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trevoryan's review against another edition
2.0
I love John Lennon and I love graphic novels, so I was really expecting to enjoy this book. But I was very disappointed. First of all, it's about John's entire life, not just his years in New York. Also, the concept of having John narrating the story from his psychiatrist's couch just doesn't make sense.
miss_mews's review against another edition
While the writing style was good and the chapters themselves were easily finished I wasn’t excited to read any further. The book didn’t make me want to pick it up at all times. This could be because Lennon‘s life story isn’t new to me and it was hard to determine which parts were exaggerated.
The overall idea - therapy sessions as chapters with an unreliable narrator - would have been better with a fictional story.
The overall idea - therapy sessions as chapters with an unreliable narrator - would have been better with a fictional story.
alexrobinsonsupergenius's review against another edition
4.0
Beatlemaniacs will find this Lennon biography told in the first person really interesting, although occasional errors (e.g.: a discussion about Paul's first solo album shows the cover of Wings Wild Life) are distracting.
tomhill's review against another edition
3.0
Beautiful artwork, but the story is basically a standard telling of Lennon's life (not just the New York years).
menniemenace's review against another edition
3.0
I'm 18, I live in the middle east -Egypt- in the year 2019. I'm not a fan of the Beatles as I have never heard of them until recently, and I still do not think of them as one of my favorites. I always thought of them as a group of English good boys and it kind of shaped how I thought of English teens in the 60's-80's. Boy how I was wrong.
I learnt the hard way not to look musicians up because it's almost always true that while being very creative and poetic they also contain all the evils of the world. Drugs, racism, fraud, cheating, abuse, rape.. whatever your mind can conjure, a musician did it.
I wasn't remotely ready to discover I was wrong, but no one cares about that. The graphic novel showed me what the Beatles were made of, what John was made of, and it's another disappointment.
It's not that I expected him to be an actual model Englishman like those I read about, one who thinks of revolution and world peace like any self-respecting person in the 60's. I do know that I was a little too dreamy to look for the 60's in a band, even if it was the Beatles.
I was reading and kept thinking: "Why is he even doing that? ". John was so deep in self-destruction and I think he didn't even question his most awful urges. I've just watched Imagine on Youtube and looked at his face while was singing, he looked so good and and care-free, I couldn't look in his eyes and see a cheating drug addict or a bad friend or a murdered man, he was so peaceful, so happy.
I may know music, but I'll never know musicians.
I learnt the hard way not to look musicians up because it's almost always true that while being very creative and poetic they also contain all the evils of the world. Drugs, racism, fraud, cheating, abuse, rape.. whatever your mind can conjure, a musician did it.
I wasn't remotely ready to discover I was wrong, but no one cares about that. The graphic novel showed me what the Beatles were made of, what John was made of, and it's another disappointment.
It's not that I expected him to be an actual model Englishman like those I read about, one who thinks of revolution and world peace like any self-respecting person in the 60's. I do know that I was a little too dreamy to look for the 60's in a band, even if it was the Beatles.
I was reading and kept thinking: "Why is he even doing that? ". John was so deep in self-destruction and I think he didn't even question his most awful urges. I've just watched Imagine on Youtube and looked at his face while was singing, he looked so good and and care-free, I couldn't look in his eyes and see a cheating drug addict or a bad friend or a murdered man, he was so peaceful, so happy.
I may know music, but I'll never know musicians.
nina7schmidt's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
4.0
vickyreptile's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
5.0
No sé si recuerdo una etapa de mi vida en la que los Beatles no sonaran como soundtrack de mis días. Desde pequeña, escuchando los discos sentada en las piernas de mi padre, aprendí a quererlos.
La figura de Lennon, hippie, irreverente, genio, adicto, pacifista, trágico, siempre me ha atraído. Esta novela de Foenkinos me hace quererlo aún más. ¿Que es ficción? Pues vale, igual me sirve. La ficción crece justo ahí donde la figura real ya parecía de cuento. Si Lennon hubiera hablado, si hubiera despreciado menos la figura enorme en la que se había convertido, intuyo que hubiera dicho cosas semejantes.
