Stitches
By: David Small
Genre: YA Graphic Novel/Memoir
Pages: 329
Published: 2009
Read: January
3.5 out of 5 stars
I have mentioned in previous reviews that I struggle with
National Book Award Winners. However, I have always enjoyed graphic memoirs –
So why not? Small didn’t have a great childhood, I won’t
deny that and it’s a great accomplishment that he came out on top. But, so many
other children have it worse. I wonder if it really was worse than he portrayed
or if Small choose not to indulge more detail because it was a graphic novel.
Or did he feel that he truly suffered as much as other children.
Either way, I craved more – did he Grandma continue to abuse him
or just suddenly stop as it seems from the book? What was his mother’s reaction
when he walked into the bedroom and saw her with her lesbian lover? I felt what
Small endured was minimized by his brief overview. Most of all, I want to
know if there was more or did he mean to keep us guessing. Even his author note,
while informative, didn’t answer my questions.
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