Without knowing where she's headed, she manages to write a clear but complicated emotional arc that is highly relatable even if you haven't been in her shoes.
While the story is autobiographical, Nagata's framing of it is masterful.
However, her character flaws are on full display and she seems to do very little to made herself look better or to hide the truth. She has clearly grown as a person, as certain elements that were touched upon in the original and presented simplistically are revisited with more nuance and a clearer perspective. Nagata is clearly more comfortable now with using the art to get across her feelings without using additional explanatory text. The art is significantly better than the first book while retaining the same distinctive style. If you've read it and liked it, then you'll love My Solo Exchange Diary Vol.
This book is most certainly a sequel to My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness: if you haven't read it, you absolutely must. To be fair part of the reason I am writing this review is in a hope the author will read it and listen to me when I say that I have been in the exact same situation and I wish with all my hear that I could go back to that time and not do exactly what you are doing. I seriously want to reach through the book and slap her because I know she is going to wake up in a few years and realise what a horrible mistake it will be if she ends this relationship. The end of this book (spoilers ahead) sounds almost precisely like a time I experienced in my life where I made the exact same mistakes that the author did which is why I have a strong suspicion that she does in fact love this person but she is overthinking the situation and is essentially not allowing herself to love them. The only real differences are some more complex gender issues and a different age but it reads like my backstory. The art is brilliant and I love the story that she tells, it sounds like someone taking my life and slightly adjusting it.
0 kommentar(er)
