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A review by panelparty
Frank by Alexander Finbow, Ben Rankel
4.0
Read for Popsugar 2020 "Book Set in a Country Starting with C" - this is set in Canada.
An interesting historical fiction murder mystery set during the Frank Slide in the early 1900s. I thought I had the story figured out, but the ending was a bit of a twist I didn't expect.
I'm so conflicted on the art - on one hand, the coloring is mostly fantastic. Little pops of hot pink are basically a beacon saying "HEY! PAY ATTENTION TO THIS!" and the pages after the slide and ones with really moody blue shadows and bright yellow lights are incredibly effective. However, there is only one line weight used in the book, and that combined with the kind of shaky lines and how WEIRD everyone looks make it looks like a cheap MS paint hack job - nothing like the gorgeous, modern cover.
It's a fun, quick little read and definitely worth checking out if you have a spare 20 minutes sometime!
An interesting historical fiction murder mystery set during the Frank Slide in the early 1900s. I thought I had the story figured out, but the ending was a bit of a twist I didn't expect.
I'm so conflicted on the art - on one hand, the coloring is mostly fantastic. Little pops of hot pink are basically a beacon saying "HEY! PAY ATTENTION TO THIS!" and the pages after the slide and ones with really moody blue shadows and bright yellow lights are incredibly effective. However, there is only one line weight used in the book, and that combined with the kind of shaky lines and how WEIRD everyone looks make it looks like a cheap MS paint hack job - nothing like the gorgeous, modern cover.
It's a fun, quick little read and definitely worth checking out if you have a spare 20 minutes sometime!