Ben and Rose secretly wish for better lives. Ben longs for the father he has never known. Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his mother's room and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out alone on desperate quests to find what they are missing.
Set fifty years apart, these two independent stories - Ben's told in words, Rose's in pictures - weave back and worth in symmetry.
Set fifty years apart, these two independent stories - Ben's told in words, Rose's in pictures - weave back and worth in symmetry.
My Rating: 8/10
I absolutely loved The Invention of Hugo Cabret and The Marvels and was pleased to discover that Wonderstruck was of the same quality.
I loved that both the drawings and the written words both equally portray the story. Neither of the elements is more dominant than the other.
The way the two stories seamlessly weaved together was really well done and is something that I admired about the previous two books as well.
The fact that a number of the main characters were deaf really added a whole other layer to the story especially how it was told not through any words, but drawings.
This book perfectly gives a silent nod to both art museums and New York which added so much character to the story and the drawings helped immensely bring this element alive.
Overall, this was a very beautifully woven adventure that had so much magic on every single one of its 600 plus pages.
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