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jr2234's review against another edition
2.0
Ugh. No. Ew. This was nowhere near as good as I'd hoped it would be.
The illustrations in this were lovely but the story was a hot mess. The main character has OCD and is miraculously cured when she gets hit by a car. The plot is disjointed and I wondered multiple times if pages had been ripped from my library copy (spoiler: they weren't).
Would not recommend.
The illustrations in this were lovely but the story was a hot mess. The main character has OCD and is miraculously cured when she gets hit by a car. The plot is disjointed and I wondered multiple times if pages had been ripped from my library copy (spoiler: they weren't).
Would not recommend.
trevoryan's review against another edition
3.0
Actually, I wasn't getting into the story of this book but I loved the art. So, I just skimmed through it, looking at the drawings. In fact, I copied a bunch of panels and put them on my wall.
fruschee's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
2.0
pekey_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
3.75
I liked this a lot, but I was disappointed to see that it was not autobiographical and I started to question how representative it really was of these conditions. I really liked all the art though and it was an interesting work.
meghan111's review against another edition
4.0
I picked this from the library shelves the other day because it looked like it was about a character named Nao, and I loved the character named Nao in Ruth Ozeki's [b:A Tale for the Time Being.] This illustrates the point that people pick up books for all sorts of weird and happenstance reasons.
This has the most beautiful artwork and character renderings. A story about OCD, obsessive thoughts, washing machines and Buddhism, taking place in an upscale Japanese novelty vinyl toy shop and an urban Buddhist center.
This has the most beautiful artwork and character renderings. A story about OCD, obsessive thoughts, washing machines and Buddhism, taking place in an upscale Japanese novelty vinyl toy shop and an urban Buddhist center.
jeffrey_e's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-paced
3.0
The art was great, I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about the story but it was good.
taniguchi's review against another edition
medium-paced
2.75
I really wanted to enjoy this, but I just... didn't. Creating a graphic novel is hard. Creating a great one requires not only great skill as an illustrator, but also great skill as a writer and storyteller. Dillon is the former, but not the latter.