Customer Reviews

She Read the Letter... Journal

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This is a journal - 128 pages of lined paper for recording your thoughts, with Tomine's drawings scattered throughout. Some of the art appears to be copied from his previous works. The only text is on the cover:

"She read the letter again and again, oblivious to the fact that she'd missed her stop fifteen minutes ago."

I love good journals, and I love Adrian Tomine, so how could this not be a great combination? It's not too expensive as far as specialized journals go (some are far too expensive), but since some of the Amazon Marketplace seller's are offering it up for less than $3, I'd advise you go that route.

It's definitely funny that people didn't realize it was a journal. I know you're mad and all, and I kinda' feel sorry for you (because I guess I'd be pissed, also). But... it's still kinda' funny.

My girlfriend loves journals and stationary of all types, and the works of Adrian Tomine are some of the few comics she's really enjoyed (and great for my argument as comics as a legitimate literary form.)

I fail to see how the two people below were in anyway mislead. This is a JOURNAL. I believe the product is called "She Read The Letter JOURNAL." Like most JOURNALS, it features a series of blank pages on which to write things. Which, if you were to "search inside" you would have discovered. And for a JOURNAL, it's lovely. The illustrations are sweet and don't overtake the pages. The packaging is cute but not so much so that you have to be under 13 to enjoy this JOURNAL.

This is certainly not what I thought it was. Nowhere is it mentioned that this is a blank book. "She Read the Letter...Journal (Paperback)" does NOT indicate a blank book. I see the comments made indicate that other people were mislead. The entire product description is misleading: talks about the author and various comics, leading one to believe this is a collection of stories. "...Journal" appears to be part of the title. If one does not buy blank books called "journals" there is no way to know that this is blank. A very misleading product description. Most such actual "journals" are hardbacks anyway, so this appears to be an intentionally misleading product.

As mentioned in the prior customer review, but not in the product description, this is basically a piece of merchandise, not a book - or really any kind of creative effort.

Blank pages with a nice cover and some tiny retread illustrations at the margins of some pages.

Not a worthy effort by Tomine, and not a worthy investment for a fan.

Why bother?