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tiamatq's review against another edition
2.0
First, I am a Tori Amos fan. I grew up listening to her and she's always been one of my favorite artists. As someone who's also a Sandman nut and enjoyed Tori's appearances in those stories, I had some high expectations for this collection. And I did not like this book.
This felt too scattered. I don't think many of the stories were well-told... I would've rather that a few songs had been cherry-picked for this book, and then given more depth. It's all very pretty to look at, for the most part, and there are some good stories mixed in there. But they really begin to blur, even when I tried to space out reading the book. I didn't care about the majority of the stories, and several felt very conventional and basic (Precious Things, Beauty of Speed, or Siren for example). Some explore the stories within the songs, and others just go for surface meaning (Boo to Bouncing Off Clouds!). And others are just plain confusing (Toast, Sugar, Leather, Ribbons Undone).
Stories I liked were Take To The Sky, Little Amsterdam, The Waitress (this is a great example of a story that actually took some time to be told and it worked out for the better), Winter, Baker Baker, I Can't See New York, and Cornflake Cirl. Pandora's Aquarium was one of the funnier, more literal translations of a song and its goofiness worked.
And cheers for Paul Maybury's story for Crucify. A personal story with the song as background really worked... at least to me!
This felt too scattered. I don't think many of the stories were well-told... I would've rather that a few songs had been cherry-picked for this book, and then given more depth. It's all very pretty to look at, for the most part, and there are some good stories mixed in there. But they really begin to blur, even when I tried to space out reading the book. I didn't care about the majority of the stories, and several felt very conventional and basic (Precious Things, Beauty of Speed, or Siren for example). Some explore the stories within the songs, and others just go for surface meaning (Boo to Bouncing Off Clouds!). And others are just plain confusing (Toast, Sugar, Leather, Ribbons Undone).
Stories I liked were Take To The Sky, Little Amsterdam, The Waitress (this is a great example of a story that actually took some time to be told and it worked out for the better), Winter, Baker Baker, I Can't See New York, and Cornflake Cirl. Pandora's Aquarium was one of the funnier, more literal translations of a song and its goofiness worked.
And cheers for Paul Maybury's story for Crucify. A personal story with the song as background really worked... at least to me!
karmakat's review against another edition
3.0
Really 2.5 stars. This book is a compilation of 51 comics by various artists/authors, all based on Tori Amos songs. Out of those, I really liked 2 (Here in My Head and Space Dog), enjoyed 5 more (Caught a Light Sneeze, Little Amsterdam, Teenage Hustling, Cornflake Girl, and Demons & Gods), and thought one more (Waitress) was ok, if rather predictable. The rest ranged from bad to worse. Or just too odd to rate. The only reason it's even getting 2.5 stars is that much of the artwork was pretty good.
mara_miriam's review against another edition
4.0
My favorites: Merman by Jason Horn & Dean Trippe, Snow Cherries from France by Irma Page & Mark Buckingham, and 1,000 Oceans by Jonathan Hickman; while enjoyed the comics with structured stories, I preferred once that contained limited dialouge and were more about telling the story of the song. Plus, I really wish that there would have been a comic to accompany Tear in Your Hand.
moreadsbooks's review against another edition
3.0
I'm torn between three stars & two & 1/2. I'd rather've read this as just graphic tales rather than interpretations of Tori Amos's music, because while I enjoy the concept, I ended up being disappointed in the results. Maybe just read the book without the songs & then go listen to some Under the Pink.
weeta's review against another edition
4.0
I love the idea of this book, but its almost frustrating to see someone else's interpretations of some of the songs. I found some of the artwork (Marianne!!) amazing and some of the stories intriguing...but again, I'm fiercely, stubbornly holding on to my own personal interpretations & memories associated with each song.
kesterbird's review against another edition
1.0
If someone had picked the best ten of these, they mighta had a five star collection.
If someone had picked the best twenty, they STILL coulda had a four star collection.
If someone had had the nerve to just drop the truly unpublishable crap, they coulda still had a huge book which could well have claimed three stars.
but no. The choice was made to, as far as I can tell, include literally anything that was sent in during the time limit. And so, we have not only a 1 star book, but a book which is disappointing even amoungst one star books.
If someone had picked the best twenty, they STILL coulda had a four star collection.
If someone had had the nerve to just drop the truly unpublishable crap, they coulda still had a huge book which could well have claimed three stars.
but no. The choice was made to, as far as I can tell, include literally anything that was sent in during the time limit. And so, we have not only a 1 star book, but a book which is disappointing even amoungst one star books.