Reviews

Paul Auster's City of Glass by Paul Karasik, Paul Auster, David Mazzucchelli

jexjthomas's review against another edition

5.0

I have many thoughts on this, which I hope to put into words later.

aporias's review against another edition

3.0

Auster always seems so exhausting to me. So much thinking about Paul Auster. For a text that proclaims so much about loosing yourself there’s a lot of self in there.

Drawing is excellent.

drewch3's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

5.0

kahaiu's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This is not a story which you can really rate with stars. It’s a story that feels less like a book and more like a restless dream that leaves you hanging at the end of the night. Every time I read it, it enthralls me, and everytime I finish, it leaves me with new questions. The illustrated version is an aesthetic delight, thoughtful, and clever.

book_spiral's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

gavyn444's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Those that get it get it. Very kafka-esque, the story had me gripped till the very end and sent me spiraling into an existential crisis. We read this in my English 201 class and I chose to write an essay on Auster’s post-modern perspective. One of my favorite books of all time.

germancho's review against another edition

5.0

Beautiful, powerful, depressing as fuck. Auster's grim NY tale reaches new heights in this comic book adaptation, the brainchild of Art Spiegelman, executed masterfully by the great Mazucchelli and based on a tight storyboard by Karasik.

deepfreezebatman's review against another edition

3.0

meh.. I think it's pretty impossible to adapt Auster's original story.

gili22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

klon's review against another edition

3.0

it do be like that sometimes

(strong 3, close to a four.)