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saidtheraina's review
4.0
I'm a sucker for the autobiomemoirgns.
This is a highly personal gn by C. Tyler about her experiences getting to know her father's history in World War II as a soldier. As such, it's a fun compare/contrast with [b:Maus|15196|Maus I A Survivor's Tale My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)|Art Spiegelman|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327884972s/15196.jpg|1947012] or [b:The Imposter's Daughter|6351980|The Impostor's Daughter A True Memoir|Laurie Sandell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1344264748s/6351980.jpg|6538560]. Especially because the visual style is very different from either of those offerings. The main drawback here is that it ends before the story really resolves. Publish the next Book, Tyler!
Both of my parents read this and we're all eagerly awaiting the sequel. A really nice demo of the practicality of integrating images into text, but very approachable text-heavy format. Very readable and fascinating. I don't even really esthetically enjoy Tyler's illustration style, but I was sucked in by the story.
This is a highly personal gn by C. Tyler about her experiences getting to know her father's history in World War II as a soldier. As such, it's a fun compare/contrast with [b:Maus|15196|Maus I A Survivor's Tale My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)|Art Spiegelman|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327884972s/15196.jpg|1947012] or [b:The Imposter's Daughter|6351980|The Impostor's Daughter A True Memoir|Laurie Sandell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1344264748s/6351980.jpg|6538560]. Especially because the visual style is very different from either of those offerings. The main drawback here is that it ends before the story really resolves. Publish the next Book, Tyler!
Both of my parents read this and we're all eagerly awaiting the sequel. A really nice demo of the practicality of integrating images into text, but very approachable text-heavy format. Very readable and fascinating. I don't even really esthetically enjoy Tyler's illustration style, but I was sucked in by the story.
deepfreezebatman's review
4.0
So my review may be a bit biased because I am such a huge C Tyler fan and Carol showed us a few of her finished pages in class, and I loved her presentations about this epic project.
I was really won over by the overwhelming sincerity of this book. I love and admire that Carol isn't afraid to tell it like it is and let it all hang out.
Overall a great start to an amazing story about the effects of war and an exploration of the burden of truth. I'm glad I finally got to see her amazing artwork and incredible story in a finished format and I can't wait for the next book!
I was really won over by the overwhelming sincerity of this book. I love and admire that Carol isn't afraid to tell it like it is and let it all hang out.
Overall a great start to an amazing story about the effects of war and an exploration of the burden of truth. I'm glad I finally got to see her amazing artwork and incredible story in a finished format and I can't wait for the next book!
satyridae's review
4.0
8/2011-Stet.
4/2010- Graphic novel/memoir in which Tyler attempts to get some information from her dad regarding what happened to him during World War II. It also spends some time on Tyler herself in the present as she deals with her husband's infidelity. I found her insights to be poignant and incisive, her eye fond but unsentimental, and her drawings workmanlike and interesting. I wish there wasn't such a cliffhanger of an ending- my cursory research doesn't lead me to believe that there's a sequel coming anytime soon, either. It's well worth a look, I think it does a wonderful job making a window into the enigma of the silent WWII vets.
4/2010- Graphic novel/memoir in which Tyler attempts to get some information from her dad regarding what happened to him during World War II. It also spends some time on Tyler herself in the present as she deals with her husband's infidelity. I found her insights to be poignant and incisive, her eye fond but unsentimental, and her drawings workmanlike and interesting. I wish there wasn't such a cliffhanger of an ending- my cursory research doesn't lead me to believe that there's a sequel coming anytime soon, either. It's well worth a look, I think it does a wonderful job making a window into the enigma of the silent WWII vets.
pelks's review
2.0
Perhaps I will judge this better when I read the other volumes. But I was not incredibly impressed with this one. I feel as though Tyler is trying to weave together too much without enough reason behind it.
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