Review: The Impostor’s Daughter by Laurie Sandell
Title: The Impostor’s Daughter
Hardcover, 256 pages
Author: Laurie Sandell
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Publication Date: July 29, 2009
From Goodreads.com:
I read a lot of book summaries and titles every day, which means I can easily get confused or miss a word here and there. Apparently when reading about The Impostor’s Daughter, I missed the “graphic” part of the novel (meaning it is done in drawings rather than words).
Not sure what I mean?
Imagine my shock when I open this book and find all of these wonderful colorful drawings! And then imagine how dumb I felt when I realized that every single other person that has wanted to read this book probably factored in the graphic novel bit. Oh well.
The novel was actually much more well put together than I imagined it would be, since it was dealing with a kind of heavy topic (father betrayal), but written in graphic form. I will admit I have not read many graphic novels, so I guess that wasn’t a fair assessment because this book really did have a good plot and solid storyline. I read it in about a day, because I couldn’t stop reading each panel and page. I was a big fan of Amelia’s Notebook when I was younger – I read the few that the library had over and over and over. (And when looking that up, I found out there are a TON I have not read yet – anyone have one I can borrow?)
So, if you’re looking for a lighter read on a not-as-light topic, The Impostor’s Daughter is a good choice. If anything, it gave me a break from my normal word books, and it was really fun to read. I did get a little embarrassed reading the book in a restaurant though, because Sandell has a few pictures drawn of naked-ish people to help illustrate some of her scenes. To leave on a bright note, towards the middle of the book all of the famous people Laurie has interviewed are drawn on a page spread, and I could tell who almost everyone was just by looking at the drawing and not reading the name – wow!
Book Cover: 4/5
Book Title: 4/5
Plot: 8/10
Characters: 8/10
Writing: 8/10
Ending: 8/10
Overall: 40/50
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Ha ha ha ha that is so funny, I didn't know it was a graphic novel either! And I read another review on it. I don't remember them mentioning that it was a Graphic novel.
I've seen on several other blogs that people had missed that it was a graphic novel. I recently won this and I'm looking forward to reading it. I've only read one other graphic novel ever!