![]() ![]() ![]() Death tries to kill the psychoanalyst at the beginning, but then accepts the offer of therapy when his attempts fail. That being said, Notes has its ambiguity at times. I felt more engaged with the book, rather than flipping quickly to see the next drawing. A small statue resting on a shelf later on another page becomes a critical element on the next page. It made me spend a little more extra time on each page, marveling about the little details.įor example, when the psychoanalyst is skiing early on, one of the course flags looks more like a scythe sticking out of the snow. Gurewitch lets the impressively rendered etchings, black and white for most of the pages, speak for themselves. Notes has no dialogue and very little in the way of narration, but the sparse words that are there are enough to build the plot. Death’s child never gets a name within the book, but I would guess it as Little Death from the title. Through the window, you can make out a tinier and cuter version of him on a hilltop, offering a bright pink flower to a butterfly. A therapist or psychoanalyst sits behind him listening intently. The main plot point is easily discernible from the cover: the grim reaper or Death is lying on a couch in the middle of a session. ![]() This humorous story, authored and illustrated by Nicholas Gurewitch, is geared more towards older readers. With Halloween coming up soon, this week I browsed the comics and graphic novels section on my App and checked out an e-book called Notes on a Case of Melancholia, or: A Little Death. ![]()
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