Senrid in Sunderland
Oct. 1st, 2007 11:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
maribouSenrid, by Sherwood Smith
Part of Smith's 'long project', this was written in her teens. While that shows up in the clunkiness of some of the world-building and conventions, the youthfulness is actually kind of fun, rather than lame. It's not, y'know, derivative, just a bit over-exuberant - and not so fiendishly, amazingly clever as some of her more recent work. The plot and characters were just as great as I expected. I loved seeing a different angle on events I'd already been exposed to in other works... recommended to her fans, or to people who like a good YA fantasy adventure.
(202/250)
Alice in Sunderland, by Bryan Talbot
This was not what I was expecting at all - I was expecting an elaboration of Alice - a retelling - and instead I got a graphic-novel love letter to the British region of Sunderland, with Alice bits. It was, however, an excellent graphic history and I really enjoyed it.
(203/250)
Part of Smith's 'long project', this was written in her teens. While that shows up in the clunkiness of some of the world-building and conventions, the youthfulness is actually kind of fun, rather than lame. It's not, y'know, derivative, just a bit over-exuberant - and not so fiendishly, amazingly clever as some of her more recent work. The plot and characters were just as great as I expected. I loved seeing a different angle on events I'd already been exposed to in other works... recommended to her fans, or to people who like a good YA fantasy adventure.
(202/250)
Alice in Sunderland, by Bryan Talbot
This was not what I was expecting at all - I was expecting an elaboration of Alice - a retelling - and instead I got a graphic-novel love letter to the British region of Sunderland, with Alice bits. It was, however, an excellent graphic history and I really enjoyed it.
(203/250)
