by Brian Selznick, Brian Selznick
The Marvels is his newest work and combines two stories into one. The first half is told entirely through pictures and is incredibly moving and beautiful. If I didn't convey this before, I find Selznick's art highly compelling and capable of telling a story without words being necessary. That didn't...
Wow, this was a disappointment. :|The first part about the Marvel family was AMAZING! I loved it and at that time my rating was still 5 stars. But then that part ended and we got to the part of Joseph. Which was all in text. Which is not a problem if only it wasn't so dull, boring, bland, and oh hey...
The Marvels was not as good as Brian Selznick's other books. The first three quarters of this book was pictures, with the last quarter being text, and, though it took me a while to figure out what was going on in the picture story, I became quite invested in it. Then I got to the text portion. The c...
Brian Selznick is one of my favorite artists/writers of all time. This is his third book I've read by him, the first two being The Invention of Hugo Cabret and WonderStruck, and it will not be my last. I will follow this man's work for as long as he continues to create art. I adore his way of story-...
As with Selznick's earlier books, 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret' and 'Wonderstruck', this book delivers stunning pencil drawings in exquisite detail to tell the story. It takes a particular kind of author cum illustrator to accurately and succinctly convey in pictures, what would take paragraphs to ...
AHHHHH!!! < -- me after learning Brian Selznick has a new book out and me after reading Brian Selznick's new bookThe Marvels fits right in with The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck. It's full of mystery, interesting characters, complex story lines. The format of The Marvels is slightly diff...
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