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Goliath (2012)

by Tom Gauld(Favorite Author)

4.29 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1770460659 (ISBN13: 9781770460652)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Drawn and Quarterly

review 1: I thought this book was awesome. Mr.Fay recommended it to me and by the cover I didn't think it would be good. As I start reading it you can almost tell it's gonna be amazing. There's this giant named Goliath. He is the tallest person in the whole entire camp. One day he goes and asks the general or captain if he can have a plate of armor for his chest, legs, and head because he wants to do this mission. His captain or general gives him a mission to go to the end of this mountain and yell out at the Israel camp. He has to say something like "I AM GOLIATH OF GATH, CHAMPION OF THE PHILISTINES, I CHALLENGE YOU, CHOOSE A MAN LET HIM COME TO ME THAT WE MAY FIGHT, IF HE ABLE TO KILL ME THEN WE SHA"LL BE YOUR SERVANTS BUT IF I KILL HIM THEN YOU SHALL BE OUR SERVANTS". And one day... more the Israel camp finally sends someone his name is David. David isn't frightened of this giant. He takes a rock throws it at Goliath. Goliath gets knocked down and David stands over Goliath, takes his sword off his side pocket and slices Goliath's head off and therefore David claims victory and the Philistines all run away because they see that he just took down their giant and their champion.
review 2: This is pretty brilliant. From the very beginning, it is clear that Goliath is a giant. He fills the frames, even without other people to compare. This Goliath is not a fighter; he's just big. He's actually very good at administration, but of course the army wants something else from him. You find yourself rooting for him, but we all know what's going to happen, and when David comes on the scene, it's with an off-putting self-righteousness. Tom Gauld is a skilled artist and with clean lines and spare details tells a different story than the one we've heard before. less

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