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A review by maxwelldunn
City of Glass: The Graphic Novel by Paul Karasik, Paul Auster, David Mazzucchelli
2.0
I had really high hopes for this, and for the first 1/3 of the book I was really impressed and confused and enjoying the abstractness. But then it took a big turn downhill.
This graphic novel is an adaptation of a novel of the same name by Paul Auster, so I wonder if I would get more enjoyment out of the prose version (since I will admit I am not the biggest fan of graphic novels to begin with. I like them, but it takes a lot to really hook me.
Mainly, this book deals with really interesting topics such as language, authorship, identity, and some other very deep themes. But I felt that the ending was very confusing and didn't finish what the beginning set up so well. Maybe that was intentional, since this book is very 'meta.'
I had to read this for class, and we will be discussing it in the next meeting. Perhaps I will be more enlightened by the discussion and see something more than what I have so far. If so, maybe I will change my rating. But as of right now I was underwhelmed.
This graphic novel is an adaptation of a novel of the same name by Paul Auster, so I wonder if I would get more enjoyment out of the prose version (since I will admit I am not the biggest fan of graphic novels to begin with. I like them, but it takes a lot to really hook me.
Mainly, this book deals with really interesting topics such as language, authorship, identity, and some other very deep themes. But I felt that the ending was very confusing and didn't finish what the beginning set up so well. Maybe that was intentional, since this book is very 'meta.'
I had to read this for class, and we will be discussing it in the next meeting. Perhaps I will be more enlightened by the discussion and see something more than what I have so far. If so, maybe I will change my rating. But as of right now I was underwhelmed.