Claudia's review
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick
Claudia's review
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Claudia's review
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(CIP) When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
(Claudia) This award-winning graphic novel, set in and around a Paris train station in 1931, is a wonderful mix of beautifully rendered double-page pencil drawings, cinematic techniques, and suspenseful storytelling. The realistically detailed illustrations follow characters in motion, zoom in on buildings, faces, and running feet, and periodically shift point of view, telling the story through 300+ wordless frames. Meanwhile, interspersed chapters of text tell a suspenseful tale of Hugo, a recently-orphaned 12-year-old who is secretly living in workmen’s rooms hidden in the station ceiling. During the day he keeps the station clocks running, while at night he tries to repair the automaton his father had been working on when he died. Hugo believes t...more
(Claudia) This award-winning graphic novel, set in and around a Paris train station in 1931, is a wonderful mix of beautifully rendered double-page pencil drawings, cinematic techniques, and suspenseful storytelling. The realistically detailed illustrations follow characters in motion, zoom in on buildings, faces, and running feet, and periodically shift point of view, telling the story through 300+ wordless frames. Meanwhile, interspersed chapters of text tell a suspenseful tale of Hugo, a recently-orphaned 12-year-old who is secretly living in workmen’s rooms hidden in the station ceiling. During the day he keeps the station clocks running, while at night he tries to repair the automaton his father had been working on when he died. Hugo believes t...more
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by deleted member
05/14/2008 09:14PM
Thanks for the helpful comments on the illustrations and storyrtelling style. By the way, your book talk was excellent!