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jwinchell's review
3.0
Route 66 goes through my hometown of Dwight, IL and I stayed in a little roadside motel when I travelled out west many years ago. I liked the scenery scenes in this book, and I liked the author’s attempts to reconcile her notions of America with the realities she encountered traveling Route 66 from LA to Chicago. The reflection is a bit thin, and I didn’t leave with any great insights. It’s an ok graphic memoir.
thenextgenlibrarian's review
4.0
Shing Yin Khor created a beautiful YA graphic memoir with The American Dream? A Journey on Route 66: Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Men, and the Perfect Breakfast Burrito.
jkenna1990's review
5.0
This was a fantastic book about a woman and her dog traveling on Route 66. I absolutely adored the artwork. It was a gorgeous water color style that really helped capture the feeling of traveling alone and kind of melancholy that can creep in sometimes. I also really loved all the weird and interesting landmarks that she stopped at and all of her friends that made appearances in the book. I really couldn't find anything that I didn't like about this book. This type of cross country drive is something that I have wanted to do as well so it was nice to see someone else do it. There were some good tips for camping in your car as well. I would highly recommend this to anyone who is a fan of travel log or road trip books.
Thank you to NetGalley for the free review copy.
Thank you to NetGalley for the free review copy.
shinesalot's review against another edition
5.0
I LOVE LOVE this graphic novel. As a road trip/hiking/camping lover - this book spoke to all of that. Making it more interesting is Khor’s perspective as an American immigrant.
Gorgeous watercolor illustrations and loads of interesting factoids about Route 66.
Gorgeous watercolor illustrations and loads of interesting factoids about Route 66.
alenka's review
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
It has taken me an absurd amount of time to pick up and read this book - I actually met Shing irl during the book tour and got a little watercolor of my cat from them! I'm glad I finally got to it; it's interesting to read now knowing how they've grown as an artist, but this is still a wonderful read. Shing embraces kitsch wholeheartedly, and highlights all the roadside attractions they love alongside all the unavoidable symptoms and signs of American colonialism and racism. This is a very honest travelogue, and a very pretty one.
thenextgenlib's review
4.0
Shing Yin Khor created a beautiful YA graphic memoir with The American Dream? A Journey on Route 66: Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Men, and the Perfect Breakfast Burrito.
droar's review
4.0
A delightful travelogue of an odd stretch of the USA. Khor does a really excellent job of encapsulating little moments of belonging & not belonging in America with the stops and focuses of their travels. It's a refreshingly honest travel story where the author has no huge revelation or epiphanies, rather they think and travel and consider and make some decisions in time. Khor jumps between topics & issues with ease, talking about many of the racist and horrible moments on the road (in their time & historically) in one moment & then their delight in finding Christmas style breakfast burritos (with read & green salsa). All in all, the book is a delight to read & brings up some weighty things to consider without weighing you down too much to manage (also there are lots of illustrations of dinosaur statues!) Highly recommenced, especially for fans of travel stories!