"The Invention of Hugo Cabret"

[rhu]

Over Yom Tov, I saw a kid at shul reading The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic, 2007). It looked interesting, so I took it out of the library.

This is a truly wonderous book. By turns, it literally made me cry, gasp, and sit dumbstruck in slack-jawed amazement. Seeds subtly planted on early pages bear fruit later on, and I kept finding myself turning back to retrace their development. The concept behind the book is breathtakingly audacious; the execution is astounding.

To say anything else -- about the plot, about what makes the concept so ambitious, about the techniques that make this book unique -- would be a spoiler. All I'll say is this: As soon as you're done reading Winston Breen, get your hands on Hugo Cabret. I'm planning to buy my copy this weekend.

Comments

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Question: If you think that knowing anything else about the book would be a spoiler, then why provide the link to the Amazon page, chock full of plot and concept information?

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

Force of habit. Changed to Brookline Booksmith.