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A Contract With God and Other Tenement Stories by Will Eisner

2 reviews

ottercorg's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

What a stunning collection of stories and art. I'd never heard of Will Eisner until I saw this on the shelf at the library, and my, what a talent! 

I could sit and thumb through the pages of this book for days, taking in the imagery that so perfectly captures a wealth of human emotion and experience. The stories are strong, heavy, and purely human as well. Each character's story spans on a few pages or words, and it's still enough time to develop a connection. 

I look forward to hopefully exploring more of Eisner's work in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Suicide, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Animal death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Infidelity

novella42's review

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I read this because I was curious about the first graphic novel. Some of it holds up well, hauntingly so. Some of it did not age well at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Child death, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Sexual content