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samstillreading's review
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I’ve nearly finished my journey through the Penguin Lines series, which has had some hits and misses. Unfortunately, Drift is a miss for me. While a good idea, the lack of words just didn’t work for me.
So what does Drift contain? It’s 100% pictures, with Parreno describing it as ‘an attempt to produce a psycho-geographical map of a subway line’. I’m not familiar with the Hammersmith & City line, but I don’t think there are any dinosaurs or aeroplanes in it (unless they are toys). I ‘read’ this book a few times to see if I could ‘get’ it, but I just didn’t. It doesn’t really work as a flip book nor as trying to imagine the pictures fitting in with a Tube journey (except in that some bit are very dark). The drawings are well done. Ultimately it was a disappointment – I appreciate the risks taken in this series, but this didn’t really pay off for me. I do like the picture of the book with mushrooms growing in it though.
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So what does Drift contain? It’s 100% pictures, with Parreno describing it as ‘an attempt to produce a psycho-geographical map of a subway line’. I’m not familiar with the Hammersmith & City line, but I don’t think there are any dinosaurs or aeroplanes in it (unless they are toys). I ‘read’ this book a few times to see if I could ‘get’ it, but I just didn’t. It doesn’t really work as a flip book nor as trying to imagine the pictures fitting in with a Tube journey (except in that some bit are very dark). The drawings are well done. Ultimately it was a disappointment – I appreciate the risks taken in this series, but this didn’t really pay off for me. I do like the picture of the book with mushrooms growing in it though.
http://samstillreading.wordpress.com
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