Graylight by Naomi Nowak, 138 pages
Graylight is a graphic novel that was left on one of our tables. What really caught my eye was the coloring and art not just on the cover, but inside as well. The coloring throughout has that muted tone, as if it was being seen though a gray light. This makes the book look like the memory it is suppose to be.
Graylight is about a woman who looks back to a certain event in her past as the cause of her condition today. It has a plot that jumps around a bit and can be hard to decipher namely due to lack of explanation. But while some may find this detracts from the overall readability, I actually enjoy it. It really conveys that this is a memory with all of the gaps and disjointedness that we experience when trying to recall events.
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