Wonderstruck

Excellent.

3.5

This is a very wholesome story, I read it long time ago when I was in middle school and I finally got to read it again. The art and writing in this book is amazing, tells alot and grabs your attention to how it all goes together; how the two stories come together. The story of deafness and sign language means alot to me because I'm hard of hearing and had/learn sign language all through school and with different interpreters. I find this very relatable to my life in a way. This book holds a dear to my heart because I never would've thought someone could write, let alone write about deafness, sign language and the struggles we face. 5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

There is such a good book. There are two stories going on at once; One is written through pictures, the other through words. It bounces between the two.

In one story, the one conveyed through words, we have a boy trying to figure out where he belongs after the death of his mother. In the beginning of the story he is deaf in one ear, after an accident he loses all of his hearing. One night while going through his mother's belongings he finds a clue to the identity of his father. He follows this clue to New York.

In the picture story we have an ealier time setting than the other story. We have a deaf girl unhappy with her life. She spends all of her time locked away in her father's house. Her family feels it is too dangerous for her to verture out into the world. She sneaks away to the city, New York.

This is over 600 pages, but it does not take a very long time to read. Well over half of the book is comprised of page sized illustrations. I fell in love with the way this story was put together. I have never seen another book like this. I would so read more books put together in the same fashion.

Although the switches between the written story and the drawn story confused me at first, as the book progressed, I started to make connections. This book is beautifully written and illustrated, as to be expected from Mr. Selznick. I will definitely be adding this one to my list of books to buy and read to my future children.

The art is gorgeous, duh. I loved all the details about Deaf cultural history & museum design etc–like Hugo Cabret in that it SNEAKS IN HISTORY. The story felt... a tiny bit contrived? But like who cares. Definitely worth a read.

As he did with The invention of Hugo Cabret, Selznick masterfully combines words and pictures (beautiful pictures) to tell his story. Two stories, actually, with one being told only by the drawings, whcih intermingles and plays with the verbal story.

Wonderstruck is a tale of wonders, about two children who take matters into their own hands. With some help from unexpected friends, and the wonders of a wonder-ful museum, each finds a place in the world to call home.

What a beautiful wonderful story, and the way Brian Selznick blends prose with drawings is fantastic.