Sisters

Published Nov. 20, 2014 by GRAPHIX.

ISBN:
978-0-545-54060-5
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3 stars (2 reviews)

Raina Telgemeier’s #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning companion to Smile! Raina can't wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she's also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters the picture and later, something doesn't seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters, after all. Raina uses her signature humor and charm in both present-day narrative and perfectly placed flashbacks to tell the story of her relationship with her sister, which unfolds during the course of a road trip from their home in San Francisco to a family reunion in Colorado.

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2 stars

Telgemeier is an extremely talented creator so perhaps 2 stars is a bit harsh, but this definitely felt a little less focused and impactful then smile so I had to separate the two somehow.

Maybe it's just because braces were just so traumatic for me that I felt that smile was so much better. Hitting me in a much more personal space. But Sisters just felt like it sort of danced around the point a bit too much. I certainly got annoyed with my younger brothers a lot, but it didn't feel like I learned enough about the sisters to really FEEL their relationship.

And then at the end we find out her parents are on the rocks?! That didn't really feel like something to end on, unless she's planning on writing another book. Well maybe I'm just nosy, but I do feel like it would have been interesting to …

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