by Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki
It's unlikely I ever would have picked up a graphic novel, particularly a young adult one, had it not appeared on my "CBC 100 novels that make you proud to be Canadian" list. The experience of reading this was not unpleasurable, but it was enough to confirm for me that I don't really like this form ...
Yes, I've reached the end of my journey with Jillian Tamaki. I just finished her first work with her cousin Mariko entitled Skim. One thing is for certain...Tamaki has the corner market on teenage angst. (As you can probably tell, I'm over the angst.) The story follows a girl named Kim who is your t...
I like most stories with mixed protagonists, so Skim delivered there. However, the rest of the story didn't capture me. I did like watching Katie and Kim's relationship develop, but there was so little of it in the book. I think if I were in high school or under duress I would have enjoyed the sto...
This book was like a time capsule for me. I could relate to the main character, Skim, so much that it was almost like thumbing through an old journal of my own. Skim is a Wiccan goth queer outcast in high school, in the early 90s, which pretty much sums up my own adolescence. I can honestly say I've...
I borrowed Skim after reading a friend's review. This graphic novel uses the life of a 16 year old overweight Wiccan-in-training girl to explore various aspects of being a teenager.The story of Skim - also the girls nickname - is at a turning point. Throughout the book she experiences some situation...
Kimberly Keiko Cameron (aka Skim) is a teen witch with a broken arm and teen drama. Things change when one of the boys in her year kills himself which leads to a cascade of issues. Skim is somewhat of an outcast, she doesn't really fit in with a lot of the rest of her class andshe has to learn to ...
I grabbed this at random while I was browsing graphic novels at the local library. I have a nostalgic fondness for teen coming-of-age graphic novels, though none of the published ones I've read (Blankets, Black Hole) are as good as a handful of web comics.Anyway, I am totally not the target audience...
Even though the popularity of graphic novels is growing, I think it can be challenging to find really outstanding ones, so when someone in my book club recommended Skim with high praise, I was excited to read it. Skim was one of my fastest reads of 2011 and I enjoyed it while I was reading it. I thi...
Also recommended to me by the same classmate who recommended Blankets and, although this one was good, it wasn't AS good as Blankets.
Very good. If you like stories about teenagers who feel like they don't fit in anywhere, this is right up your alley. There's a lot of interesting stuff packed into this short book, and talking about it gives away too many good details, but I will say that from my experience it's a very insightful e...
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