This book the second book in Jeff Lemire’s Essex County trilogy of graphic novels which, is a fictionalized book of  Jeff Lemire’s hometown of Essex County, Ontario.  I reviewed the first one, ‘Tales From the Farm’, here.

This book has a very loose connection to the first book, as it had two characters that were in the first.  One of the characters, the main character from the first book, Lester, appeared so briefly that it was like a cameo apperance.  The second character was Jimmy.

In this second book Jimmy and his eldest brother, Lou played professional hockey together.  The book goes back and forth from present day with Lou as an old man with regrets, looking back to the days that him and Jimmy were close.

Jeff Lemire captures the feelings of lonliness, desolation, and  regret incredibly well.  I didn’t think it was possible to get compleatly lost in a graphic novel like you can with a regular novel.   This book proved me wrong. 

I recommended  ‘Tales From the Farm’ for both young adults and adults.  I feel this book is gear more toward adults.  Not that there is anything in it the teens shouldn’t read, it just deals with a subject that I don’t think would interest them as much. 

I LOVED this graphic novel.  Don’t miss out on this winning goal of a book!

5+/5

Also reviewed by:

A Season to Read
The Book Mine Set

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