. Once the setup was complete, you pretty much knew where things were going. I enjoyed the illustration style.
mrswythe89's review against another edition
3.0
I quite liked this! The art wasn't very good, but I liked that most of the main characters were Asian and they didn't make a big deal of it. The protag wasn't very likeable, but that was all right -- she was a fairly believable teenager, and she wasn't so annoying she made me want to put the book down.
I found the storyline disappointing, though. At first I thought they were going to explore, y'know, important things in her life, so the kid represented Grace's angst about her parents loving Lily better, and the old lady Grace seemed to be about, I dunno, not valuing her family enough. So I thought perhaps there'd be some stuff about her career -- maybe the 29-year-old Grace was jaded because she wasn't sure where she was going with it? -- but instead the whole story seemed to be about romance. Also I'm not clear whether her dating her friend means she's changed the future or not. Old Grace telling the guy to lay off the cholesterol suggests not, but lonely 29-year-old Grace suggests she did? Don't know!
I found the storyline disappointing, though. At first I thought they were going to explore, y'know, important things in her life, so the kid represented Grace's angst about her parents loving Lily better, and the old lady Grace seemed to be about, I dunno, not valuing her family enough. So I thought perhaps there'd be some stuff about her career -- maybe the 29-year-old Grace was jaded because she wasn't sure where she was going with it? -- but instead the whole story seemed to be about romance. Also I'm not clear whether her dating her friend means she's changed the future or not. Old Grace telling the guy to lay off the cholesterol suggests not, but lonely 29-year-old Grace suggests she did? Don't know!
asahome's review against another edition
3.75
A girl meets herself at different times in her life when something major is going on at her high school.