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fiandaca 's review for:
Imagine Wanting Only This
by Kristen Radtke
The illustrations were great, but the content was disappointing. Radtke conveyed well her love for her uncle, and a general sense of despondency and ennui. I almost feel as though she started this project just to give herself something to do. The art is there, the emotion is there, but the story isn't. She attempted to connect some themes that, in the end, don't really seem to be connected: Her family has a history of heart problems. Her uncle died. She's depressed about more than her uncle's death. She likes to travel and feels restless. She's very interested in ruins/ghost towns.
There are times when her prose is beautiful and emotionally powerful, but there are also times when it's awkward and difficult to understand. An example of poorly written text from page 251: "It was hard to know sleep or when or how much."
Sometimes her transitions were poorly executed. I would turn a page and the content would be so out of context that I would assume I'd skipped a page (I hadn't). This perhaps is partially a result of the way her themes sometimes failed to connect.
I really liked her depiction of her own insomnia on page 241: it was powerful and effective, and it resonated with me.
There are times when her prose is beautiful and emotionally powerful, but there are also times when it's awkward and difficult to understand. An example of poorly written text from page 251: "It was hard to know sleep or when or how much."
Sometimes her transitions were poorly executed. I would turn a page and the content would be so out of context that I would assume I'd skipped a page (I hadn't). This perhaps is partially a result of the way her themes sometimes failed to connect.
I really liked her depiction of her own insomnia on page 241: it was powerful and effective, and it resonated with me.