A review by liralen
Crawl Space by Jesse Jacobs
4.0
As a rule, I do not do drugs, but I'd rather like to make an exception in order to reread this book in its natural state.* The story is secondary here—the real 'draw' of the book is the way it's illustrated. Twisting shapes, each character distinguishable by outline rather than by the shifting lines within. Worlds hidden within worlds (accessible through laundry machines, in this case, but go too deep and the barriers between worlds start to disintegrate).
But there's also some quite sad commentary in the story itself: when one character tells another that she's moving, for example, and that she'll miss the other character; the staying-character says something to the effect of Why? We haven't known each other long and we're not that close. The first character says Hmm, you're right, I don't know why I said that. And thus ends their friendship. Which, gad, seems like the sort of thing that you'd never really be able to forget, doesn't it?
*Or maybe this book is a substitute for LSD? Things to ponder.
But there's also some quite sad commentary in the story itself: when one character tells another that she's moving, for example, and that she'll miss the other character; the staying-character says something to the effect of Why? We haven't known each other long and we're not that close. The first character says Hmm, you're right, I don't know why I said that. And thus ends their friendship. Which, gad, seems like the sort of thing that you'd never really be able to forget, doesn't it?
*Or maybe this book is a substitute for LSD? Things to ponder.