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A wonderfully strange and eerie book.
Edward Carey spins a narrative from Gepetto's viewpoint in a likened rendition of Pinnochio from the belly of the beast that swallowed him. The book is melancholy and morose as Gepetto tells the story of how he created his boy from wood and couldn't believe how he came to life. He also describes previous love interests, his life as a child, and how his father wanted him to continue the family career, but it is just out of reach.
The best part of the book for me were the illustrations that the author included throughout to depict objects, notes, and portraits of those that the story described.
A very interesting concept that I may not have ever experienced had it not been that this book was picked by Jenny Lawson for the Strangelings Book Club!
Edward Carey spins a narrative from Gepetto's viewpoint in a likened rendition of Pinnochio from the belly of the beast that swallowed him. The book is melancholy and morose as Gepetto tells the story of how he created his boy from wood and couldn't believe how he came to life. He also describes previous love interests, his life as a child, and how his father wanted him to continue the family career, but it is just out of reach.
The best part of the book for me were the illustrations that the author included throughout to depict objects, notes, and portraits of those that the story described.
A very interesting concept that I may not have ever experienced had it not been that this book was picked by Jenny Lawson for the Strangelings Book Club!
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