The Animators: A Novel
Registered by BookBirds of Somewhere in the USA, -- Wild Released somewhere in USA -- USA on 12/1/2017
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Journal Entry 1 by BookBirds from Somewhere in the USA, -- Wild Released somewhere in USA -- USA on Friday, December 1, 2017
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Journal Entry 2 by BookBirds at Somewhere in the USA, -- Wild Released somewhere in USA -- USA on Friday, March 23, 2018
This book is such a fresh take on two friends who kind of have no one else and survive by making animation. I can relate to one of them (Sharon) so much, especially as she is the same age as I am for much of the book and born in the same year. There is a lot to relate to just from being born in the same year. But also her alienation and isolation and resulting love of pop culture and something that happens to her out of nowhere that happened to my dad this year. And then the way Sharon's mother is with her. Whitaker writes in such a fresh, fluid way. I could have lived without the NYC bits though. I'm tired of NYC. Other than that, this book might have been made for me. This book is full of heart about art, friendship and everything that goes along with life. I can't say enough about this book, so I won't try. I'll be a Whitaker fan for a while!