My New York Diary is an illustrated memoir of the author, Julie Doucet. Its about moving to New York with her "boyfriend" and reliving the events through her eyes. The story starts off in Quebec, in the art school Julie attended. Here we get to know the character better and can relate to her. Julie is a shy and anxious pessimist and is really only concerned in fitting in and talking to boys. Her character to me was of an immature and weak person and the dialogue was boring and simple as well. This is probably why i didn't really enjoy the book.
The drawing style was very cartoony, (big heads, little bodies, exaggerated features) and all of the drawings were crammed into the small panels which was confusing at first but then I became accustomed to it by the end.
Some of the more dramatic scenes of the book were the most interesting as well. The scene in which the boyfriend wants to kill himself by slicing his wrists is suspenseful and the most entertainment i got out of this book.
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