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Gasoline (2008)

by Dame Darcy(Favorite Author)

3.07 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1858944422 (ISBN13: 9781858944425)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Merrell

review 1: When I bought this book, it resided in the graphic novel section of the store. Not sure I would call this a graphic novel. It's more of a regular novel with a lot of artwork. I really liked most of this book. The illustrations were beautiful and the different adventures the Armbrusters had along with the people they mets personal stories kept me very interested but for whatever reason, the disappearance of Caleb for no apparent reason at the end totally ruined it for me. Because of the disappearance it felt unfinished to me and kind of ruined the experience of reading it. I'm still trying to decide whether or not I'm going to keep it or give it away.
review 2: Of course I love the artwork and the design of the book. Dame Darcy excels at those things. ... more I love the cover, with the title and fairies overlaid on a toile background. I love the old-sheets-of-paper-fed-through-a-salvaged-typewriter look of the pages. I love the illustrations. She's like a less-frightening, female Henry Darger at times, and I mean that in the best possible way.The writing is... well... this isn't a graphic novel, it's a novel novel with lots of illustrations. The character intros of the Armbuster family are a little rough, almost like descriptions of dolls in a mail-order catalog. It is vaguely autobiographical, up until the apocalyse/nuclear war part. The little details of simple living in a world that has changed drastically, the peripheral characters that the Armbusters know or run across (Ginger, who can replicate herself, is maybe my favorite), and the elaborate pagan/voodoo rituals/performances are the best parts. I will have to relisten to the album Gasoline, since they were intended to overlap, and a lot of the lyrics appeared in the book. less

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