Books by Blexbolex
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review 1: This is a book that must be read with someone else. It's a book that must be talked through as you read it. So much to infer and guess from the scant amount of words and beautiful illustrations. Each "chapter" begins with a story, that seems to be the same story, just numerous...
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review 1: An absolutely beautiful piece of work but an awkward book to categorize or generalize. This has been nominated in the graphic novel category for the Cybils but mostly as it fits there better than anywhere else. It's not going to appeal to the average graphic novel enthusiast thou...
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review 1: This is the trippiest little book I've seen in a long while, but I enjoyed the uniqueness of the reading experience.Don't be fooled-- though this was cataloged as a picture book and shelved in the children's section at my library, this is most definitely NOT a children's book. Ne...
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review 1: Fascinatingly brilliant, this book combines aspects of wordless graphic novel with minimal, fragmented text typically separated from the pictures. Thus the reader is responsible for connecting the fairytale motifs with the basic shapes of the illustrations to create the story. Th...
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review 1: At first glance I didn't think I would like this book. I wanted to do my old style of looking quickly through to determine if/how I'd use the book in the future and move on to the next book. At a glance, it felt like a catalog of interesting but flat illustrations. Hah! Before I ...
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review 1: This book is just a collection of simple illustrations of different professions and characters ("teacher", "warrior", "homeless man") done in the 1960s-schoolbook style. There's no reason this should be entertaining, but it is in fact charming and addictive. The interpretations a...