Stitches

From page one; Stitches had me on my feet wanting to read more and more. David's intense lifetime story all put into these graphic drawings/photos. Each photo portraying their own emotions and definition; anger, confusion, loneliness, sadness and many more. That is what I loved about this book, all the deep emotional graphics.

In this novel, David does not just put his emotions through text but through his graphics also. He uses more graphics than actual text in the book. The characters facials, eyes, and actions all demonstrate a different type of emotion. They portray what and how they feel. Many times throughout the book he focuses/zooms in on the characters eyes and facial expressions. The photos giving and showing many different emotions going on. In the many graphics that focus on the characters eyes, it shows the glossiness in them in which to many it could have various definitions of emotions. Their facials give the reader that sense of intensity because of the fact they are so out there that it seems the character itself is angry with the reader. Every picture gives out that sense of emotion being felt.

The structure he uses throughout the book of how he can have two or three text in one page and then have about ten pages full of graphics just portraying everything going on. Not only did all these graphics show emotion but they also described each and every character. He does not use long detailed sentences to describe and explain their physical appearance, mood and personality, he uses very detailed graphics. These graphics helping the reader comprehend what is going on in the book.

David uses graphics to portray his life, everything he went through and every emotion he felt all into graphics. His graphics told his story, they gave his book life. A roller coaster full of emotions and mystery. The graphics were meant to tell the story in a deeper more intense and visual way. Without these graphics there would not be a story of a young boy who his dad gave him cancer, his grandmother being a complete lunatic and his mother neglecting him and mistreating him to find out all her mysterious secrets she kept. Without these graphics it would be extremely difficult to understand and feel what David went through. Pictures are worth a million words.