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A review by bookswithmichellee
Sylvie by Sylvie Kantorovitz
3.0
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a free digital copy of this book for exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own.
Sylvie follows the life of the author between childhood and their first year of college. She and her family live in the school her father is the principal of with her three siblings and parents. Her mother is a school teacher and thinks Sylvie should marry rich and follow the "practical" subjects in school like math and science when Sylvie just wants to make art. The graphic novels shows her struggles with her parents, her love of art, and personal growth and acceptance.
Reading a memoir in form of a graphic novel was a cool experience and thought it was done fairly well. It was really great to see her personal growth shown their the character on the pages and how she dealt with different aspects of life - including parental pressure and being Jewish.
I thought the art was well done and is a unique style. I was not as much of a fan of the writing. I thought the writing could use some work . I understand it is a MG novel but it seemed it could be aimed at a younger audience because of some of the writing. The writing did not necessarily take away from the novel as it still showed emotion and pain. However, at times it was slow and parts did not seem to be fully needed to tell the overall narrative
Sylvie follows the life of the author between childhood and their first year of college. She and her family live in the school her father is the principal of with her three siblings and parents. Her mother is a school teacher and thinks Sylvie should marry rich and follow the "practical" subjects in school like math and science when Sylvie just wants to make art. The graphic novels shows her struggles with her parents, her love of art, and personal growth and acceptance.
Reading a memoir in form of a graphic novel was a cool experience and thought it was done fairly well. It was really great to see her personal growth shown their the character on the pages and how she dealt with different aspects of life - including parental pressure and being Jewish.
I thought the art was well done and is a unique style. I was not as much of a fan of the writing. I thought the writing could use some work . I understand it is a MG novel but it seemed it could be aimed at a younger audience because of some of the writing. The writing did not necessarily take away from the novel as it still showed emotion and pain. However, at times it was slow and parts did not seem to be fully needed to tell the overall narrative