Prison Island: A Graphic Memoir (Paperback)

from EnidaV

As other reviewers have pointed out, it's a small book with a sweet but very slight story. I found the artwork to be equally simple. It's all rough black and white cartoons without much detail. There also seems to be quite a bit of padding, eg when the family returns for a visit to the (tiny) isl...

from ElizaJane

This certainly sounded like it would make for a cool story. The author's real-life account of growing up on a penitentiary island. Unfortunately, I found it dull. The author chronicles a last-chance final-look trip her family makes when the prison & island were shut down and depopulated. The stor...

from ecataldi

A cute, eye opening graphic novel about what it was like growing up on a prison island. Nothing profound or amazing, but it's a quick informative read that teens and adults will both enjoy. Plus, it's a little snapshot of history, it's a mini-memoir about a time past, and quite recent as well. Wh...

from villemezbrown

The back cover says, "The story of a perfectly ordinary childhood in a perfectly extraordinary place..." and the book seems to take that as a mission statement. This is a perfectly ordinary graphic novel with perfectly ordinary art and stories. Not bad, not great, just mild and good.It was a litt...