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A review by lakeh
Cicada by Shaun Tan
dark
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
My first Shaun Tan!
Three Shaun Tan books arrived at my library and I thought I could quickly read this one. Beautiful illustrations, office life incredibly bleak and labyrinthine. Was reminded of a lot of ESL friends. Also inspired me to look a little more into Tan's history and work, was very rewarding to learn about his influences. Although not as horror in nature, it did remind me a little of The Watertower by Gary Crew and Tan worked with Crew early in his career!
Would recommend this and will be checking out Tan's other work.
Three Shaun Tan books arrived at my library and I thought I could quickly read this one. Beautiful illustrations, office life incredibly bleak and labyrinthine. Was reminded of a lot of ESL friends. Also inspired me to look a little more into Tan's history and work, was very rewarding to learn about his influences. Although not as horror in nature, it did remind me a little of The Watertower by Gary Crew and Tan worked with Crew early in his career!
Would recommend this and will be checking out Tan's other work.