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Overall, this is an imaginative story about two men who travel to the moon, written as a first-person eye-witness account.
HG Wells makes use of two characters to illustrate different ways that we can approach other cultures: with dreams of exploitation, personal gain, and colonization; or seeking communication, understanding, and knowledge sharing. He also makes a powerful critique of humanity's love and glorification of war, which affects the way we try to understand each other -- "They want to communicate, and yet not to communicate."
HG Wells makes use of two characters to illustrate different ways that we can approach other cultures: with dreams of exploitation, personal gain, and colonization; or seeking communication, understanding, and knowledge sharing. He also makes a powerful critique of humanity's love and glorification of war, which affects the way we try to understand each other -- "They want to communicate, and yet not to communicate."
This was the first King book I've read and I reeeally wanted a bloodier ending. Meh. At least I can judge what people mean when they say that they like Stephen King books.
Adorable and funny--though most of the jokes would fly right over the heads of the children reading it. I love the lion's cool logic and Ellen's impetuously optimistic imagination.
A história continua... e a busca de Natan progride. Ainda não é fantástica, mas é boa.
If I had a teenager, I would pay them to read this. And if you are an adult, I would simply urge you to.
This is a tremendously important book to consider when we talk about storytelling and culture hacking in the period after postmodernism--Díaz weaves a unique linguistic fabric by meshing English and Spanish, slang and textbook, nerdlore and Dominican folklore. He addresses identity and sense of self within a community, and shows how strands of experiences connect to form the individual. Qué interesante!
A delightful fairytale that, keeping with tradition, is delectably creepy. Coraline is a resourceful and inventive heroine whom I would have liked to have known earlier in life.
The illustrations by Dave McKean are a bonus treausre.
The illustrations by Dave McKean are a bonus treausre.
Nãooooo! Termina com um cliffhanger e não tem mais capitulos....
I haven’t read any of Raina Telgemeier’s other books, but pre-reading her other graphic memoir, Smile, wasn’t necessary. Which is perfect, because I wasn’t compelled to go seeking it out after I finished Sisters. I do firmly believe that good children’s books are good regardless of the label. Good children’s books are ones that you read as a kid, re-read as an adult, and walk away thinking, “Damn, that was a fiiiine story!” For me, Sisters wasn’t that. It falls somewhere between “Hot damn!” and “Only an innocent child without the corruption of the ability to see bad in life would enjoy this.”
I could complain about some of the problems I had with Sisters. But it does have benefits: it introduces young readers to non-linear story telling, and can cultivate an appreciation for graphic novels that will very likely continue for the rest of their lives.
Read my full review on Papercuttts.
(note: I read this book as an ARC, but my review is 100% my true opinion)
I could complain about some of the problems I had with Sisters. But it does have benefits: it introduces young readers to non-linear story telling, and can cultivate an appreciation for graphic novels that will very likely continue for the rest of their lives.
Read my full review on Papercuttts.
(note: I read this book as an ARC, but my review is 100% my true opinion)