I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf

by Grant Snider

Genres: Graphic Novels
Pages: 128
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Synopsis:

It's no secret, but we are judged by our bookshelves. We learn to read at an early age, and as we grow older we shed our beloved books for new ones. But some of us surround ourselves with books. We collect them, decorate with them, are inspired by them, and treat our books as sacred objects. In this lighthearted collection of one- and two-page comics, writer-artist Grant Snider explores bookishness in all its forms, and the love of writing and reading, building on the beloved literary comics featured on his website, Incidental Comics.

Grant Snider’s I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf is a fun bookish set of comics, though I wouldn’t recommend it as one to sit down and read in one go, because it gets a little repetitive. I like the style, and it did provoke a few smiles, don’t get me wrong! But when it feels so samey, the joke kind of palls, and worse, it reminded me a lot of other reader-focused humour (and personally amongst all of that, Tom Gauld’s strips are usually my favourites).

It might be a fun one to have around and dip in and out of, or read a couple of pages a day, or something like that, and I’m sure there’s something in here that every reader will recognise themselves in.

If you have Kobo Plus, it’s included in that, so you could take a peek there if you’d like to check it out rather than buy a physical copy right away!

Rating: 2/5 (“it was okay”)