Red is artistically really interesting - I love how the panels are shaped according to common forms of Haida art, and the fact that the end of the book includes a composite image showing how all the pages' panel structure is interrelated was a nice and fascinating touch. The story contained some humour and some pathos that felt fairly well communicated by the art, and I thought there were some very clever and striking uses of layout and design and visual metaphor to communicate what was happening.

There were also a few parts of the story where things became unclear to me. I'm not sure if that betrays my unfamiliarity with the storytelling traditions Yahgulanaas is invoking or is a comment on the art, but it did occasionally cause me to slow down in confusion; sometimes this was rewarded by understanding something more visually complex, but other times the complexity didn't seem to serve a purpose. I also felt like the pacing of the story was slightly rushed, though I can imagine that with the time and effort it takes to create all this art, the story structure needs to be a bit more malleable.

That said, this is a really interesting work, one well worth reading and one I'm glad I found. I think I'll look into more of Yahgulanaas' work!