A Matter of Life

author: Jeffrey Brown

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.72

book published: 2013

rating: 3

read at: 2013/07/09

date added: 2013/07/09

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

Jeffrey Brown's 'A Matter Of Life' is a semi-autobiographical look at three generations of his family, from his minister father to his young son. He attempts to find a unifying meaning to life through his lifelong struggles and eventual rejection of his faith.



He shares about growing up in the midwest where "there's a church on every corner" and of growing up as a minister's son. There are mission trips and days spent at church. He discusses how he felt about the rituals and rigidity of belief. Before he heads off to college, he is already rejecting his background, but eventually makes a sort of reconciliation.



The style is definitely more like a newspaper comic than a graphic novel, but that makes it more personal. I liked the story, although sometimes full pages of panels would appear that didn't seem to flow into the rest of the book. They were more like sidebars, but they weren't uninteresting to the rest of the story. I found the story engaging and enjoyed it.





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