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alicebme's review
4.0
Great collection! Fun to read after all the other books, as it fills in the details and shares Lucy's creative process.
animatorinator's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
papertraildiary's review
5.0
Lucy's charm is clear, relatable and hilarious. This book made me wish we could be best friends.
droar's review
3.0
This is a collection of her older and random work. I liked it, but not as much as her regular work. It felt a little bit like riffling through the first few posts on someone's tumblr. Like you love their work and it's interesting to see how far they've come, but it's not your favorite thing. There were some things I laughed out loud at and also some things that made me go 'meh'.
yetilibrary's review
3.0
I picked this up because I loved Lucy Knisley's memoir Relish. Knisley published Radiator Days five years prior to Relish, when she was only 23 and still an art (graduate) student. She was already an interesting and accomplished artist, and Radiator Days isn't a memoir so much as it is a compilation of bits and pieces, united by that thread of "I'm still in graduate school and feeling my way through it." It works better than my summary may lead you to believe. That said, it's still definitely written by someone who is 23 (I AM SO OLD), and if you've read Relish, you can appreciate how much Knisley grew in the intervening five years. Parts of what would grow into that later memoir poke through in Radiator Days, and it gave me a view into an artist's growth and process that I don't think I've ever had before. Some parts were--let's call it experimental. And they didn't always work (I'm a little conflicted about the X-rated ones) but they were a very small part of the book.
tl;dr Good, not great, but absolutely worth it if you're a Knisley fan, and/or if you enjoy observing a talented graphic novelist grow.
tl;dr Good, not great, but absolutely worth it if you're a Knisley fan, and/or if you enjoy observing a talented graphic novelist grow.
sizrobe's review
4.0
A collection of shorter works, not particularly tied together with any theme. I don't quite like it as much as her more cohesive books, but there's some good stuff in there. As always, her illustrations are impeccable.
mjfmjfmjf's review
4.0
A bit rougher earlier work. But still an enjoyable read. Not sure it's a great starting point though. I think it helps to care about the artist and her life and her family. The embedded story of the friend with the book store closing doing anonymous random book gifts was my favorite part. The art is definitely less polished. And the sex a bit more open. And perhaps a bit less reflective.