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The Shape of Ideas: An Illustrated Exploration of Creativity by Grant Snider

hk017's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

iqrawrites's review against another edition

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5.0

Amazing insight with a humorous touch

I greatly enjoyed reading this. It is filled with many moments that strike you and stay with you. Highly recommended!

yaya_fl's review against another edition

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5.0

An adorable graphic novel on creativity :) i loved Grant Snider's illustration as well as their content. It funny, it's smart ... It's well so creative! I will definitely 're read it in the future

ricefun's review against another edition

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5.0

I love, love, love this book by Wichita author Grant Snider. His creativity and ability to capture ephemeral feelings is delightful! I would mark this as a favorite (and maybe I should) but I can't wait to read his other books, and I suspect I will be even more inclined to call them "favorites."

becandbooks's review against another edition

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2.0

I received this book as an Advanced Reading Copy from the publisher in return for an honest review. This has not impacted on my opinion.

This could be a nice gift for any creative types, people in need of inspiration and/or fuel to keep their creativity going.

Some concepts I personally thought he depicted brilliantly. For example nocturnal ideas and inspiration and "How to Climb a Hill". Some comics I thought were a missed opportunity, like "Message to a Graduate". And many I thought were just cute, quirky, won a giggle from me just because of their simple punnyness (see "The Art of Living"). Unfortunately, even more of the comics I felt just didn't have much point, or I just confused me.

Again, a nice gift for those in the creative field, they likely would get more from it then I did.

mazni_arisya02's review against another edition

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funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

rumbledethumps's review against another edition

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3.0

Somewhat interesting exploration of creativity and ideas, and I like his illustration style. But the strained poetry becomes a bit much after a while, and the end feels like he was struggling to get ideas of his own. He seemed to channel that frustration into writing about how difficult it is to come up with ideas, which, frankly, is just boring.

alccx__'s review against another edition

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funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

sydneyrp143's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

2.5

kellylynnthomas's review against another edition

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4.0

This is a cute look at ideas and creativity.