by Brom
This is a book whose cover sums up all the good qualities of the story. The art is beautiful, the writing is abysmal. Bad does not even begin to cover it. The narration is stilted and amateurish, none of the characters have their own particular voice besides some ill-fitted attempts at dialect, the ...
After having read only a few pages I felt awfully guilty about having discarded my childhood toys in a fit of rage at my parents and with the scathing declamation that "Childhood is obviously over for me." And I used to care so much for my toys when I was a child. Not one was allowed to feel neglect...
I love, love, love Brom's artwork. However... well, as a writer... It wasn't terrible, at all. It actually had some very spooky moments. But it wasn't the most original of stories (the drama that toys get up to when a child is asleep). It had a bit of stereotyping, and some mildly crude moments that...
One of Brom's first fiction works (instead of just illustration), 'The Plucker' is quite succesful. It's an illustrated novella laid in a form that would appeal to older children (large print, lots of pictures), but which contains plenty of dark and gruesome motifs to make it more something for adul...
The art gets 5 stars, story/writing 3 for me.
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