emmajohnsdesign

This book was very hard for me to get through. I think it was partly because I am not into this genre of book. It started off really exciting with the murder of Nobody's family, but after that came a series of confusing and weird stories that killed the book for me. Gaiman did an okay job of developing his characters, but at times I felt like I really didn't fully understand the main characters (ex: Silas and Bod). The ending of the book was better than the middle, and things sped up towards the end. I liked when the man Jack came back into the story and thought he should have been a bigger part of it throughout the mini-stories. However, I did really enjoy the graphics part of the novel and I found myself wanting to spend more time looking at those rather than continuing to read. Overall, I had a hard time trying to find something I could teach out of this book besides literary/writing style. I could see myself teaching how to write mini-stories within a larger plot, and use this book as a good example of how to do so. Otherwise, I think I would have a hard time teaching this book to any level in the classroom.

2022-11-14 13:53