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Speak: The Graphic Novel
by Laurie Halse Anderson
There have been a lot of books since Speak to come out addressing rape and consent, but Laurie Halse Anderson's book is the original. It's really well done. Heartbreaking and complex, you really feel like you're in Miranda's brain.
And Emily Carroll is just a master. I fell in love with her illustration style in Through the Woods, and I just cannot get enough of her. This was a PERFECT pairing. Speak is probably even better as a graphic novel. It's a story about art and healing and the metaphorical darkness that creeps into your brain, and it's a PERFECT opportunity for a great cartoonist to really dig into it. Emily Carroll doesn't disappoint.
I think I prefer reading the stuff that she also WRITES (please write another graphic novel, Ms. Carroll?), but she was the perfect choice to illustrate this story. The only thing that would have made it better is if it had been on glossy paper in color.
And Emily Carroll is just a master. I fell in love with her illustration style in Through the Woods, and I just cannot get enough of her. This was a PERFECT pairing. Speak is probably even better as a graphic novel. It's a story about art and healing and the metaphorical darkness that creeps into your brain, and it's a PERFECT opportunity for a great cartoonist to really dig into it. Emily Carroll doesn't disappoint.
I think I prefer reading the stuff that she also WRITES (please write another graphic novel, Ms. Carroll?), but she was the perfect choice to illustrate this story. The only thing that would have made it better is if it had been on glossy paper in color.