Jun. 23rd, 2009

Wow

Jun. 23rd, 2009 09:08 pm
checkers65477: (Books Cats Sweet)
Yes, another YA graphic novel.  The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon.  I'd been putting off reading this one, but now that I have...

Wow. 

I put it off because it's nonfiction, and based on the actual >500 pg. report, and it deals with a topic that still makes me sad and mad.  But I read it in a day, hardly putting it down until I finished.  The first 25 pages suck you in with a timeline of the four planes and the drama as they take off and are seized by the hijackers.  This section ends with all four planes crashing. 

The rest of the book goes through the 9/11 report:  who the terrorists were, how they accomplished what they did, who was behind them and why, mistakes that were made, the bravery of the rescuers, how the government reacted, etc.  Key players are described and the politics behind all aspects are explained in an easy-to-understand, fascinating way. 

The art is clear and realistic; it melds perfectly with the non-emotional text.  Drawings of the people involved are almost photo-like.

Sometimes nonfiction is just as chilling as any horror story you might find in the fiction section.

Edited to add two pages of the sequential art.
The art )

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