City of Light, City of Dark: A Comic Book Novel (Orchard Paperbacks)

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Summary: CITY OF LIGHT CITY OF DARK
Review: I really didn't find anything outstanding (or particularly bad) about this graphic novel. There are many good graphic novels, such as _Maus_, but this is not one of them. The "graphic" aspect is nice in places (such as the cityscapes), but overall is uninspiring. The "novel" aspect tells a story that is entertaining, but lacks depth in the characters. The story is also presented as something of an allegory, but it is not at all clear to me what it could represent -- any ideas I came up with did not sync with the complete story. While I'm a grown-up, I do read a fair amount of childeren's literature, and I don't feel that this would really appeal to any age group (other than those trying to find an easy way out of a book report). However, I'm not saying it's a bad book; I gave it 3 stars because it's just average.

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Summary: It was just OK...
Review: I really didn't find anything outstanding (or particularly bad) about this graphic novel. There are many good graphic novels, such as _Maus_, but this is not one of them. The "graphic" aspect is nice in places (such as the cityscapes), but overall is uninspiring. The "novel" aspect tells a story that is entertaining, but lacks depth in the characters. The story is also presented as something of an allegory, but it is not at all clear to me what it could represent -- any ideas I came up with did not sync with the complete story. While I'm a grown-up, I do read a fair amount of childeren's literature, and I don't feel that this would really appeal to any age group (other than those trying to find an easy way out of a book report). However, I'm not saying it's a bad book; I gave it 3 stars because it's just average.

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Summary: One of the best books ever!
Review: I thought this was an astounding and ingenious book. There are people called "Kurbs" and they own an island and have a lot of POWER. Unfortunately, after an accident that caused him to be blind, a man wants to take the POWER for himself and the token in which the POWER rests. He keeps ordering his assistant to get the token, but the assistant marries the woman with the token. Then a boy finds the token while being attacked by pigeons, and then the rest of the story turns into a fast-paced adventure involving the token. Read the book to find out more!

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Summary: CITY OF LIGHT CITY OF DARK
Review: When a token that controls the fate of Long Island is lost it's up to one girl, Sarah Groff, to get it back. It's the 45th day of the 13th moon; the humans come to an island. The island is owned by the Kurbs, creatures who thrive on darkness. The humans ask for permission to live on the island. The Kurbs say yes but on one condition, every year the humans have to find the Kurbs' power source. The humans granted one person powers to find the power. When a "Neon Light Genius", Mr. Underton, finds out about the Kurbs awesome power he is determined to find it. He figures out who is the one who carries out the sacred "power source ritual." He makes his right hand man meet the woman. His right hand man and the woman fall deeply in love and have a baby, they name her Sarah Groff. Mr. Underton takes the baby and forces his right hand man to live a new life, start over. Sarah grows up thinking her mother is dead when she gets in a giant mess containing her father, mother, the token, and Mr. Underton. Does she find the token? Does she find out about her real mother? Those are questions the book will answer. I thought this book was a real "page turner." New questions kept popping up. This book was a giant comic, which made it even better. The author Avi can take a place and make it seem like another world. I also thought the book was suspenseful, you think that something is going to happen and something completely different happens. That's why I loved this book so much.