Damecatoe's review
Blankets
by Craig Thompson
But didn't you feel that the sense of tragedy was true to life? I mean when I broke up with my first girlfriend it felt like the end of the world. Now looking back, that relationship seems so rudimentary and simplistic, and feel really lucky that I've moved on as far as I have. And I think that Thompson is telling us the same way. The simpler, more naive person that he was as a teenager has blossomed into a prodigious artistic talent. And a happier and more richly-realized person as well, in all likelihood.
Maybe I'd need to go back and re-read it, but I don't recall coming away from the ending feeling like he was happier and more richly-realized.
Damecatoe's review
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Damecatoe's review
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I can’t recall where I heard about this graphic novel, but I put it on my Amazon wishlist and dad got it for me for Christmas.
I took it with me to my prenatal checkup on Tuesday, and I’m glad I did, cause I sat in the waiting room for 40 minutes. During that time, I got so far along in the story that I decided to finish it in one day. I wish I hadn’t. If I hadn’t taken it to bed with me, I could have gone to sleep at least one day loving the story. Instead, I went to sleep saddened.
The main character reminded me of people I know and also contrasted with how I was raised. He likes to draw and is belittled in Sunday school for wondering if he could worship God with his drawing. He grows up thinking that art is something secular and selfish.
Being raised by art teachers who pastored a church, I was not taught the same thing. For that, I am very grateful.
Besides being a story of faith (and its loss), Blankets is also a love story. Maybe it resonated with me because t...more
I took it with me to my prenatal checkup on Tuesday, and I’m glad I did, cause I sat in the waiting room for 40 minutes. During that time, I got so far along in the story that I decided to finish it in one day. I wish I hadn’t. If I hadn’t taken it to bed with me, I could have gone to sleep at least one day loving the story. Instead, I went to sleep saddened.
The main character reminded me of people I know and also contrasted with how I was raised. He likes to draw and is belittled in Sunday school for wondering if he could worship God with his drawing. He grows up thinking that art is something secular and selfish.
Being raised by art teachers who pastored a church, I was not taught the same thing. For that, I am very grateful.
Besides being a story of faith (and its loss), Blankets is also a love story. Maybe it resonated with me because t...more
But didn't you feel that the sense of tragedy was true to life? I mean when I broke up with my first girlfriend it felt like the end of the world. Now looking back, that relationship seems so rudimentary and simplistic, and feel really lucky that I've moved on as far as I have. And I think that Thompson is telling us the same way. The simpler, more naive person that he was as a teenager has blossomed into a prodigious artistic talent. And a happier and more richly-realized person as well, in all likelihood.
Maybe I'd need to go back and re-read it, but I don't recall coming away from the ending feeling like he was happier and more richly-realized.
