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Mistakes In The Background (2008)

by Laura Dockrill(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

000730059X (ISBN13: 9780007300594)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

review 1: Mistakes in the Background is a small, sweet book but it never quite lives up to its original promise. The novelty of the format - basically, scribbles - wears off pretty quickly, and some of it is actually quite difficult to read. That said, there were a couple of highlights which made reading the whole thing worthwhile. The poem "And the bubblebath bottle in the shape of Fireman Sam" captures beautifully the relationship between sisters. So much so I wanted to rip out the page and send it to mine.
review 2: I do not read poetry often, but I found myself inexorably drawn into the South London world created by Laura Dockrill in Mistakes in the Background that I savored each poem and ran through the book in the space of a few days. The settings and situations ar... moree so urban, yet there's nothing foggy or gray. All the characters are vibrant, and the stories are about common people, common interactions, all told in beautiful rhythm. less

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