Title: Good art, weak writing
Product review: I bought this book because it was listed as a must-buy by the Library Journal and by a number of graphic novel bloggers.I have no idea why.The art is gorgeous, but the stories are generally very weak. It always takes at least two reads to understand what the point of the stories are and many of them are still lost on me. Many of them read like scenes from the middle of a story, and lacking the setup, or the general direction of the overall narrative, they make for strange reading. It's much like tuning into a movie an hour in and watching five minutes of the film. Or, like picking up a comic for one issue in the middle of a storyline.In general the creators of the vignettes are far more talented as artists than they are as storytellers. It seems that, by design, the art is far more important than the story here, so if that's what you are looking for, you will not be disappointed. If you want good stories, don't buy this book.
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