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I finished reading Calling Dr Laura, a graphic memoir. I loved it. Anyone who likes graphic memoirs should read this book. The drawings are beautiful, and the speaker is so likable. It's about someone who goes to a psychic and gets told that her dad, who she had been told all her life was dead, is actually alive.
On the other hand, I tried reading another graphic memoir, one with a great cover, and I really wanted to like it, but the speaker is obnoxious and the perspectives are so mainstream. It's about getting diagnosed and living with bipolar disorder. I have avoided that kind of book, and maybe for good reason.
On the other hand, I tried reading another graphic memoir, one with a great cover, and I really wanted to like it, but the speaker is obnoxious and the perspectives are so mainstream. It's about getting diagnosed and living with bipolar disorder. I have avoided that kind of book, and maybe for good reason.
posted by Laura-Marie @ 7:20 AM
2 Comments:
At March 13, 2013 11:22 AM,
Marissa F. said…
Was the other book Marbles? I read that and really liked it. It was kind of upsetting to read because I just kept comparing my experience to the authors and she seemed to have much milder depression than I have. It annoyed me how do-able it was for her to get good treatment and how privileged she was- and how unaware of that privilege the book was... but I guess overall I liked reading about symptoms and treatment.
At March 13, 2013 12:17 PM,
Laura-Marie said…
Yep, it was Marbles! The speaker rubbed me the wrong way, and I only got maybe 20 pages in? I'm glad you were able to get something out of it!
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