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ohclaire's review against another edition
2.0
I do hate to say this but I just didn't get this one. :( pretty art style tho
johnnymacaroni's review against another edition
4.0
Lovely artwork... love the French intertwined with English. Dreamy and romantic story-also with a great friendship... themes of travel and adventure too... what's not to like? Made me wish I had gone to art school :)
thisisstephenbetts's review against another edition
2.0
Elegant, but very slight (and short). My least favourite so far of Larson's books. I guess it was an early one, so her storytelling hadn't developed.
saidtheraina's review against another edition
3.0
I love Larson's illustration style: she incorporates words in her illustrations to demonstrate nonverbal sounds, smells, tastes, feelings. And I love her spare drawing. The plot of this is kind of nonexistant, but it's a nice portrait of a moment in a young woman's life. Nice relaxing 30 minute read.
kemperwrites's review against another edition
3.0
First of all, let me say that I am huge fan of Hope Larson's work (and that of her husband Bryan Lee O'Malley) and I heartily suggest her books to anyone who enjoys well written and illustrated graphic novels. That said, this was not my favorite of Larson's books. I recently read Mercury and Gray Horses, read on Mercury's coattails, is obviously the older of the two. Larson takes on more responsibility as a storyteller and artist with Mercury. Gray Horses feels unfinished and the story a little too linear. One wonderful element of this book is the recurring dreams of the protagonist, Noemie. The dreams are sweet, simple and nonsensical in the way only dreams can be. I appreciated this element of whimsy as I read Gray Horses.
yeahohyeahyeah's review against another edition
4.0
This was cute, true Hope Larson style. Strange dreamy, spiritual story, cute.
laurensalisbury's review against another edition
4.0
I think this was too liminal for me. The story missed some key elements for me in terms of development. I wasn't quite sure what to make of the two paired narratives and I was definitely not on board with making a stalker "cute."
mrsthrift's review against another edition
3.0
This book is the story of a girl from France who comes to the US to study abroad. Hope Larson captures the character's sense of foreign-ness and outsider status -- without depending solely on the language barrier for her sense of alienation. Noemi moves to Onion City from Dijon, France. She has a small furnished apartment. She has her studies. She rides the train. She makes a friend. She handles post-break up feelings from a distance. She sees a cute boy around the neighborhood. It is sort of creepy how he photographs her (sleeping, walking around, etc) and runs away. Tangled into this story, there is a metaphorical child/horse/fire/travel storyline.
I enjoyed reading this book. I like the way Hope Larson expresses movement, words and thoughts. It just looks and feels different when Hope's horse gallops or when Hope's train moves down the tracks or Hope's words tumble out of a characters mouth. I wish the book were longer and the plot more developed, but the storytelling is delightful.
I enjoyed reading this book. I like the way Hope Larson expresses movement, words and thoughts. It just looks and feels different when Hope's horse gallops or when Hope's train moves down the tracks or Hope's words tumble out of a characters mouth. I wish the book were longer and the plot more developed, but the storytelling is delightful.
heydannyboy's review against another edition
5.0
I got this as a gift from a friend last year to help with my reading challenge. I've been saving it for my last book. It was a gorgeous read and a beautiful close to the year.
orangerful's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. Larson really likes to have parallel stories going and you can see a glimmer of 'Mercury' in this book.