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A review by calistareads
Bad Day at Riverbend by Chris Van Allsburg
5.0
This story is groundbreaking in the way it's told. How unusual for a story to still be able to surprise and charm me. Good ol' Chris Van Allsburg - genius.
At first, I didn’t like this. It’s a western about a sheriff in an old west town, not my genre. The artwork was simply black lines and I was offended by that at first and I was thinking I would give this 2 stars simply for the poor artwork. Then the story went on and I realized the art is part of the story in such a clever way. I haven’t seen anyone do this and I am tickled at this story. I am glad I kept reading.
Spoilers:
So, we see a stage coach come in covered in what looks like red scribble crayon. The people are terrified and horrified. There is color in this black and white. It’s then obvious that this is a coloring book and we see what happens when the page is not open in these people’s lives. Oh man, this was fun and well done. I would love to see how quickly kids pick up on this and their reaction to it. To bad my niece and nephew are too old now and quarantined.
At first, I didn’t like this. It’s a western about a sheriff in an old west town, not my genre. The artwork was simply black lines and I was offended by that at first and I was thinking I would give this 2 stars simply for the poor artwork. Then the story went on and I realized the art is part of the story in such a clever way. I haven’t seen anyone do this and I am tickled at this story. I am glad I kept reading.
Spoilers:
So, we see a stage coach come in covered in what looks like red scribble crayon. The people are terrified and horrified. There is color in this black and white. It’s then obvious that this is a coloring book and we see what happens when the page is not open in these people’s lives. Oh man, this was fun and well done. I would love to see how quickly kids pick up on this and their reaction to it. To bad my niece and nephew are too old now and quarantined.