En cuanto a lo literario, Foenkinos construye un relato en primera persona ágil, salpicado de elementos que le aportan realidad y verosímil a una figura surrealista.
La figura de Lennon, hippie, irreverente, genio, adicto, pacifista, trágico, siempre me ha atraído. Esta novela de Foenkinos me hace quererlo aún más. ¿Que es ficción? Pues vale, igual me sirve. La ficción crece justo ahí donde la figura real ya parecía de cuento. Si Lennon hubiera hablado, si hubiera despreciado menos la figura enorme en la que se había convertido, intuyo que hubiera dicho cosas semejantes.
En cuanto a lo literario, Foenkinos construye un relato en primera persona ágil, salpicado de elementos que le aportan realidad y verosímil a una figura surrealista.
bamahnken's review against another edition
4.0
Although this graphic novel is entitled “Lennon the New York years” it actually gives a brief overview of his entire life, starting with his upbringing, the creation of the Beatles, Beatlemania, and then his New York years with Yoko Ono.
I really liked the artwork although it was disappointing that a few of the panels kept repeating (the pictures not words). I’ve only read a few graphic novels so I don’t know if this is common or not but it annoyed me a little. Other than that I really enjoyed the artwork by Corbeyran and Horne and the way Foenkinos used John Lennon talking to a therapist as the main narration. 3.5/5
I really liked the artwork although it was disappointing that a few of the panels kept repeating (the pictures not words). I’ve only read a few graphic novels so I don’t know if this is common or not but it annoyed me a little. Other than that I really enjoyed the artwork by Corbeyran and Horne and the way Foenkinos used John Lennon talking to a therapist as the main narration. 3.5/5
mayarelmahdy's review against another edition
3.0
I'm 18, I live in the middle east -Egypt- in the year 2019. I'm not a fan of the Beatles as I have never heard of them until recently, and I still do not think of them as one of my favorites. I always thought of them as a group of English good boys and it kind of shaped how I thought of English teens in the 60's-80's. Boy how I was wrong.
I learnt the hard way not to look musicians up because it's almost always true that while being very creative and poetic they also contain all the evils of the world. Drugs, racism, fraud, cheating, abuse, rape.. whatever your mind can conjure, a musician did it.
I wasn't remotely ready to discover I was wrong, but no one cares about that. The graphic novel showed me what the Beatles were made of, what John was made of, and it's another disappointment.
It's not that I expected him to be an actual model Englishman like those I read about, one who thinks of revolution and world peace like any self-respecting person in the 60's. I do know that I was a little too dreamy to look for the 60's in a band, even if it was the Beatles.
I was reading and kept thinking: "Why is he even doing that? ". John was so deep in self-destruction and I think he didn't even question his most awful urges. I've just watched Imagine on Youtube and looked at his face while was singing, he looked so good and and care-free, I couldn't look in his eyes and see a cheating drug addict or a bad friend or a murdered man, he was so peaceful, so happy.
I may know music, but I'll never know musicians.
I learnt the hard way not to look musicians up because it's almost always true that while being very creative and poetic they also contain all the evils of the world. Drugs, racism, fraud, cheating, abuse, rape.. whatever your mind can conjure, a musician did it.
I wasn't remotely ready to discover I was wrong, but no one cares about that. The graphic novel showed me what the Beatles were made of, what John was made of, and it's another disappointment.
It's not that I expected him to be an actual model Englishman like those I read about, one who thinks of revolution and world peace like any self-respecting person in the 60's. I do know that I was a little too dreamy to look for the 60's in a band, even if it was the Beatles.
I was reading and kept thinking: "Why is he even doing that? ". John was so deep in self-destruction and I think he didn't even question his most awful urges. I've just watched Imagine on Youtube and looked at his face while was singing, he looked so good and and care-free, I couldn't look in his eyes and see a cheating drug addict or a bad friend or a murdered man, he was so peaceful, so happy.
I may know music, but I'll never know musicians.