Very odd tale, told in a unique visual style. I found this graphic novel on a list of the 10 most beautiful books of 2013 and I can understand why, but the story didn't work as well for me. It's worth seeing though, just to remember how wide open graphic novels are as a medium and how much room is left to explore.

Lovely illustrations but the story - the writing - is rubbish.

You’ll find superb, sprawling illustrations of a geometric, magical world in the mythical “Map of Days” by Robert Hunter. Starting from the beginning of everything, Hunter tells the story of a friendship, a betrayal, and its connection to the natural world, using a poetic rhythm to both the textual narrative and the frames. Water and time stand at the center of the story, as well as unrequited love and a child’s curiosity - all make up the ingredients to a dreamy, visual adventure with a distinct style and color palette. Some of the full-page illustrations would look wonderful as paintings or posters with their vivid depictions of the sun, the planets or imagined flowers.

The art was nice, the story was just weird and meh. Always down to try and read something new and different though...

Nice illustrations, indifferent story. Surreal, but in an empty rather than a good way. I would look into other works by the illustrator, great use of color.

*From edelweiss e-arc provided by nobrow press/flying eye books.

This book is a work of art and is worth having for that reason alone. It is beautiful and I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of looking at it. The story is less interesting- it’s a creation myth which has some charm but if you've read Isabella Greenberg's Encyclopaedia of Early Earth this one just doesn’t hold up when compared with that. But the artwork, and the very idea of a face in the centre of the earth, is enough to earn 4 stars from me.

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Just treat this story as a creation myth-type story about how the Earth was created and why the ocean has waves. If you think any deeper your head will hurt - I'm not sure there was meant to be a deeper meaning to it anyways. Beautiful colours and artwork, though!

A sorrowful, strange, and pretty story, with the whimsical feel of mythology. The visual text is stronger than the written, but doesn't detract too much.