A review by seanwpace
Skyscrapers of the Midwest by Joshua W. Cotter

3.0

Overall I thought this book was a little scatterbrained. I didn't know necessarily what Cotter was trying to say with this story, and some of the symbolism was totally lost on me. I can sympathize with him because I was a fat kid myself, but all I felt leaving this book was sorry and unsure about Cotter. Some of the satire in the book is brilliant, but it's mostly below the surface and you have to read some of the fine print (literally) to find it. The sarcasm and satire present in the panels themselves, though, came across as shallow and childish. I realize this is told from the perspective of a 5th grader, but it's him looking back on it as an adult.

Rating is 2.5 out of 5, right down the middle. This was really nothing special to me. Perhaps the best description is the quote from Warren Ellis on the back, "This is one odd f**king book." However the good humor hiding in the shadows was enough to save it from a rating too low.