A strange mishap on her eighteenth birthday causes Grace Kwon to be confronted with herself at three different periods in her life--ages six, twent...
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Dec 17, 2009
Shaenon
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Okay, obviously I'm biased because my husband and I appear on page 74. But with Derek Kirk Kim writing and Jesse Hamm drawing, it's like the two greatest forces in the universe have combined to bring you an '80s teen movie in comic-book form. Very cute stuff.
SPOILERS: I also like that the entire plot is that the heroine's life will be ruined forever if she doesn't go out with the guy who looks like Derek. Advantage: KIM!
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Jan 30, 2008
Sarah
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After getting knocked back by a pinata on her 18th birthday, the main character meets her 6, 29, and 70-yr-old selves, all 3 of whom she hides in her bedroom while trying to save the school play which was axed due to school budget cuts. Unfortunately, the copy I recieved from the library was bound incorrectly and was missing a crucial 30 pages 2/3 of the way through...I guess I'll never know if Grace's 29-yr-old self got to make out with the hot drama teacher, sigh. Even considering the missing
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Dec 06, 2010
Alissa
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Jul 13, 2009
Emilia
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Well I didn't have to think twice about Kirk Kim. I kind of love that guy.
And it's from the same imprint as the Plain Janes, which is basically geared at slighty-out-casty just-a-little-too-smart teenage girls. I still got some of that in me, and that girl enjoyed this pretty well.
The idea of meeting one's childhood, twenty-something and old lady self (and those selves having to get along) was pretty swell, and the main character had some cool friends (and aw, a nice dude frien More...
And it's from the same imprint as the Plain Janes, which is basically geared at slighty-out-casty just-a-little-too-smart teenage girls. I still got some of that in me, and that girl enjoyed this pretty well.
The idea of meeting one's childhood, twenty-something and old lady self (and those selves having to get along) was pretty swell, and the main character had some cool friends (and aw, a nice dude frien More...
Nov 30, 2011
Andrew Shuping
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Good as Lily is the story of young woman, Grace, finding her way through life, love, the future, and high school. Grace is a Korean-American high school student who on her 18th birthday finds herself with some rather unusual companions, multiple versions of herself at different ages. Together they explore the meaning of life and surviving high school.
Kim deftly tells a tale of Grace, her friends, and the other Grace's, overcoming their fears and dreams to achieve reality. At times they More...
Kim deftly tells a tale of Grace, her friends, and the other Grace's, overcoming their fears and dreams to achieve reality. At times they More...
Aug 02, 2010
Erin
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As yet another graphic novel from Minx, I remain impressed with the quality of their publications. So often graphic novels seem to suffer from mediocre story lines but these fail to disappoint. Instead, Good as Lily excels with a plot that is intriguing with a thoughtful message softly nestled inside. Additionally, the plot line is easily carried through dialog, the medium of the graphic novel and contains a decent amount of action that gives the illustrator enough material to play with to ma
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Aug 25, 2008
Agathafrye
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Very cool storyline, and I loved the artwork in this Minx graphic novel. The main character Grace is an awesome and authentically flawed teen who somehow ends up having to hang out with herself at age 6, 29, and 70 years old for a week or so. Of course, she learns some lessons from her previous and future selves along the way. Only slightly related: I really want a backscratching tshirt like the one that Grace's best friend gave her for her birthday.
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Jul 21, 2008
Judith
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I'm just beginning to find my way around graphic novels and I really enjoyed this one about a Korean-American teenage girl, Grace Kwon. On her 18th birthday, Grace meets herself as a 6, 29 and 70 year old. Each of the three "other" Graces hang around until something about their life—at that point in Grace's life—is reconciled. There is a real sweetness to the story, which also deals with high school friendships, rivalry and romance.
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Oct 26, 2010
Anna Francesca
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I enjoyed this story and found it to be a very quick read. The idea of different perspectives at varying ages is one that I generally find engaging. I have some confusion about the end in terms of how things work on the present/future continuum. There seems to be an inconsistency in terms of what does and does not change.
