Scan barcode
A review by tex2flo
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris
5.0
Karen is a little monster. Her brother Deeze is a chick magnet. Hher mother is half Irish and half American Indian and has a large mixture of superstitions. They live in Chicago in the '60s.
The drawings are not "pretty" things; they are cross-hatch, visceral, mostly-black impressions of a little girl growing up in the inner city surrounded by a lot of ugly.
However, the story is touching and has a full-blown mystery inside. The characters are intriguing and endearing. I liked how the paintings from the museum drew (not chosen lightly) Karen into them and how accurately they were depicted.
I want my own copy so I can refer to the images and the heft of the book. A real treat.
The drawings are not "pretty" things; they are cross-hatch, visceral, mostly-black impressions of a little girl growing up in the inner city surrounded by a lot of ugly.
However, the story is touching and has a full-blown mystery inside. The characters are intriguing and endearing. I liked how the paintings from the museum drew (not chosen lightly) Karen into them and how accurately they were depicted.
I want my own copy so I can refer to the images and the heft of the book. A real treat.