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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
"Successful Blend of Psychological and Graphic Novel Elements": Full Review at Fresh Fiction: http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=39801
I found this book under the "Graphic Novel" category in Libby because I wanted some quicker reads to catch up on my reading challenge. I could not put this book down, but not because it was easy or light.
This book was full of emotion from the beginning and did not stop until the final words of the novel. The friendship between Holly and Savitri is written so intentionally, and the book conveys how guilt, shame, grief, and tragedy all contribute to the change that happens to their friendship. This is also a story about independence and dependence between two people, but also between people and their connection to the world.
I loved the graphics in the book, I think that element added depth and raw emotion to the story. This story also has changing POV which is something that I usually do not enjoy at all, but I think that both POVs were needed to accurately tell this story. I also think that the prose of this book was different than a lot of other books that I've read. The prose definitely kept me engaged in this book and I pretty much read it in one sitting (while feeling like I needed to be in fetal position).
There have only been a handful of books that I've read in my entire lifetime that make me have a physical reaction to what I'm reading, and this book has now joined that list.
I'd recommend this if you're looking for something a bit different that will keep you engaged but is raw and real. If you're looking for a touching friendship story...keep moving.
This book was full of emotion from the beginning and did not stop until the final words of the novel. The friendship between Holly and Savitri is written so intentionally, and the book conveys how guilt, shame, grief, and tragedy all contribute to the change that happens to their friendship. This is also a story about independence and dependence between two people, but also between people and their connection to the world.
I loved the graphics in the book, I think that element added depth and raw emotion to the story. This story also has changing POV which is something that I usually do not enjoy at all, but I think that both POVs were needed to accurately tell this story. I also think that the prose of this book was different than a lot of other books that I've read. The prose definitely kept me engaged in this book and I pretty much read it in one sitting (while feeling like I needed to be in fetal position).
There have only been a handful of books that I've read in my entire lifetime that make me have a physical reaction to what I'm reading, and this book has now joined that list.
I'd recommend this if you're looking for something a bit different that will keep you engaged but is raw and real. If you're looking for a touching friendship story...keep moving.
Hybrid book-book and graphic novel. I found myself a little too caught up with whether this was fantasy or not, and therefore got really confused at the end. I enjoyed the detailed freerunning info.
Wow. After checking this book out on a whim I definitely wasn't expecting to love it so much! It's a heartbreaking, raw, and emotional story with 3 dimensional characters. I'm really not sure how to sum up how powerful and amazing this book is. I'll just say that you have to read it for yourself.
After a violent attack, Holly and Savitri are plagued by guilt and grief. Savitri struggles with supporting Holly and her obsession with finding her brother's killer hoping it will help her friend with her grief not realizing that Holly has had a psychotic break. How far does friendship extend? When does it stop being helpful and instead hurtful? HS
Corey, Sav, and Holly are a close knit trio, friends for years, spending their afternoons freerunning around Chicago. When Corey is murdered in a seemingly random shooting Sav and Holly are left to pick up the pieces of their lives. The reader gets to see how Holly and Sav are coping and not coping in alternating chapters and interwoven black and white graphics. Chasing Shadows deals with tragic death, friendship, and mental illness in a way that feels genuine, hard, and compelling.
I was so excited for this book because of the mix of storytelling media but unfortunately the pacing bored me to death. Then all of a
sudden I realized I was almost done with the book and the thing that I thought was boring pacing was actually just a boring plot. The illustrated comic sections and the little spurt of action at the end gained my interest back but by then the book was already over. The artwork was the only thing saving this book from two stars.
sudden I realized I was almost done with the book and the thing that I thought was boring pacing was actually just a boring plot. The illustrated comic sections and the little spurt of action at the end gained my interest back but by then the book was already over. The artwork was the only thing saving this book from two stars.
Savitri, Holly, and Corey are a team. Holly and Corey are twins, Savitri and Holly are best friends, and Corey and Savitri date. The three operate as one, whether at school, at home, or when they're out in Chicago freerunning. Their world comes crashing down one fateful night when Holly and Corey are attacked by a gunman while Savitri looks on, helpless. Now, Corey is dead, Holly is barely holding on after awakening from a coma, and Savitri is left alone, unable to fix what has been broken and unable to let go.
CHASING SHADOWS, told in part via graphic sequences, explores the fallout of the shooting through the eyes of Holly and Savitri. Moving and intense, CHASING SHADOWS is a stunning read about the bonds of family and of friendship that can simultaneously hold us together and tear us apart.
CHASING SHADOWS, told in part via graphic sequences, explores the fallout of the shooting through the eyes of Holly and Savitri. Moving and intense, CHASING SHADOWS is a stunning read about the bonds of family and of friendship that can simultaneously hold us together and tear us apart.
This book has one of the most nuanced explorations of grief and friendship I have seen. The push and pull between Savitri and Holly felt very real, very raw, as they grieved Cory and supported one another. I loved the addition of the graphic novel sections, I think they communicated a unique tone within the story and added a new perspective to the narrative. A nice read!
I don't know how I feel about this one yet. I'll come back to this review if/when I figure it out.