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A review by homicidoll
Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir by Tom Hart
3.0
To begin, I'd like to say that this is not a bad book. That is not why I didn't finish it and gave it a lower rating. The main reason I couldn't finish it is simply that it is a very sad novel. You can feel, smell, and hear the pain that this family went through. I can't imagine the horror.. the grief.. and the strength that it would have taken. However, this is a very heavy book and I would think it would be a hard to find someone that enjoyed this novel.
I think it would have been one of the hardest things to do to write this and at the same time, it was probably one of the healthiest things this father could have done.
That being said, the reason I didn't finish this book, as well as only gave it three stars, is because of a personal preference. I understand he was writing from a dark place and the way it was written is meant to make the reader feel that way but I got lost. A lot of the time I couldn't tell if we were in flashback-mode or if we were in the present. I couldn't tell when the plot progressed and it was very disorienting. Eventually, I just didn't want to read anymore because I just couldn't make sense of anything.
This shouldn't discourage anyone from reading this. Maybe you'll understand it better if you've suffered any severe grief such as this or maybe your mind can just follow Tom Hart's creative flow. It just wasn't for me but I don't regret reading this. So give the book a try.
I think it would have been one of the hardest things to do to write this and at the same time, it was probably one of the healthiest things this father could have done.
That being said, the reason I didn't finish this book, as well as only gave it three stars, is because of a personal preference. I understand he was writing from a dark place and the way it was written is meant to make the reader feel that way but I got lost. A lot of the time I couldn't tell if we were in flashback-mode or if we were in the present. I couldn't tell when the plot progressed and it was very disorienting. Eventually, I just didn't want to read anymore because I just couldn't make sense of anything.
This shouldn't discourage anyone from reading this. Maybe you'll understand it better if you've suffered any severe grief such as this or maybe your mind can just follow Tom Hart's creative flow. It just wasn't for me but I don't regret reading this. So give the book a try.