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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
I forgot how much I disliked Maggie Thrash's art, honestly. Once I started reading this one, I remembered feeling similarly back when I was reading Honor Girl. I do, however, think that Thrash's storytelling is very good, even if the art leaves much to be desired. At this point, I don't remember too much from the other book, and you do not need to read it to understand this one (they're stylistically pretty different, and explore different issues), but I feel like Honor Girl had a lot more to say than Lost Soul, Be at Peace.
This is an interesting memoir with a supernatural, fictionalized element to it. It feels like hardly anything happens, but I think the sense of loneliness that Maggie was feeling at the time comes through very strongly. Otherwise, it was all quite strange.
This is an interesting memoir with a supernatural, fictionalized element to it. It feels like hardly anything happens, but I think the sense of loneliness that Maggie was feeling at the time comes through very strongly. Otherwise, it was all quite strange.
I really liked Honor Girl even with the weird art, so I checked this book out. I found this really engrossing and it was weird and dealt with being alone in your family and unearthing mysteries much like Fun Home. I was happily surprised by this book.
3.5 Stars
Overall I enjoyed Lost Soul, Be at Peace. It is a quick read, and a little bit genre-bending in that it is both a memoir and ghost story. It was a bit spookier than I expected (because I didn't think it was going to be a ghost story. Not because it is actually scary).
I liked seeing Maggie (unknowingly) get to know her father as a teen, and realize that he grew up poor in an abusive environment. And see his more empathetic and vulnerable side.
I wouldn't really put this in my classroom library. Very wealthy/ privileged white identity & I'm not sure what my students would really get out of this book. But I enjoyed it for me.
Overall I enjoyed Lost Soul, Be at Peace. It is a quick read, and a little bit genre-bending in that it is both a memoir and ghost story. It was a bit spookier than I expected (because I didn't think it was going to be a ghost story. Not because it is actually scary).
I liked seeing Maggie (unknowingly) get to know her father as a teen, and realize that he grew up poor in an abusive environment. And see his more empathetic and vulnerable side.
I wouldn't really put this in my classroom library. Very wealthy/ privileged white identity & I'm not sure what my students would really get out of this book. But I enjoyed it for me.
challenging
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
idk I wanted it to be something that it really wasn't.
ARC review: Maggie’s story telling is wonderful. Memoirs are always so interesting and I love Maggie’s unique voice, honesty, and humor in this book. I can’t wait to read it again when it’s in full color!
While I finished this graphic novel in one sitting (because I couldn’t turn away), I honestly can’t say that I understand what the story was meant to teach or say. I need to process further.
Grades 8 and up. Writes about depression without offering support or explanation. This frustrated me.
Grades 8 and up. Writes about depression without offering support or explanation. This frustrated me.
One of my favorite parts of working in a comic book store is when I'm putting away new releases, and I pick up a book that I would never have noticed in a store, and end up loving it.
I haven't read Honor GIrl because the art didn't grab me, but now that I've finished "Lost Soul, Be At Peace", it's moved to My Must Read List.
I just finished reading another graphic memoir where the author completely failed to connect with me, even though we are roughly the same age, and the subjects they were writing about are things that interest me. Having never been a teenage lesbian with a distant father who worked as a judge, having never had a ghost friend, and having been fortunate enough to never had a pet go missing for more than a day, this isn't a book I would seek out. But Thrash absolutely nails her narrative voice. She is never boring in the way she describes the events around her, and she shows heaps of empathy and understanding for characters, even when she's telling a story where most writers would label a character as an antagonist.
The clearest example was her distant father, who is often obscured by a newspaper at home, if he's portrayed at all. In order to get an extension on an English assignment, she asks her father to take her to Bring Your Daughter To Work Day, and in his office, in the courtroom where he presides, and during their lunch break, we get to see why her father seems distant in a way that doesn't feel emotionally manipulative or contrived.
This might be the best small scope (meaning it doesn't involve The Holocaust, war crimes, natural disasters, etc.) graphic memoir I've ever read. I recommend it to everyone. It would even make a great First Graphic Novel for someone who wants to try something other than superhero comics.
I haven't read Honor GIrl because the art didn't grab me, but now that I've finished "Lost Soul, Be At Peace", it's moved to My Must Read List.
I just finished reading another graphic memoir where the author completely failed to connect with me, even though we are roughly the same age, and the subjects they were writing about are things that interest me. Having never been a teenage lesbian with a distant father who worked as a judge, having never had a ghost friend, and having been fortunate enough to never had a pet go missing for more than a day, this isn't a book I would seek out. But Thrash absolutely nails her narrative voice. She is never boring in the way she describes the events around her, and she shows heaps of empathy and understanding for characters, even when she's telling a story where most writers would label a character as an antagonist.
The clearest example was her distant father, who is often obscured by a newspaper at home, if he's portrayed at all. In order to get an extension on an English assignment, she asks her father to take her to Bring Your Daughter To Work Day, and in his office, in the courtroom where he presides, and during their lunch break, we get to see why her father seems distant in a way that doesn't feel emotionally manipulative or contrived.
This might be the best small scope (meaning it doesn't involve The Holocaust, war crimes, natural disasters, etc.) graphic memoir I've ever read. I recommend it to everyone. It would even make a great First Graphic Novel for someone who wants to try something other than superhero comics.
