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My favorite books (and stories in general) are ones that offer up a profound subject or theme and explore it through rich storytelling and experimentations with form. Daytripper checks all those boxes. It's a gorgeous graphic novel about an obituary writer born into the shadow of a famous author father. He is obsessed with the big questions in life: Who am I?; Where am I going?; Is this the right career for me?; etc. Through several different chapters, we watch him experience (and perish) the po
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Probably a 3.8. I don't know totally how I feel about it, but would definitely suggest it to people.
It takes a narrative and breaks it into smaller parts - like if you were to scatter pieces of a loaf of bread to give to the ducks (readers). I think the point is that life is complex and sort of random, so the myriad endings/isolated chunks of bread reflect that.
The more I reflect on it, the more I like it - but it's a book that has to sit w/ you for a while, I think. ...more
It takes a narrative and breaks it into smaller parts - like if you were to scatter pieces of a loaf of bread to give to the ducks (readers). I think the point is that life is complex and sort of random, so the myriad endings/isolated chunks of bread reflect that.
The more I reflect on it, the more I like it - but it's a book that has to sit w/ you for a while, I think. ...more
Amazing art and subtle, beautiful storytelling. The graphic novel form at its best.
I didn't really get it, but I enjoyed the stories and the artwork.
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Pretty great, and it will make for a rich book club discussion.
Beautiful and non-linear, I liked this book a lot.
After only one chapter, I was invested enough in the main character to be really upset when something happened to him. The beginning of the next chapter confused me, then as it went on I realized what was happening. ...or at least I thought I did, until the end. I'm still not quite sure what to think about it all, but I do know that I really liked it.
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Not my favorite graphic novel, but an interesting one. The twin authors say that they wrote the book while trying to create a world that would look and feel real. The book did look and feel real... but can't dreams even sometimes look and feel real?
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