bkeniston's review
4.0
I love the design of this unique biography—the luminescent art is just beautiful. The fact that Marie Curie’s life story is incredibly interesting seems like a bonus. And who can resist a book that glows in the dark?
momwrex's review
3.0
This is a unique book. However, I have to limit my stars.
It was hard to follow - I would have appreciated a cue -change of font, frame, text alert about the historical side notes, maybe even a transitional paragraph telling us how the event related back to Marie Curie. The historical notes WERE interesting, but felt like they were just dropped in randomly. It felt very much like a high school student's research project that they didn't really spend time organizing.
In terms of the visual aspect, it was hard on my eyes. Too many pages lacked enough contrast between the text and the background colors. The font was hard to read. At the end, the author/artist reveals that she had designed the font.
I wish that authors and publishers would remember to make books accessible to all. (I am not a low vision reader - I think that if it was hard on my eyes, a person with reduced vision would really struggle with this.
It was hard to follow - I would have appreciated a cue -change of font, frame, text alert about the historical side notes, maybe even a transitional paragraph telling us how the event related back to Marie Curie. The historical notes WERE interesting, but felt like they were just dropped in randomly. It felt very much like a high school student's research project that they didn't really spend time organizing.
In terms of the visual aspect, it was hard on my eyes. Too many pages lacked enough contrast between the text and the background colors. The font was hard to read. At the end, the author/artist reveals that she had designed the font.
I wish that authors and publishers would remember to make books accessible to all. (I am not a low vision reader - I think that if it was hard on my eyes, a person with reduced vision would really struggle with this.
aclopez6's review
4.0
This reminded me of my final assignment for an undergrad children's literature class where we created a children's book. That doesn't make it bad; the book was well-researched and took a creative approach, but it felt like it COULD have been composed quickly.
raloveridge's review
5.0
Really lovely book—it wasn't really what I expected (was thinking it would be a more classic graphic novel) but truly beautiful. The art is incredible and the way the story skirts through history to get at the Curies' importance: wonderful.