Reading this book made me realize how much I’ve missed reading; how I can enter someone else’s world, read their stories, and join them along for the ride. It’s funny how the very first book that I finish for the year happens to be a children’s book. I guess in a way I’m taking baby steps. I’m taking those steps to get back to being that bibliophile that I was before. Between the gap of not reading, I felt like I had other priorities, school included, so it started not being in my daily schedule. With Spring Break just a week away, I hope to continue where I left of. As of right now, I’m getting a head start.
This book tells a story similar to The Invention of Hugo Cabret in words and drawings. This time, in Wonderstruck, it tells the stories of two characters that are both deaf, one in words and one in drawings, and how they are connected with each other. I started and finished this book today. It is really an easy read. The story as a whole was touching and sweet. There were, of course, many twists and turns. I guess you can call it a coming-of-age story.
What I liked about the story is how it shows the world in a deaf person’s view. I can’t imagine being in their position, where you can’t hear a thing, but only read from peoples’ mouths. It was cool seeing this world, though, where you communicate through notes and sign language.
Like Hugo Cabret, the words are precious; the drawings are absolutely gorgeous they were like reading a silent movie. If you flip them like a moving picture flipbook they is just as gorgeous. It is so original to have a book set up like this, like easy reading picture books for children, but it’s more for kids in the elementary school range. I think anyone of all ages can read it. In fact, I recommend you all to read it. It may look thick on the outside, but on the inside you’ll see it’s something like you have never seen before.
