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A review by vickybuka
Refresh, Refresh by Benjamin Percy, Danica Novgorodoff, James Ponsoldt
2.0
This is a quick read, but one that will stay with you. Three boys, Cody, Josh, and Gordon live in Oregon. Their fathers are away at war. Their families are struggling to survive the wait. The boys are faced with situations permeated with violence, at home, at school, in bars where they drink. Sometimes they are the targets of the violence. Mostly they are the ones who cause it.
The brightest colors in this book are the flames during funeral pyre for the snowman. The bright red blood of a deer killed in a hunt was rendered brown in the next panel. The rest of the art was created with a muted palate largely made with secondary colors. Even the stripes of the flag in the recruiting office were dull. The rusty browns and oranges evoked a town that was stagnant with the life blood of its community removed.
The art was well done, but the story left too many threads unfinished. I worry about the little brother. I worry about the grandfather. The mother. The sister. The sudden tragedy that closes this book left these stories untold.
The brightest colors in this book are the flames during funeral pyre for the snowman. The bright red blood of a deer killed in a hunt was rendered brown in the next panel. The rest of the art was created with a muted palate largely made with secondary colors. Even the stripes of the flag in the recruiting office were dull. The rusty browns and oranges evoked a town that was stagnant with the life blood of its community removed.
The art was well done, but the story left too many threads unfinished. I worry about the little brother. I worry about the grandfather. The mother. The sister. The sudden tragedy that closes this book left these stories untold.