Reviews

Wilson by Daniel Clowes

red_robin's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

4.5

Pretty depressing, kinda disturbing, and at points I wondered what the point of this book was. Nonetheless, it gave me something to think about

zeroiv's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

mattnauwelaers's review against another edition

4.0

Hilarious and heartbreaking at the same time

franchescanado's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

mimesatwork's review against another edition

3.0

My only reason for giving this three stars as opposed to four is the fact that I find almost all characters in the book really unpleasant. So it really has nothing to do with how technically this is a very well written and illustrated story.

victorward's review against another edition

3.0

3,5 ⭐

fadoua_05's review against another edition

Soooo much dialogue it felt endless.
Wilson is probably one of the most annoying people you'll meet in your life. We have all met a Wilson and we could probably be a Wilson hhh, who knows.
This follows his life and thoughts and damn he talks tooo much. One of my pet peeves is people who talk without '' tasting'' their words and ofcourse end up hurting people and asking themselves why isn't their life going well.

giancarlo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

loldesh's review against another edition

2.0

Well, based on people's comments, can say how funny Wilson is. For me? Yes, Wilson is self-deprecating person who is a quirky sense of humor is good enough but in terms of my enjoyment, it was only moderately okay. It didn't entertain me as they told me before. It wasn't full of story or humorous. It just felt empty.

But i liked Clowes style, I'll check out other graphics which belongs to him later. 😅

zimlicious's review against another edition

2.0

This review is available in English at CommunityBookStop.

Wilson’la yeni tanıştım. Ama Daniel Clowes’u nereden tanıyorsun derseniz, Ghost World ve Art School Confidential’dan tanışıyoruz kendisiyle. Wilson da bu ikisi gibi “bittersweet” denilen cinsten ama bence şekeri az kaçmış. Wilson’u da, eski karısını da, kızını da, çizgi roman boyunca muhatap olduğu diğer tüm insanları da tokatlayasım geldi. Katlanılabilir tek karakter Wilson’un köpeği Pepper’dı.


Hikayemiz ise şöyle… Wilson, orta yaşta, köpeğinden başka kimseyi sevmeyen, “İnsanlar mı? Böööğ, ıyk!” modunda bir adam. Ama bu, otobüste, yolda, vs. insanları darlamasına da engel olmuyor tabii. Tanımadığı insanlarla muhabbete başlayıp sonra onlara hakaret ediyor. Babasının ölmesinin ardından Wilson, tamamen yalnız olduğunu anlıyor ve eski karısını aramaya başlıyor. Kadını buluyor da. Ve ortaya çıkıyor ki kadının Wilson’dan bir kızı olmuş ama bebeği evlatlık vermiş. Evet, biraz bunalım gerçekten…

Devamı Zimlicious'ta.