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lucyblack 's review for:
Between Gears
by Natalie Nourigat
I'll start by saying that the drawing is really cool. Natalie Nourigat is one talented lady. The composition and view and settings are all really well done. I like the sophisticated self portraits and the cute manga ish cartoony pics. The art is why I am giving this 2 stars and why I kept reading. At times I really wanted to put this book down (forcefully). I guess I didn't actively dislike the persona the author choose to present but I didn't like her either. The woman in this graphic novel (and Isay that cos I don't want to assume that that's all there is to Natalie Nourigat) is immature, shallow and views things from a very smug perch of privalige. Her main worries in life seem to be expired cereal, her hair, spiders and choosing between a few very cushy, safe and supported life paths. She comes across as egotistical but at the same time she is annoyingly dependent on her parents opinions . She's 22 but most of the problems in her life seem very high schooly. I feel mean now. I'm sure she's nice and stuff... just I didn't need to read her whinge about her really good life..
Also, I still think of graphic novels as part of an alternative culture. I think in New Zealand they are. Seems that in the states it's different. I kept being shocked at Nourigat's Starbucks (was she like, sponsered by them?), name brand this, mainstream that references and other pointers that she was very much popular, upper class and sorted.
Also, I still think of graphic novels as part of an alternative culture. I think in New Zealand they are. Seems that in the states it's different. I kept being shocked at Nourigat's Starbucks (was she like, sponsered by them?), name brand this, mainstream that references and other pointers that she was very much popular, upper class and sorted.