Raina's Reviews > California Dreamin': Cass Elliot Before The Mamas & the Papas

This was so good!

I knew almost nothing about Mama Cass. I literally didn't hear California Dreamin' in my head until the very last page of this GN (which is remarkable because that song is referenced a tonne in this book). I picked this book up because it was an acclaimed GN, about a popular music figure, who was a fat woman.

And it was awesome. She was a fascinating figure, and the way this story is told is really smart. Different vignettes, each from the perspective of a different person in her life.

I wish the illustrations themselves had been inked a little darker - it feels like scrawly pencil - but the panel/composition placement was really clear and engaging.

Great stuff.