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Summary: My New Favorite Author
Review: This book provokes emotion, curiosity, and is immensely satisfying. You care about the characters and because of the writing style, you know more than simply "what happens". You can sense Griffin's doubt, conflict, and anger. Read this and its companions and there is no going back.
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Summary: Excellent Stimulant for the Imagination!
Review: This book, along with the rest of the series, is one
of the most compelling works I have ever read. The voyeristic style in which the book is written draws the
reader into a continuing web of curiosity and discovery,
while never sacrificing one for the other. The crytpic
relationship and ongoing pursuit when combine with the incredible artwork makes the book one to read over and over again without tire. I would highly recommend this
work to all whom enjoy the thrill of the chase and the discovery of new questions with every answer. A wonderful
book to own!
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Summary: Vicarious Pleasure
Review: This first in Nick Bantock's Griffin and Sabine series is absolutely wonderful. It is sumptuous, artsy and divine. Letters and postcards telling the story of two people give you vicarious pleasure as you open envelopes and read their correspondance. The book is rich and colorful and the story has you caught in its spell. One of my favorites that I read again and again.
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Summary: The beginning of an incredible adventure
Review: This series undoubtedly, incredible. Nick Bantock not only engulfs you in a very surreal landscape ala his art, but the story will take you into a place you would not expect to go. Even if the story is a bit too incredulous for some, the art work is worth the cost of the book alone. Yes the idea of peaking into someone elses mail made the story all the more fun, still the eye candy is in the story and the illustrations. Its worth the read...
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Summary: a wonderful puzzle
Review: We were in a community service where there was no tv or computer to keep us entertain. So my groupmate brought this book and I read it and I liked it. I told my another groupmate about it and she read it and before the end of the week all of my groupmates had read it. And needless to say, we had a long debate about the entire meaning of the book.
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Summary: Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence
Review: What I found most interesting about this book was the format. Although I had seen this before in a childrens book (Letters from Felix/Abbeville Kids), it worked extremely well for an adult title. The inclusion of letters and postcards made me feel like I was actually opening someone else's mail and there is something a little exciting about this. It's almost as if you're doing something you're not supposed to be doing. The illustrations were absolutely beautiful, too. The frustrating aspect of this book, however, is that you really don't know if this correspondence truly exists, or is just a figment of the artist's imagination. Is he insane? The story was both moving as well as unique. If anything, you'll want to hang on to the book as a keepsake just for its beauty alone.
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Summary: A gimmick, but marvellously drawn and original
Review: With GRIFFIN AND SABINE illustrator Nick Bantock has presented us with quite an original work. It's the tale of a correspondence between a postcard designer in London and a woman on a South Seas island who can telepathically see his work. The format of the book is exceptional: the postcards are here to read, front and back, and the letters come in their own little envelopes glued to the pages of the book. The book continues in two volumes, SABINE'S NOTEBOOK and THE GOLDEN MEANIt's worth saying right off that GRIFFIN AND SABINE is most appreciated due to its stunning paintings. I give the work four stars, but this is on its own scale. GRIFFIN AND SABINE is no masterpiece of world fiction, it's a novelty, but it's a very interesting a beautiful novelty. The story is rather clumsily plotted, and Griffin's breakdown towards the end is something of a deus ex machina obviously pulled out of nowhere. Nonetheless, there are a lot of cute little puzzles in the book, and uncovering the series' link to Yeat's poem "The Second Coming" is an enjoyable way to pass the time. I'm quite convinced Bantock has real talent as an artist. His influences are eclectic, but in this age of often obtuse modern art, it's refreshing to see someone draw on Renaissance rules of perspective while at the same time using modern themes to make the painting revelant. I think GRIFFIN AND SABINE is worth reading. It's just the type of original book that one needs on the shelves alongside real literature. As long as one's expectations aren't too high as far as the story's concerned, people should find it entertaining.
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