The Sculptor
2015 • 488 pages
Ratings21
Average rating3.7
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Ratings21
Average rating3.7
"David Smith is giving his life for his art--literally. Thanks to a deal with Death, the young sculptor gets his childhood wish: to sculpt anything he can imagine with his bare hands. But now that he only has 200 days to live, deciding what to create is harder than he thought, and discovering the love of his life at the 11th hour isn't making it any easier! This is a story of desire taken to the edge of reason and beyond; of the frantic, clumsy dance steps of young love; and a gorgeous, street-level portrait of the world's greatest city. It's about the small, warm, human moments of everyday life...and the great surging forces that lie just under the surface. Scott McCloud wrote the book on how comics work; now he vaults into great fiction with a breathtaking, funny, and unforgettable new work"--
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This was just ok. Great illustrations, great concept, but the story was very, very thin.
There were a lot of things I enjoyed about this graphic novel, from its art to its storytelling, but the characters kept me from ever fully connecting with the story. David is every self-insert tortured artist I've ever read about, and I just found him unpleasant above all else. Meg is the manic pixie dream girl archetype that exists to “fix” the male lead, which is especially disappointing considering the potential she had to be an interesting character. Some of the supporting cast is interesting, but this story isn't about them. The Sculptor feels like the work of an excellent visual storyteller through and through, and that's the only reason I didn't dislike this book as much as I could have.
Holy shit. Tears were running down my face. I can't remember when a book did that to me.
