Jason Shiga is a talented story teller and visual artist. I ordered Meanwhile because it was on someone's Middle School 'best of' list for graphics. It is super creative and interesting from a stylistic point of view, -just the way the book is put together is very nice, a great tactile experience. It is a choose your own adventure type, but you must pay attention to the story or you may get lost in the different lines of the plot. Its good.
Demon is very very different! It is a book which appeals to the teenage boy in some of us. I was repulsed and fascinated, and I also laughed a lot. I knew I could never put it out on the school library bookshelf, so I sent it back to Amazon. The premise is that a man tries to commit suicide, but keeps waking up in someone else's body, until he realizes that he is a demon. It is a series and I really have this (guilty pleasure) desire to read more, but its too dark and dirty for me to have the book in my hands because I fear what others may think of me. How's that for an endorsement to pique your curiosity?
Bookhunter is very cool if you are a librarian, but would probably be far less interesting if you are a civilian. Shiga either has some background in library work, or did a lot of nerd research to get this right. He uses terms such as Tattle Tape, which is great if you are on the inside but meaningless if not. Is funny for me because it is a somewhat frivolous detective story about recovering a stolen rare book, with guns and cops.
No comments:
Post a Comment