![]() Actually, I think it’s less a matter of me really preferring them and more a matter of them being what I’m used to. ![]() I read Blankets by Craig Thompson a couple of years ago and liked it but while I certainly acknowledge the artistic value of the graphic novel, I generally prefer reading novels. I’ve read very few graphic novels, so this is largely a new genre for me. Green isn’t afraid to put her flaws on naked display, presenting herself at times as unlikable while remaining incredibly easy to empathize with. As a young woman, Katie’s parents send her to a new age therapist who takes sexual advantage of her, and she has to deal with the trauma of that along with everything else she’s dealing with. it tells the story of Green’s experience of growing up anorexic and bulimic, and how her intense pursuit of perfectionism manifests itself in painful and disturbing ways. Lighter Than My Shadow is a very visual experience, containing a minimum of words on each page and being unusually illustration-heavy, even for a graphic novel. I know about as much about the condition as the average joe shmoe, and although Katie Green’s remarkably candid graphic memoir Lighter Than My Shadow didn’t teach me much I didn’t know about Anorexia it did take me on a harrowing and emotionally rewarding journey. ![]() ![]() Anorexia Nervosa is an illness I know very little about, a friend of mine from grade school got it when she was very young but I didn’t know her when she had it. ![]()
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