Beelzebub's library

This review has a number of minor spoilers. “Everything has Teeth”  is a wonderful graphic novel. While I’m not sure it’s worth the rather  high  price ,  I do find that multiple read-throughs give you all  the little  details  throughout.  The script is very good, the narration sharp and witty,  getting the point but still leaving depth. The story is about the childhood of a woman, a childhood in which she found herself obsessed with morbid incidents, but most of all, sharks. This ties in with the art, which depicts everything except for sea life in a black and white cartoon style. Then, all the various sharks and the other sea beasts which show up in the book, are photo-realistic, becoming a stark contrast to the rest of the wor ld. The book is minimal with its use of color, which make the red of blood all the more alarming. As said, the story is told by a woman, about her childhood .  The book is interesti...

Novel: Nonfiction THE CHARACTERIZATION. WAS. INCREDIBLE. I jest of course, as this book contains no characters and really isn’t like any books I have previously reviewed. This will make it difficult to review it, as in the end, the purchase really just depends on whether you would buy and read a book SIMPLY to know some interesting facts and get a slightly skewed perspective. Levitt says at the end, that he knows the book won’t make a big difference. It might make you treat a few people in certain jobs differently, it might make you distrust common knowledge more often. But other than that, I can scarcely say that the book will leave an emotional impact on you. It’s not necessarily boring so much as…not engaging. Let me start from the beginning. The book was written by Steven Levitt, an economist, and Stephen Dubner, a writer. Levitt is apparently something of a wild card in the economist biz, as he comes to conclusions which disturb many, and enjoys looking in...