I Never Liked You : A Comic-Strip Narrrative (Edition 1) (Paperback)

from librarybrandy

Adolescence is a painful, awkward time, and that awkwardness is captured here in all its horrible glory--romance with the girl next door (while being in love with someone else), an emotionally unbalanced mother who just wants her son to love her, being known as the kid who never swears--at the be...

from thouxartxgod

A quiet coming-of-age story and a memoir of the author as a young man, the book revolves primarily around his love life and his family life. I wasn't blown away by the book, but it was a good read and worth the fairly small time investment. The New York Times was apt in calling its style "minimal...

from selfnoise

Painfully honest memoir about an introverted childhood. Can read as somewhat opaque at times, but those who have lived through it will recognize what Brown is depicting.

from clstaff

Chester Brown writes a number of autobiographies, all of which are hilarious because they are true (probably with a pinch of artistic license). 'I never liked you' is a journey through the childhood of Chester. His distant relationship with his mother, the beginnings of his passion for drawing an...

from librarianbryan

Brown is a masterful cartoonist but this autobiographical coming of age story was so unlike my own adolescent experience that it was hard for me to relate. I'm sure for some folks it is the Holy Grail of their teenage years.