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The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity - Community Reviews back

by Mike Carey
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Allusion is not Illusion
Allusion is not Illusion rated it 14 years ago
So many allusions, so little space.
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL rated it 14 years ago
Oscar Wilde and the Villa Diodati make appearances. DONE.
Shelf Indulgence
Shelf Indulgence rated it 14 years ago
We’ve started getting some graphic novels for our collection at the library, and this is a bit of a mixed blessing for me. For one, we get a lot of stuff that probably doesn’t belong in a technical college library – the Alex Rider series, the Artemis Fowl series, and some Classics Illustrated volum...
FrancesKR
FrancesKR rated it 14 years ago
It's a graphic novel about stories and how they impact the real world. I mean, one of the lines is "Stories are the only thing worth dying for", and at that point it becomes rather hard for me to be objective, even without the Kipling/Wilde/Twain cameo.It's interesting, it's smart, it's original as...
narfna
narfna rated it 14 years ago
Of course I'm going to love this. It's about the power of stories, and I'm such a huge sucker for that. I don't want to spoil anything plot-wise, but it reminds me of Lev Grossman's The Magicians, except way better, and in the family of comics, Fables would probably be its closest relative, like a s...
The Curious Curator's Book Blog
The Curious Curator's Book Blog rated it 15 years ago
I will admit this right from the beginning: I got this book because of its cover. It's deceptively simple and quite brilliant. And the phrase that's pictured coming out (or going into) the book really piqued my interest: Stories are the only thing worth dying for. Food for thought. Wilson Taylor i...
coffee & ink
coffee & ink rated it 15 years ago
I like the premise, but the development is slow -- 7 issues in, the reader has long been aware that Tom Taylor, the son of the writer of a bestselling series of fantasy novels, is in fact the novels' protagonist Tommy Taylor, come out of imagination to reality, and that the mysterious Lizzie Hexam i...
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