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readingismagical's review
3.0
3.5. A good graphic memoir for older middle grade/younger ya ages. Inspirational, quick read.
zbrarian's review
4.0
A graphic memoir about the life of Liz Montague, a cartoonist who struggled with finding her path in life. Was she an artist? A track star? A journalist? Would she choose the right career path? The story highlights the stresses of growing up in a world that she doesn’t understand. Why people are mean to each other, how do we save the planet, the anxiety of feeling invisible, struggling with dyslexia, being a left-handed person in a right handed world. This was a quick read, however, I wish the author had shown what happened when she was properly diagnosed with dyslexia and how she overcame her anxiety. Overall, a solid graphic novel for any secondary level school library collection.
saidtheraina's review
4.0
Relatable life story of the early life of a young New Yorker cartoonist. I'm gonna sound old here, but it was interesting to me to read about the 2008/2009 recession as a historical event that happened when the artist was in middle school.
The form is interesting here - lots of white space on the page, and many paragraphs of text outside of the panels. Almost hybridy.
Liked the depiction of dyslexia, and questioning what you want to be when you grow up, and of course REPRESENTATION MATTERS.
The form is interesting here - lots of white space on the page, and many paragraphs of text outside of the panels. Almost hybridy.
Liked the depiction of dyslexia, and questioning what you want to be when you grow up, and of course REPRESENTATION MATTERS.
notinjersey's review
5.0
Maybe An Artist by Liz Montague tells the author’s life story as a child at the time of 9/11 through entering adulthood during the pandemic. Her whole life, she thought she could not pursue art as a career, though she was led back to being a cartoonist. The book also addressed dyslexia and racism. I found this book was well expressed and meaningful.
haileyannereads's review
4.0
I enjoyed reading about how Liz used her art to express herself and bring awareness to social justice issues.
audrareads's review
3.0
I like the middle and high school parts. It’s very relatable. The pages with layers and layers of images is a great way of conveying that overwhelmed and lost feeling.
I could use a little more context for the parts before and after this. It starts kind of abruptly on September 11 but I would love more info about her, her family, where this takes place, etc.
Likewise the later part of the book skips from the confusion of college and figuring out a path… to really impressive accomplishments. I would love a little bit more details about the journey. Did she sort out any of her unanswered questions?
I could use a little more context for the parts before and after this. It starts kind of abruptly on September 11 but I would love more info about her, her family, where this takes place, etc.
Likewise the later part of the book skips from the confusion of college and figuring out a path… to really impressive accomplishments. I would love a little bit more details about the journey. Did she sort out any of her unanswered questions?
twivea's review against another edition
funny
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
the book was cute and talked about important themes, but i didn't totally get into the author's story. i think maybe it's because the drawing style wasn't for me?