Gossamerchild reviewed The Marvels by Brian Selznick
Review of 'The Marvels' on 'Storygraph'
Meh. Loved the illustrations. Had no interest in finishing the story.
640 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 2015 by Scholastic.
Marvels
4 stars
(5 reviews)
Told in two stand-alone stories, the first nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, and the second in text. In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to found a brilliant family of actors that flourishes in London until 1900--and nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis, runs away from home, seeking refuge with his uncle in London, and is captivated by the Marvel house, with its portraits and ghostly presences.
Subjects
- Children's fiction
- Family, fiction
- Theater, fiction
- Actors and actresses, fiction
- London (england), history, fiction
- Adventure and adventurers, fiction