The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
My rating: 4/5 cats
DUE TO INTERNET ADVICE/ABUSE FROM A COMPLETE STRANGER, THIS REVIEW NOW CONFORMS TO GRAMMATICAL STANDARDS AND ALL THAT JAZZ, BUT IS STILL, AT THE END OF THE DAY, A BRIEF REVIEW OF A CHILDREN’S BOOK. OH, BUT I STILL WON’T CAPITALIZE LETTERS. EXCEPT HERE. BECAUSE HERE, I AM SHOUTING TO BE HEARD IN EVERY TROLL CAVE IN THE LAND.
this book represents a series of firsts: the first book i have ever borrowed from work. and the first book i read for my summer class on “children’s literature.” and the first 500 page book i have read in an hour. so—all good things. it’s a fun book. i think i like that it is not quite a graphic novel and it is not quite a regular novel, but it is some in-between hybrid new monster of a book. it’s more superficial than the arrival (which i would love to see in a 500 page version, please, shaun tan), but it’s sweet and pretty and maybe i will get an A when it comes time to write my annotations for class. (see, i know capital letters exist…)
DOES THIS PLEASE YOU, STRANGER-DANGER? HAVE I PASSED THE INTERNET?
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