Sylvia Nickerson

This graphic novel was a big disconnect for me. It is about the gentrification of the author's neighborhood in Toronto. While the plot idea is good, the story suffers at the halfway point as the author alternated between giving her own story of self-discovery as a mother and telling the story about the changes in her neighborhood. I did not see the connection between the two.

The artwork did not help this story in any way. The characters were drawn with blob figures. She used graphite pencils throughout the book. The cover design is quite colorful and gives a happy feeling but it is not carried out inside the cover. It was done solely in the deeply shaded grey of the pencil. I thought it looked depressing.

It is almost impossible for me to not like a graphic novel but this book was a big disappointment.… (más)