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322 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780812981582
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Publication date: 01 March 2011
Description
A comic journey into the ultimate land of whiteness by an unlikely band of African American adventurers Recently canned professor of American literature Chris Jaynes is obsessed with The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Edgar Allan Poe...
Community Reviews Summary of 524 reviews
Moods
funny 80%
reflective 42%
dark 38%
mysterious 38%
challenging 30%
lighthearted 23%
tense 23%
informative 19%
emotional 11%
hopeful 3%
Pace
fast 38%
slow 11%
Plot- or character-driven?
Plot: 52% | A mix: 47%Strong character development?
No: 34% | It's complicated: 30% | Yes: 30% | N/A: 4%Loveable characters?
Yes: 52% | It's complicated: 47%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 87% | It's complicated: 8% | No: 4%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 50% | It's complicated: 27% | No: 18% | N/A: 4%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Fatphobia, Racial slurs, RacismModerate
Body shaming, Violence, GriefMinor
Confinement, Death, Drug abuse
322 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780812981582
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Publication date: 01 March 2011
Description
A comic journey into the ultimate land of whiteness by an unlikely band of African American adventurers Recently canned professor of American literature Chris Jaynes is obsessed with The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Edgar Allan Poe...
Community Reviews Summary of 524 reviews
Moods
funny 80%
reflective 42%
dark 38%
mysterious 38%
challenging 30%
lighthearted 23%
tense 23%
informative 19%
emotional 11%
hopeful 3%
Pace
fast 38%
slow 11%
Plot- or character-driven?
Plot: 52% | A mix: 47%Strong character development?
No: 34% | It's complicated: 30% | Yes: 30% | N/A: 4%Loveable characters?
Yes: 52% | It's complicated: 47%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 87% | It's complicated: 8% | No: 4%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 50% | It's complicated: 27% | No: 18% | N/A: 4%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Fatphobia, Racial slurs, RacismModerate
Body shaming, Violence, GriefMinor
Confinement, Death, Drug abuse