Illustrated novel...Not a graphic novel. Not really for me. Not my scene and I've read quite a few novels like this. ( )

This was a good coming-of-age story, one that I might have enjoyed more in my early 20s. Yeah, I think I was too old for this book. Or too lame. And the art is brilliant!

umm i basically loved this. it hits like the sloppy note of messy teenage feelings just right. too many dudes for my taste though. ( )

When I first started to read this book I wanted to love it. I enjoy Cristy Road's illustrations, liked her other graphic novel and loved the issues of her zine that I had read. But at first I couldn't get behind the way this book was written. At first I thought the writing was all over the place which made it harder for me to read. However, once I got more involved the writing made sense for all the love, drugs and chaos that ensues in the book. In fact the writing is perfect for the these three things. Of course her illustrations are amazing so for that I I gave it an extra star. I think she captures the confusion and disappointments that come with falling in love too easily while being broke, doing drugs, being young and living in a city. Any way you mix them it's a recipe for heartache.

"Then I had a realization- that a good lover, a destructive bender, or a bottle of pills may pick up some loose ends, but wars still run rampant whether or not we take note of them. Our only choice is to trudge valiantly and figure shit out in the least destructive way possible. We fumble night and day for that serenity that only exists in short spurts of sanity and beauty; these biological spurts of love, unassisted by drugs, that happen imperfectly, but often" (158) ( )