Ian
Why Always Wins coveres a lot of good concepts in a VERY compressed format. It's really text-dense and while the art is solid I'm not sure what being in the format of a graphic novel added to this. I wish topics were expanded on more or the book focused on one or two in depth rather than many very vaugely.
Good information but extremely dry and the desgin of the book was suprisingly bad given the subject matter. The last 1/4 is just extra information tacked on, and on many pages you need to flip, sometimes multiple times, to see a referenced image. There's also a frustrating lack of specifics throughout.
I initially wasn't sure how I felt about this book. The ending fell flat for me, it didn't click well. But over a year later I still think about 1Q84 and vividly remember details from it - I don't remember anything from some books I read in 2018. The best thing I can say is that this book is relentlessly original and has a stronger emotional through-line that I could have anticipated.
