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A review by moonpie
Secret Passages by Axelle Lenoir
4.0
Secret Passages was a very solid four stars for me. I've never read anything by Lenoir before and I don't remember why I picked this up, but I'm glad I did. It's a graphic memoir that covers a year in the author's childhood. It feels emotionally true but it's also surreal (cosmic twins, alien parents) and has a lot of adult-author asides in it—they're more frequent as the book goes on.
Lenoir is the same age as me, which always adds a fun element to memoirs. I loved the art in this book, and I enjoyed the author's voice, too. The book as a whole is funny and charming, and it gave me a bit of a zine vibe, which made for an excellent hit of nostalgia.
The plot meanders a bit (intentionally) and Secret Passages ends like it's the first part in a series. I don't know if it's actually the first part in a series or not, BUT I am going to look for other books by Lenoir and if I see 1986-1987 on a shelf one day in the future, I'll pick it up, too.
Lenoir is the same age as me, which always adds a fun element to memoirs. I loved the art in this book, and I enjoyed the author's voice, too. The book as a whole is funny and charming, and it gave me a bit of a zine vibe, which made for an excellent hit of nostalgia.
The plot meanders a bit (intentionally) and Secret Passages ends like it's the first part in a series. I don't know if it's actually the first part in a series or not, BUT I am going to look for other books by Lenoir and if I see 1986-1987 on a shelf one day in the future, I'll pick it up, too.