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kaianicole's review against another edition
3.0
Still really like Stålenhag's art, but I found the little narrative pieces accompanying it underwhelming.
lindsayb's review against another edition
3.0
The artwork is amazing, but I couldn't stick with the story.
squaresofliving's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
4.0
The story gets 4 stars, the illustrations get five billion stars!!! I'm in love and I need book one and three, since I know I started in the middle.
sbisson's review against another edition
5.0
Recent Reads: Things From The Flood. Simon Stalenhag's art follow-up to Tales From The Loop tells the story of an alternate Sweden in the 1990s, through the eyes of a teenager. The accelerator is off, but things are leaking through the walls of the world. An everyday strangeness.
ederwin's review
3.0
Unlike any other book I've seen. It is hard to say whether this is an "art book" or a set of short stories, a graphic novel, or a picture book for adults. That sort of ambiguity always attracts me!
Ultimately, I'd have to say this is an "art book" because the artwork comes first. The artist created the digital paintings first. They all mix images of Swedish countryside in the 1980s with robots and other futuristic apparatus. But there wasn't originally any real backstory. He later wrote stories based on the paintings, which flesh-out the background story. Once I realized that, I didn't feel compelled to read all the stories. I prefer to come up with my own interpretations of the pictures, which are very cool pictures.
Ultimately, I'd have to say this is an "art book" because the artwork comes first. The artist created the digital paintings first. They all mix images of Swedish countryside in the 1980s with robots and other futuristic apparatus. But there wasn't originally any real backstory. He later wrote stories based on the paintings, which flesh-out the background story. Once I realized that, I didn't feel compelled to read all the stories. I prefer to come up with my own interpretations of the pictures, which are very cool pictures.
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