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kjboldon's review
3.0
A good memoir, mixing science theory on memory with personal history of an artist's development. I found the multiple artists distracting. I would have preferred only 2 for the contrast. Four made it feel muddled.
orangerful's review
3.0
While Castellucci looked back at her formative years in high school and college, when she dreamed of working in independent film, but she also seemed to struggle with the act of looking back. This memoir starts out as a straight forward autobiography, then suddenly breaks out into a discussion of memory and how it changes over time. This wasn't necessarily a bad idea, but I started to find that conversation more interesting than her actual story. And I honestly found the final pages kind of depressing...
willfulcreatures's review
5.0
Cecil Castellucci is one of my all time favorite comic writers. Getting to know her in the form of graphic memoir was an absolute delight. I laughed, I cried. It's both an incredible and powerful read.
quietjenn's review
3.0
2 1/2? I feel like there was a point in my life when I would've been all about this book. But that point is not now, when it felt a little pretentious and name-droppy. And I very rarely like it when authors interrupt their straight memoir to make cultural or philosophical or whatever-al points, which happens frequently here.
alexisnasya's review
3.0
In this graphic memoir, Cecil Castellucci shares her journey to truly living as an artist. At a young age, Castellucci loved film and knew she wanted to be a filmmaker, so she made it her mission to get into NYC’s Performing Arts High School and then into NYU to study film. However, when she got to college, she realized that making a life for herself as an artist would be much harder than she had anticipated.
I really appreciated the interludes with her father in which Castellucci discussed the science behind memory and how and why we remember some things and forget others or remember things imperfectly. Other than those bright spots, this book was fine. I enjoyed it but didn’t love it. I am not an artist, so I couldn’t relate to that, but I did appreciate her message about pursuing your dreams and also adjusting them when needed.
I really appreciated the interludes with her father in which Castellucci discussed the science behind memory and how and why we remember some things and forget others or remember things imperfectly. Other than those bright spots, this book was fine. I enjoyed it but didn’t love it. I am not an artist, so I couldn’t relate to that, but I did appreciate her message about pursuing your dreams and also adjusting them when needed.
jackelz's review
4.0
I love that she never gave up on her lifelong dream, even if that dream did change, she kept making art.