Book Review: Sisters

Book: Sisters (Smile book #2) written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier with color by Braden Lamb

Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review

Publication: Available now

Description:

The companion to Raina Telgemeier's #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling and Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir, SMILE.

Raina can't wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she's also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters the picture and later, something doesn't seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters, after all.

Raina uses her signature humor and charm in both present-day narrative and perfectly placed flashbacks to tell the story of her relationship with her sister, which unfolds during the course of a road trip from their home in San Francisco to a family reunion in Colorado.


Rating: 4 1/2 stars

Review:

Sibling drama was never so funny. If you have brothers or sisters, many of the scenes maybe really familiar to you.

Sisters tell the story of the author's life as she was growing up in San Francisco. The story moves back and forth from the past to the present as it deals with rivalry between 14 year old Raina and her younger sister Amara who constantly get on each other's nerves. Despite having the love art and drawing in common those two can't stop arguing and yet everything feels so normal. They also become annoyed by their little brother Will

The story also shows the ups and downs of family life from her father losing his job to the family trip to Colorado.

Sisters is perfectly adorable and a perfect read for kids and adults.