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carleesi's review against another edition
1.0
This book felt quite detached from Janis, especially towards the end. She clearly didn’t have much agency in her life and it was disappointing to see this reflected in the story without critique.
Also using racial slurs to indicate the “irony” of characters perspective is not it. As an aside: authors need to do a very quick Google search to find terms for First Nation people from places like Australia that aren’t slurs. It’s not hard.
Also using racial slurs to indicate the “irony” of characters perspective is not it. As an aside: authors need to do a very quick Google search to find terms for First Nation people from places like Australia that aren’t slurs. It’s not hard.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse
Moderate: Racial slurs
pseudoliterature's review against another edition
2.0
In terms of biographical quality I can't speak much about for I'm not an expert in the private life of Janis Joplin, and there's a conversation to be had about the treatment and ownership of her life by the public and fans, the ever so present parasocial relationships that have been created throughout her life, and now with her "legacy" and public life on record. That is to say, the interactions and dialogues felt fabricated to give the ideal narrative, there was no authenticity, it read as someone who thinks they know about the life of a celebrity because they know the public record. Her life was full of things we don't know, and filling some gaps with mediocre and simplistic dialogue does nobody a favour.
The overall illustrations felt rushed, messy, sometimes hard to read, hard to follow. There are some full page illustrations that are beautiful, you can tell the dedication of the artists there, their line quality and colour palette, but having these examples only amplifies the neglect in the rest of the work, there were pages mostly with a white background and the figures over imposed, no sense of depth, some illustrations incomplete, not much care.
Overall it was a mediocre job that might find its audience in people who are not familiar with the star's life story, it is a good first glance, but not a great biographical work in terms of writing, tone, and production. It was good enough, but I expected more.
The overall illustrations felt rushed, messy, sometimes hard to read, hard to follow. There are some full page illustrations that are beautiful, you can tell the dedication of the artists there, their line quality and colour palette, but having these examples only amplifies the neglect in the rest of the work, there were pages mostly with a white background and the figures over imposed, no sense of depth, some illustrations incomplete, not much care.
Overall it was a mediocre job that might find its audience in people who are not familiar with the star's life story, it is a good first glance, but not a great biographical work in terms of writing, tone, and production. It was good enough, but I expected more.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Eating disorder
Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
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