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A review by posies23
Freddie and Me: A Coming-of-Age (Bohemian) Rhapsody by Mike Dawson
3.0
This is a comic book memoir, told through the author's memories of music. (I've always thought 'graphic novel' seemed pretentious, I don't know why.) It's told primarily as a "memory play" a la Tennessee Williams, although in this case the author's memories don't center around a glass menagerie, they center around his obsession with Queen.
There's a lot to like here, and there are some surprisingly moving sections, especially when dealing with his memories (or, technically, the nature of memory itself) and his relationship with his family. Still, it never really struck a chord with me, and I'm not sure why. I can't really put my finger on it, because, like I really did like sections of it. I think maybe I just wasn't in the mood for it right now. As a Queen fan and a comic book fan it should have 'clicked' better with me, but it just didn't.
It's worth reading as a good example of what comic books can do as opposed to "regular" books, though, and a rare example of a true memoir told in a comic book style.
There's a lot to like here, and there are some surprisingly moving sections, especially when dealing with his memories (or, technically, the nature of memory itself) and his relationship with his family. Still, it never really struck a chord with me, and I'm not sure why. I can't really put my finger on it, because, like I really did like sections of it. I think maybe I just wasn't in the mood for it right now. As a Queen fan and a comic book fan it should have 'clicked' better with me, but it just didn't.
It's worth reading as a good example of what comic books can do as opposed to "regular" books, though, and a rare example of a true memoir told in a comic book style.