A review by bghillman
Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel: A Graphic Novel by Anya Ulinich

5.0

I honestly don't know if this was actually good. I think it was, but mostly it was astounding how she was able to make me feel immensely insecure on almost every page as the story developed. One could summarize this book as redemption through fucking, and it did not deal with all of the problematic parts of the narrative (motherhood, abuse, violence, adultery). I know it will stick in my mind for a long time in part because I read this, however unfairly, as autobiography. It was pre bedtime reading and I have become accustomed to having a stomach ache and occasional insomnia due to anxiety and regret from reading this book. I would very much like to hear other affective reactions of this.