Spinning

Spinning by Tillie Walden is a graphic memoir about her teenage years as a competitive ice skater. It's also her coming-out story, so it's about identity, self-acceptance and finding your place in the world.

It felt a bit nebulous to me - I mean, the emotion was there and it felt very real, but in a way that hadn't been amended in any way to create the kind of arc you'd expect in a story. Which is fair enough - it's her life, so she can present it any way she likes.

I did find it affecting and the art was very good at conveying all the feelings that went along with the events.

So, overall, I enjoyed it, though I ultimately found it a bit unsatisfying - but then life doesn't have neat endings very often, does it?