Grace is a high school senior looking for her place in the world. She has the lead in the high school play and has been accepted to Sanford, but she still has qu More...
Grace is a high school senior looking for her place in the world. She has the lead in the high school play and has been accepted to Sanford, but she still has qu More...
Feb 13, 2009
Dani
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This book is proof that you can't always trust that books from the same line are equal. I read Plain Janes before this one, and it was safe to hand to my youngest son. This one is not. None of the art is graphic, but it contains a few sexual references that are OK for my 16-year-old, but not for my 12- and 10-year-olds.
The story itself is pretty good. A girl finds three other versions of herself, two from the future and one from the past. She spends the bulk of the book trying to fig More...
The story itself is pretty good. A girl finds three other versions of herself, two from the future and one from the past. She spends the bulk of the book trying to fig More...
Feb 10, 2008
EunSung
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This is another book published by Minx, which is an imprint of DC aimed at teenage girls. I'm not a teenage girl, but I liked this book and P.L.A.I.N. Janes. Good as Lily is written by Derek Kirk Kim and drawn by Jesse Hamm. The book deals with a second generation Korean teen, Grace, who meets three different versions of herself i.e. her at 6, 29 and 70.
Sep 27, 2010
Ann
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Ages 13+ (some profanity, themes: geriatric suicide attempt & crush on teacher) On her 18th birthday, Grace gets bonked on the head by a pinata. Shortly thereafter, she meets three of herself - at ages six, twenty-nine, and seventy. Grace accepts her dopplegangers too quickly and often behaves irrationally towards them - especially to her lovelorn twenty nine year old self, who decides to pursue the teacher that 18 year old Grace has a crush on. While the cover art is great, I would have liked t
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Jun 29, 2010
Ange (MarmaladeLibby of Libby Blog)
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Grace Kwon's 18th birthday celebration with her friends in the park ends rather bizarrely when ends up buying a pinate from a cart instead of ice cream and then when she finally breaks it open it not only lands on her head, but also is EMPTY! :( When she realizes in the night that she's left her cool new t-shirt from her guy pal in the park she sneaks back to get it only to find 3 more versions of herself there. How did this happen? What is she going to do about herself at 6, 29 and 70 strolling
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Nov 01, 2011
Lauren
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The title sucks. I tend to really notice when a title has really nothing to do with the overall theme of the story. While I really loved the character development and overall novelty of the story, the name doesn't quite do it justice. I also didn't like the "Regifters" title, so maybe these books are just poorly titled.
Anyway. This book is not about Lily. The book is about a girl named Grace who gets an empty pinata on her 18th birthday party. The reason it's empty, is tha More...
Anyway. This book is not about Lily. The book is about a girl named Grace who gets an empty pinata on her 18th birthday party. The reason it's empty, is tha More...
Aug 18, 2009
Rebecca
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On her 18th birthday, a strange incident causes Korean-American Grace Kwon to encounter three other versions of herself; at six, twenty-nine, and seventy. They dog her steps (and sleep in her bedroom) while she and her friends struggle to save the school play. It’s only when Grace confronts each of her other selves’ issues and regrets and makes some changes in her own life that the duplicates vanish.
This was a fun book, and a quick read. The dialogue was spot-on in how high school ki More...
This was a fun book, and a quick read. The dialogue was spot-on in how high school ki More...
Feb 27, 2009
Ashly
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Just what the world needed: a comic where the whole message is that if you don't date the "nice guy" in high school, you'll end up alone forever and ever and wishing you'd just gone out with that nice boy who knew what your favorite muffin was and golly, he thought you were pretty!
In other words: this is so many teen romance movies in comic form, written by a guy who probably didn't get the girl he wanted in high school and has gotten his revenge by writing a comic where it More...
In other words: this is so many teen romance movies in comic form, written by a guy who probably didn't get the girl he wanted in high school and has gotten his revenge by writing a comic where it More...
