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This is a children's story about a young boy who is afraid of the dark. It's an illustrated book and it's by Lemony Snicket so naturally when I found out about it I was intrigued and wanted to find out what it was all about.
One thing I have to say is that the quality of this book is amazing. The pages are thick card which makes it wonderful to read and hold and the whole book feels sturdy and good quality. Then we have the artworks which adorn the pages. The art is by Jon Klassen and I really loved the style which Klassen used. The gorgeous rendering of the backgrounds gives a really warm and rich feeling, whilst the ominous and imposing nature of the Dark is portrayed as large expanses of black.
The idea of a young child being afraid of the dark is not unusual, the darkness is the unknown and therefore it's scary. This book, however, confronts that fear and as we follow Laszlo through his house and to all the areas of darkness we see that actually maybe it's not as scary as it first appears to be.
I would say that this book is a beautiful book and the story is a cute and heart warming one. Although it's certainly not a Graphic Novel, it's a picture book, the gorgeous colours and design of such a large, beautiful book make it a worthy addition to any Snicket collection and I would certainly recommend this short but sweet story.
I read this in about 10 minutes as it's a very short book with a small amount of writing, but the artwork I could look at for days as it's so pretty :D
One thing I have to say is that the quality of this book is amazing. The pages are thick card which makes it wonderful to read and hold and the whole book feels sturdy and good quality. Then we have the artworks which adorn the pages. The art is by Jon Klassen and I really loved the style which Klassen used. The gorgeous rendering of the backgrounds gives a really warm and rich feeling, whilst the ominous and imposing nature of the Dark is portrayed as large expanses of black.
The idea of a young child being afraid of the dark is not unusual, the darkness is the unknown and therefore it's scary. This book, however, confronts that fear and as we follow Laszlo through his house and to all the areas of darkness we see that actually maybe it's not as scary as it first appears to be.
I would say that this book is a beautiful book and the story is a cute and heart warming one. Although it's certainly not a Graphic Novel, it's a picture book, the gorgeous colours and design of such a large, beautiful book make it a worthy addition to any Snicket collection and I would certainly recommend this short but sweet story.
I read this in about 10 minutes as it's a very short book with a small amount of writing, but the artwork I could look at for days as it's so pretty :D