Graphic Review: The Impostor’s Daughter by Laurie Sandell
by Jenners • 02/22/2010 • 3.5 Stars, I Titles, Memoir, S Authors • 27 Comments
The Impostor’s DaughterLaurie Sandell
Little, Brown and Company, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-316-03305-3
246 pages
Genre: Memoir, Graphic Novel
My Rating: 3.5 stars
The Basic Story
The book is a memoir of the author’s struggles to understand her father, who lied about almost everything in his life and screwed a lot of friends and family members. As a result, the author ends up having a host of intimacy issues and is driven to expose her father. In doing so, she develops an addiction to Ambien and perhaps a drinking problem.
What The Book Looks Like
The author’s celebrity interview subjectsThroughout the book, the author talks about her celebrity interviews. In fact, it was Ashley Judd who convinced her to enter rehab. The pages above show her celebrity interview subjects in a Sgt. Pepper Style album cover, which I thought was creative and fun. The shallow part of me that loves reading UsWeekly loved this aspect of the book!
A panel describing a new boyfriend.This panel totally cracked me up because when I started dating Mr. Jenners, I kept referring to him as “my vegetable.” I had always dated guys who weren’t good for me (hot fudge sundaes), and Mr. Jenners was my first “vegetable” boyfriend. Let me tell you: Vegetables are a lot healthier and easier to live with! Hot fudge sundaes seem good in the beginning but just end up making you sick.
My Review, In Graphic Format
This book counts for my Genre Switch Up part of the Take Another Chance Challenge. It was a good introduction to graphic novels, and it made me want to give this genre another go.
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You should get the most creative award for this and your review of the Guernsey Literary and PPP society. Truly unique!
You make reviews fun! A graphic novel would be a new experience for me. Maybe I'll try it. Jillian liked your cat drawing by the way
Absolutely loved this review. Great job!
I loved this review! It was so much fun to read your review!
This book was the first graphic novel I had ever read (I also won it in a giveaway.) Since then I've read several that I just love. Try Blankets and Stitches. Those are both wonderful graphic novels.
Amazing!!!
This was so much fun to read! Your drawings are way better than anything I could do (my five year old son and I have very similar skills).
I love that you listed the nude scenes as a pro!
And I totally agree that reading graphic novels is a great way to pump up the reading stats.
Love the graphic review! I read this as part of the read-a-thon last fall and it was the perfect thing to read in the wee hours because it was bright and fast to read. But it sure was a surprise to find nekked people and sex in what I still think of as a comic book!
LOL OMG, Jenners, this is the best review of this book I have ever, ever read! You are freaking brilliant.
I love your review in graphic format and I can't wait to read this book. I finally found a vegetable guy instead of a hot fudge sundae too! What a great analogy.
i'm going to suggest that my daughters
start labeling their boyfriends as fruits,
veggies, or desert.
super fun review!
thanks,
lea
You never cease to amaze me — I love this review!
This was the first graphic novel I'd read since I read comics as a kid and it jump started quite an obsession with the medium. (I've probably read at least 20 since!) Mind you, I think I enjoyed it more than you did.
I'll link to your review.
what a wonderful review this was!!!!
I loved your graphic novel review for a graphic novel! How creative!
Oh, that was amazing. You are an awesome artiste of Saturn, by the way!
Hahahaha! Love your graphic review, and wow, you draw a mean Saturn!
OMG!!!! I love it, love it, love it!!!!! Have you read French Milk. You must. Thank you, thank you — I needed a HUGE light break today.
You just crack me up! I think you need to write a graphic novel! If you want to try another graphic novel, I suggest The Complete Persepolis.
Can I put you on speed-dial for when I need a pick-me-up?!? Your posts never fail to get a true laugh (or at least a big grin) out of me. … unless they're supposed to be SERIOUS, in which case I respond appropriately!
I just laughed so hard at this review. Thanks, Jenners!
Love your creative review approaches!
This graphic novel in itself seems intriguing; maybe I'll go over and enter the give-away.
This was the first graphic novel I read too – and I loved the broccoli frame as well. Well done on the review!!
I love your graphic review format! As Napoleon would say, you've got skills.
Awesome review! You are very talented. Maybe you could publish a graphic memoir faturing your blog posts
I love graphic novels and this one does look fun. And you draw a good Saturn and an umbrella. Much better than me. Loved this review..
Well I'm not realy interested in reading this book, but the GN review was the absolute best. I'm going to have to try that sometime.