A review by turrean
A Bintel Brief: Love and Longing in Old New York by Liana Finck
4.0
A spectacular slice of history. I loved it--the letters were funny, heartbreaking, thought-provoking, and whimsical in turn.
Drawbacks: I found the pale blue lettering on white pages very difficult to read. I see why it was chosen--the blue separates the editor's responses and the narrator's interactions with his "ghost"--but it was tough on the eyes. I also found some of the artistic choices hard to understand--the shape of the editor's head;the form of the angel of death; the occasional inclusion of blue elements in a black-and-white section of the book.
Drawbacks: I found the pale blue lettering on white pages very difficult to read. I see why it was chosen--the blue separates the editor's responses and the narrator's interactions with his "ghost"--but it was tough on the eyes. I also found some of the artistic choices hard to understand--the shape of the editor's head;the form of the angel of death; the occasional inclusion of blue elements in a black-and-white section of the book.