Glory was a piano prodigy that has turned the classical
music world on fire with her missing of modern pop into complicated classic
pieces. Francisco was an Argentinian
teen trying to make it in America. When
they met, they made beautiful music. Glory went mad, then missing. Through photographs,
assorted objects, IMs, and letters, a mystery of love, music, and madness is
revealed.
This is a truly unique work. It’s a mystery told
through found objects. The reader is
like a detective sorting through assorted clues and patching together the ‘real’
story of why Glory disappeared, but looks can be deceiving. There are scattered
clues throughout the book that Glory is super mega bonkers and everything she
imagined EVERYTHING. Or you can read it
as a super sweet mystery love story.
Either way there are loads of many mysteries to unlock. Why is Glory obsessed with the song Chopsticks?
What REALLY happened to her mother? The fun of solving the mysteries and pondering
the big mystery of whether Glory is super crazy or just really stressed is
grand fun. Not only is this a super great idea, the execution is superb nearly throughout.
The design of this book is absolutely excellent.
The use of slowly revealing more and more through photos is really well handled
and the layout are superb. For example, the book will show you the outside of a
book or pamphlet on one page and the next page the pamphlet is opened, so you
feel like you are leafing through these objects yourself. My one quibble (and it’s a big quibble!) is
that the photos of Glory and Francisco seem really stagey and sort of
cheesy. I never bought them as two real
people, but maybe that works out since they may not be real at all! MIND TRIP!
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