My Favorite Thing is Monster

My Favorite Thing is Monster

I read My Favorite Thing is Monster (in class). It is an experience of reading that I feel very very different than the others. I am always a big fan of Manga, therefore I say I am pretty familiar with the style of reading picture and words. But My Favorite Thing is Monster is one different style. I then started to thinks the difference between graphic novel and comics. Through the classes (I took another class of Comic and Literature) I had the chance to get in touch more graphic novel and comics and slowly understand the difference. I feel the graphic novel is more into a novel than comic, in other words, I feel like graphic novel is more a literature. I had a great experience of reading graphic novel and I really like it.

My Favorite Thing is Monster is somehow between both of them (in my opinion). The first thought when I am reading it is that, why is the words so hard to read? The words in this work is written in “handwriting style”, and by handwriting, I mean it feel like the words is written by a 12 grader. This style bothers me when I am raeding it, maybe it is because I am reading it from a laptop. However, it also help up building the style of book. The style of My Favorite Thing is Monster is like a diary of a little girl. There are lots of thought in her head and written down in the art and words. It by be hard to take eachelemnt as beautiful, but together it build up an amazying style.

Talking about the voice, when I was reading it I feel it is written by a little girl. But when you really think about it, it must not. I agree the idea that this is the work that the older version of girl who tried to remind her childhood. With the style of art and comic, I think it tells the story very well. It is hard  to say that I love this work, but is is definitely a special experience.