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it was a very well done comic, let me say that right off the bat, Dan Clowes is a brilliant artist and a talented real-to-life writer, but I just couldn't get into it. I know comics aren't all super-heroes and crime dramas, filled with big effects and over the top pugilism, i'm not a dumbass. but still, if you're looking for "real" comics there are plenty of other routes to go that would get you a bit more sucked in than this. if you're looking for a comic without guns girls and capes try Bechdel's "Fun Home" or the critically acclaimed "Maus" series by Spiegelman. Clowes's "Ghost World" just left me feeling, meh, I mean I liked looking at it but there wasn't enough narrative or real story there to make me care about the characters or what they were doing.Read full review
Too much.... of something sometimes ruins the project that the writer or artist is trying to get across to the reader or viewer. Take for example watching a marathon on TV or trying to rent all the seasons of 'Sex and the City'.... there is only so much of that show I can take at one sitting. Individually the episodes are witty, edgy and fun to watch. But watching a whole DVD full of the episodes and then going to the next season is just overkill for me. Too much of Sex and the City!! I couldn't finish seeing the final episodes, neither could my wife. We haven't been back to rent the final season because of overload! Same with this book for me! Too many dirty words over and over again.... I made it two-thirds of the way through reading this, skimmed some more and then just gave up. I checked this book out because it was made into a movie, which I have not yet seen... and after reading most of this book, don't have the inclination to rent the movie should I stumble over it at the local video store either. Not recommended, and is definitely not labeled correctly for libraries to purchase as a 'YA' book!Read full review
good book
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Excellent graphic novel that was later made into a movie
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
this graphic novel is a excellent read and i recomend that if you purchase the comic you should also watch the film which is quit witty.
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