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A review by leaflibrary
Egg Cream #1 by Liz Suburbia
adventurous
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.0
Seems to be two stories: one a documentary following the children left behind when their cult leaders pulls their parents away; the other a playful (?) list of the author's weird dreams.
My rating is down a bit because there's a lot of confusion in the layout/wording/whatever, both in the book and on the cover(s). Is the first story part 2 of something, even though the cover says Vol 1? Is the second story a list of a dog's dreams, as it literally SAYS it is, even though the actual story is by and about a human who appears to he the author? Why is the title Egg Cream when that has nothing to do with the work inside?? Etc etc etc etc. I just felt like I was always a bit behind, a bit confused, maybe missing something crucial.
The second story is fun and weird, though, and a nice light palette cleanser after the denser, darker, and much more intricate first story. That one literally starts with hundreds of cult members committing mass suicide. It then shifts focus to the children they left behind, interviewing them TV news style to layout the timeline and effects of their abandonment. Like a real news story, though, this summary feels incomplete, jumping between characters and events to address multiple histories. I was moderately intrigued, and at times even touched, as the characters reflected on what kept them living in the lawless shell of their high control religion, abandoned and anarchist, yet unable to move on.
My rating is down a bit because there's a lot of confusion in the layout/wording/whatever, both in the book and on the cover(s). Is the first story part 2 of something, even though the cover says Vol 1? Is the second story a list of a dog's dreams, as it literally SAYS it is, even though the actual story is by and about a human who appears to he the author? Why is the title Egg Cream when that has nothing to do with the work inside?? Etc etc etc etc. I just felt like I was always a bit behind, a bit confused, maybe missing something crucial.
The second story is fun and weird, though, and a nice light palette cleanser after the denser, darker, and much more intricate first story. That one literally starts with hundreds of cult members committing mass suicide. It then shifts focus to the children they left behind, interviewing them TV news style to layout the timeline and effects of their abandonment. Like a real news story, though, this summary feels incomplete, jumping between characters and events to address multiple histories. I was moderately intrigued, and at times even touched, as the characters reflected on what kept them living in the lawless shell of their high control religion, abandoned and anarchist, yet unable to move on.