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A review by samantaned
Kids of Appetite by David Arnold
4.0
this book was such a salad of so many aspects and topics, and although that can sometimes make a book busy and overcrowded....it worked in this book, which was basically based around the idea of odd ideas, and outcasts fitting together, and sticking together.
It's fascinating how the book portrayed that idea...by adapting to that idea, and becoming it.
While the whole story was brought together by Vic's quest ordeaed around by his father's "will", it was a story of many many aspects,some that you will be surprised to find weaved into here....This is a story with aspects of the impact of war in Congo , diversity, abuse, mental illness, segregation, and ostacization due to genetic disorders...
One main thing that Vic is very keen on throughout the whole story, is this idea that with art...you shouldn't look for the colours that are there, but rather for the colours that aren't there...and that is precisely what this book felt like to me. I went it with few expectations...but still, I was surprised by how different this book was.
Ultimate what drove me to a four star rating was the fact that this book pulled me in, and held me there until so was done with the story...I was so engrossed with the characters, their relationships and their little quest, as well as the numerous references made throughout the story... It was a quick and absorbing read, and sometimes that's exactly what one needs !
To sum it up: quick, fun, lightly mysterious, nice satisfying ending, amazing cast of characters, beautiful metaphors, and an overall lovely realisation of a wonderful concept by David Arnold.
It's fascinating how the book portrayed that idea...by adapting to that idea, and becoming it.
While the whole story was brought together by Vic's quest ordeaed around by his father's "will", it was a story of many many aspects,some that you will be surprised to find weaved into here....This is a story with aspects of the impact of war in Congo , diversity, abuse, mental illness, segregation, and ostacization due to genetic disorders...
One main thing that Vic is very keen on throughout the whole story, is this idea that with art...you shouldn't look for the colours that are there, but rather for the colours that aren't there...and that is precisely what this book felt like to me. I went it with few expectations...but still, I was surprised by how different this book was.
Ultimate what drove me to a four star rating was the fact that this book pulled me in, and held me there until so was done with the story...I was so engrossed with the characters, their relationships and their little quest, as well as the numerous references made throughout the story... It was a quick and absorbing read, and sometimes that's exactly what one needs !
To sum it up: quick, fun, lightly mysterious, nice satisfying ending, amazing cast of characters, beautiful metaphors, and an overall lovely realisation of a wonderful concept by David Arnold.