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The Nao of Brown by Glyn Dillon

trevoryan's review against another edition

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3.0

Actually, I wasn't getting into the story of this book but I loved the art. So, I just skimmed through it, looking at the drawings. In fact, I copied a bunch of panels and put them on my wall.

speakyourfears's review against another edition

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challenging emotional medium-paced

2.5

nadine4497's review against another edition

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dark reflective fast-paced

2.75

fruschee's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

2.0

pekey_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

3.75

I liked this a lot, but I was disappointed to see that it was not autobiographical and I started to question how representative it really was of these conditions. I really liked all the art though and it was an interesting work.

gloque's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.0

meghan111's review against another edition

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4.0

I picked this from the library shelves the other day because it looked like it was about a character named Nao, and I loved the character named Nao in Ruth Ozeki's [b:A Tale for the Time Being.] This illustrates the point that people pick up books for all sorts of weird and happenstance reasons.

This has the most beautiful artwork and character renderings. A story about OCD, obsessive thoughts, washing machines and Buddhism, taking place in an upscale Japanese novelty vinyl toy shop and an urban Buddhist center.

jeffrey_e's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional slow-paced

3.0

The art was great, I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about the story but it was good.

taniguchi's review against another edition

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medium-paced

2.75

I really wanted to enjoy this, but I just... didn't. Creating a graphic novel is hard. Creating a great one requires not only great skill as an illustrator, but also great skill as a writer and storyteller. Dillon is the former, but not the latter.

mesecharim's review against another edition

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hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75