Tova Dian D

James Sie is a writer who takes risks, something I always look for in a novel. I was not disappointed. He has a fine tuned sense of how to change points of view, and to also move a story along with the lovely addition of a few pages in graphic novel format, expertly drawn by Sungyoon Choi. Of course I turned to the illustrated pages first so one important plot point was revealed before the storyteller, but knowing only added to the emotional drive of the characters. Others added suspense and much depth when both the written story and the illustrated story came together. Beware the unreliable narrator, though and just rest assured that someone as good as Walter will become a force in his world no matter what obstacles the gods push at him.