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Aug 08, 2010
Rachel
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I really enjoyed this short graphic novel from Derek Kirk Kim. I picked up this volume after reading his collaboration with another of my favorite graphic novel writers/illustrators, Gene Luen Yang. The whole idea of this comic is brilliant, and that goes the same for the artwork. Grace is a Korean girl who has just turned 18. After celebrating with her friends at a local park, she goes back home and then remembers she left one of the presents back at the park. While there, she runs into herself
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Dec 17, 2008
Heather
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This is the second book I've read from DC Comics's new Minx imprint, which are targeted to teen girls of the arty/creative sort. And so far, I'm impressed. I'll definitely be watching for more Minx titles at my Friendly Neighborhood Comic Book Store.
This one's about Grace Kwon. She's about to graduate, and worried about the future. She hasn't noticed an old friend's crush on her, because she's preoccupied with her dreamy drama teacher.
But that isn't her biggest pr More...
This one's about Grace Kwon. She's about to graduate, and worried about the future. She hasn't noticed an old friend's crush on her, because she's preoccupied with her dreamy drama teacher.
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Jan 14, 2009
Patricia
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DC Comics Minx books, teen target audience. I like the fact that this book doesn't dumb down the story to point out the obvious. The characters are fallible, the family tensions not overblown, and the story is clever. I enjoyed both the art and the story, and can see the appeal for all ages. There are a variety of topics addressed, but for the most part only briefly; death, rejection, unrequited love, loneliness, jealousy. This book doesn't weigh itself down with either tone or dialogue. Ra
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Dec 30, 2011
Samantha
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Good as Lily had it's cute moments, but other moments were just awkward. The title suggests that Grace is trying to live up to the light of her big sister Lily. This theme is only a small fraction of the graphic novel, not deserving of being the main title. For a quick read I can't complain much, though as with any graphic novel I have to enjoy the art work. This graphic novel was drawn very simply and not much detail was given. I probably would not recommend this book to someone else, but it wa
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Aug 25, 2011
papalbina
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Si algo tiene Como Lily de lo que uno se podría quejar, es que sufre de una compresión alarmante. La historia daría para más páginas e incluso tomos, como cualquier buen shoujo japonés, pero los cómics de la colección MINX tenían un límite de páginas y a Grace 144 se le quedaron cortas. De todas formas, Derek Kirk Kim hizo un gran trabajo de caracterización de los personajes dotándoles de carisma y encanto, con especial hincapié, como no, en las Graces (la Grace de 70 años es para echarle de com
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Sep 08, 2010
Rose
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"Good as Lily" by Derek Kirk Kim is a quick, sweet story about a Korean American girl named Grace Kwon who celebrates her 18th birthday in a not-so typical way. After getting hit in the head with a pinata bought from a strange old woman, Grace finds herself running into her "selves" - her 6 year old, 29 year old, and 70 year old versions to be specific. Each of them have their own odd eccentricities and things to give Grace (in spite of a few situations where they cause pro
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Nov 09, 2011
Brittany
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Grace Kwon just turned 18 and a weird series of events led to her meeting herself. That night the 6, 29 and 70 year old versions of herself stop by, unannounced to them or her. She sees the desperation in all of them. The same uncertainty that she feels now. If she can help them—help herself—she might be able to get rid of them and get on with her life. As much as they need her though, she needs them too.
This was a very fun and interesting story. It would be insane to have to put up More...
This was a very fun and interesting story. It would be insane to have to put up More...
Jul 20, 2008
Zen
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I quite liked this! The art wasn't very good, but I liked that most of the main characters were Asian and they didn't make a big deal of it. The protag wasn't very likeable, but that was all right -- she was a fairly believable teenager, and she wasn't so annoying she made me want to put the book down.
I found the storyline disappointing, though. At first I thought they were going to explore, y'know, important things in her life, so the kid represented Grace's angst about her parents lo More...
