Full review at http://yannabe.com/2009/06/20/review-...

Summary: Enid and Becky have been best friends forever and do everything together. They’re graduating from high school, so Enid is thinking of moving away to college but Becky doesn’t want her to go.

Review: This has been my favorite graphic novel so far, although I haven’t read very many yet. In the movie adaptation, I wish they had stuck to the book a bit more because the book was (of course) much better.

I loved Enid’s snarky commentary, but the last couple of chapters were the most satisfying because you start to see what’s really going on with Enid. I wish there had been a couple more hints of that earlier on because the beginning chapters seemed to wander a bit. Or it could be that I just missed them.

If you haven’t read any graphic novels before, this would be a great one to start with. ( )

I read this a couple of years before they made the film, and I now reread it over a weekend at my brother's. I didn't remember the difference between thew film and the book was so big. The book is much more plotless, static or perhaps floating, almost without a dramaturgical core. The main theme, growing apart, losing sync with a close friend is sort of happening in passing, in the margins even. It's quite skillfully done, and it moves me in a understated way. ( )

at first looks wierd but get used to green, story different to film, prefer this to film as usual ( )

The main characters of the story are two teenage girls who are bored, boring and not particularly nice. They do not do much with their lives and they do not seem to want much from them, either. Their relationships are superficial, juvenile and narcissistic. Nevertheless, as the story progresses, their fears, their hopes and their vulnerability begin to come through and they become more interesting and likable. By the end of the story I wished the book was much longer and I could know more about them. ( )

I think I might be too old to "get" this book... ( )