Following the life of Asterios Polyp, David Mazzucchelli spins a tale both familiar and far away. Told in a wonderfully paced, lyrical method, this lent incredibly well to the authors voice through the story as he reflects on Asterios' world and gives a great sense of familiarity. Each detail and element plays a significant role, whether right away or later in the story - this made a great impact and speaks to real life, acknowledging how we effect those around us and vice versa.
Mazzucchelli's voice is not concise and to the point, telling us directly what his thoughts are on a matter, but rather slow and contemplative, pondering concepts as Asterios slowly learns throughout the story. Through this voice, we are led slowly by the hand as we follow the main character, which is a very appealing type of storytelling, in my opinion. The pacing is fantastic. And I found it especially interesting how as Asterios would learn or process something, he changed visually, which was a different interesting facet of the author's voice - almost a visual voice, changing as the character does.
Reading the experience of one character from their singular perspective is an incredibly effect form of immersing readers into an author's voice... but Mazzucchelli takes it a level deeper, introducing multiple characters that are each important. Each of them are important just as are the people our lives are intertwined with. This was paired beautifully with the different styles of illustrations for different characters and how they impacted Aesterious' life and experiences.
Overall, the style of writing paired with a fantastic variety of illustration styles and storytelling makes for a very unique and easy to read story that pulls it's reader in effortlessly and softly tells its story. The world we are brought into feels very familiar because it is a visual representation of just how much our world is changing and a melting pot of people and perspectives, each undeniably important to life.
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