I found the storyline disappointing, though. At first I thought they were going to explore, y'know, important things in her life, so the kid represented Grace's angst about her parents lo More...
May 04, 2008
Erica
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Author: Jessie Hamm
Contributor: Jared K. Fletcher (Contribution by)
Publication Date:2007
Publisher: DC Comics, New York, NY
School Library Journal
( November 01, 2007 ; 1-4012-1381-2 )
Gr 7 Up-Grace Kwon's friends throw her a surprise 18th birthday party with a picnic in the park. There they meet a strange vendor who refuses to sell them ice cream, but sells them a pig-shaped pi-ata instead. When it finally breaks after falling on Grace's head, she le More...
Contributor: Jared K. Fletcher (Contribution by)
Publication Date:2007
Publisher: DC Comics, New York, NY
School Library Journal
( November 01, 2007 ; 1-4012-1381-2 )
Gr 7 Up-Grace Kwon's friends throw her a surprise 18th birthday party with a picnic in the park. There they meet a strange vendor who refuses to sell them ice cream, but sells them a pig-shaped pi-ata instead. When it finally breaks after falling on Grace's head, she le More...
Mar 28, 2008
Speedtribes
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I hadn't been very enthused to read this mainly because I didn't like the art. My sister picked it up at the library so I thought, "Well, I'd read Same Difference and liked it, so I might as well give this one a try. Derek Kirk Kim is a good writer." Conclusion: The art still isn't entirely to my liking, but it is consistent and I got used to it a few pages in. The writing is very strong.
I was surprised, but I found myself laughing out loud at certain parts, and I definit More...
I was surprised, but I found myself laughing out loud at certain parts, and I definit More...
May 13, 2008
Nick
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Overall Rating: A
Synopsis: Written by Derek Kirk Kim with art by Jesse Hamm, Good As Lily follows Grace Kwon, a young woman who is Korean-American, and a senior in high school. At the beginning of the book, Grace is is about to graduate, and go to Stanford, and it's her 18th birthday. The evening of her birthday, she is visited by herself at ages 6,29, and 70. The older versions of herself have no memory of this happening when they turned 18 (or of the pináta that hit Grace on the head ear More...
Synopsis: Written by Derek Kirk Kim with art by Jesse Hamm, Good As Lily follows Grace Kwon, a young woman who is Korean-American, and a senior in high school. At the beginning of the book, Grace is is about to graduate, and go to Stanford, and it's her 18th birthday. The evening of her birthday, she is visited by herself at ages 6,29, and 70. The older versions of herself have no memory of this happening when they turned 18 (or of the pináta that hit Grace on the head ear More...
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Aug 20, 2007
Korynn
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Good as Lily is about a girl not named Lily. Lily is in fact dead, and the story revolves around her sister Grace who, on her birthday, discovers three other versions of herself at different ages. Whether they are her future is unclear, it's what they learn about themselves and from each other that becomes important. And of course, being about a teenager it has to have a love story and so we have the ignored friend and the hot for teacher plot. I really have never understood how girls manage to
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Mar 27, 2008
Jen
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Plot summary: When Grace tries to buy her friends ice cream on her 18th birthday, the weird old lady running the ice cream cart refuses to sell her any. Before Grace can protest, however, the old woman convices her to buy a pig-shaped pinata. When Lily finally manages to break a hole in the thing, there is no candy inside, and the old lady has seemingly disappeared into thin air.
After this frustrating experience, she realizes she left one of her birthday gifts in the park, but wh More...
After this frustrating experience, she realizes she left one of her birthday gifts in the park, but wh More...
Feb 01, 2009
Kevin
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Derek Kirk Kim and Jesse Hamm (who deserves equal credit for storytelling - comics is a visual medium!) create a believable story about a young woman in her last year of high school and facing uncertainties about her future life. Kim packs many layers into a short novel - only 125 pages, yet several story lines of romance, regret, remorse, and revenge. And other words that start with "re" - but it all works, all ties together sweetly and humorously.
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