Reviews - Paul Auster's City of Glass

Paul Auster's City of Glass by Paul Karasik, Paul Auster, David Mazzucchelli

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I was a young teenager when I first read the New York Trilogy and it blew my mind. Since then it has come to symbolize a certain period in my life. For this reason I have been cautious of this comic book version of City of Glass. When a friend send me a copy I decided to give it a shot. Boy am I sorry that I waited so long. This is absolutely brilliant. The book manages to keep the essence of the story while adding abstract imagery that compliments and heightens the written word. This is a perfect example of a graphic narrative adaptation of a novel. Highly recommended.

christinanielsen's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kawaiiboke's review against another edition

2.0

It is an interesting read but I don’t think that I’d appreciate it fully. I am curious to read what the novel is based from; but from what I have read now... it might be something that I might be not interested to.

verumsomnium's review against another edition

4.0

My first ‘reading’ of Paul Auster, interesting storyline beautifully illustrated!

carrotsreads's review against another edition

4.0

i always love to read a book that leaves you feeling slightly insane. the graphic elements were incredible—i’ve owned this book for years and had been putting it off, and there’s no reason. exceeded my expectations

maxwelldunn's review against another edition

2.0

I had really high hopes for this, and for the first 1/3 of the book I was really impressed and confused and enjoying the abstractness. But then it took a big turn downhill.

This graphic novel is an adaptation of a novel of the same name by Paul Auster, so I wonder if I would get more enjoyment out of the prose version (since I will admit I am not the biggest fan of graphic novels to begin with. I like them, but it takes a lot to really hook me.

Mainly, this book deals with really interesting topics such as language, authorship, identity, and some other very deep themes. But I felt that the ending was very confusing and didn't finish what the beginning set up so well. Maybe that was intentional, since this book is very 'meta.'

I had to read this for class, and we will be discussing it in the next meeting. Perhaps I will be more enlightened by the discussion and see something more than what I have so far. If so, maybe I will change my rating. But as of right now I was underwhelmed.