Reviews

There are several reviews of Sarah Leavitt’s work and they are listed on a yearly basis.

2010
A journalist named Candace Fertile reviewed Tangles in the Vancouver Sun when it was initially published in Canada. The review comments on the graphic novel as a “celebration of a life and an elegy” and appreciates Sarah’s talent of re-creating her mother through her book (cite link). Tangles was further appraised by many authors and health professionals in the same year.

2011
Tangles was greatly appreciated by the Observer Magazine which is part of The Guardian in the UK. Sarah got an opportunity to do a self-portrait for her work’s review in the magazine. It also received appraisal from The Independent, The Irish Independent, The Jewish Chronicle, and The Glasgow Herald.

2012
Tangles’ US edition also reKceived wonderful reviews from the Kirkus Starred Review, Huffington Post, Vanity Fair, and the Jewish Daily Forward.

Elissa Schappell says from the Vanity Fair: “… Not only a spot-on portrait of the dark comedy and vast sadness that Alzheimer’s contains, the book is a fitting tribute to Leavitt’s mom” (Leavitt, 2012). Jane Elsner says from Jewish Daily Forward: “… Leavitt is able to make her characters seem real with a few strokes of the pencil and fewer words” (Leavitt, 2012).

2015
Sarah Leavitt reviewed the Korean version of Tangles by herself. She appreciated the details that the designers Jihye A and Joonah Jang from Sparks Edition were able to incorporate in the translated book from the original English version. She admired the Korean language and considered it as an element of art. She wondered what would happen if the text was not read as text but, as simple marks. It was odd and thrilling for her to look at her family speaking another language. More reviews can be found on the bottom half of Sarah Leavitt’s Tangles page on her official website.