Scan barcode
A review by elderlingfool
Spinning by Tillie Walden
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I have been reading some memoirs by women lately and all of them have been great. However, it's sad and scary how all of them feature sexual assault. It really happens that often.
This memoir is about the years the author spent ice skating, but it is also about her sexuality and her feelings while trying to figure out what she really wants to be and to do. The art is very simple and cute and the panels convey nice pacing and emotion in a brilliant way. I teared up a little because of two scenes in this story.
If there is one thing I am upset about is that it wasn't shown a resolution with some members of the author's family after she came out as gay. Still, they are mentioned in the acknowledgements so I guess the relationship was mended in some way.
I definitely want to read other comics by this artist.
This memoir is about the years the author spent ice skating, but it is also about her sexuality and her feelings while trying to figure out what she really wants to be and to do. The art is very simple and cute and the panels convey nice pacing and emotion in a brilliant way. I teared up a little because of two scenes in this story.
If there is one thing I am upset about is that it wasn't shown a resolution with some members of the author's family after she came out as gay. Still, they are mentioned in the acknowledgements so I guess the relationship was mended in some way.
I definitely want to read other comics by this artist.