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It's an enjoyable tale, dark but full of energy, fascinated by the private lives and perversity that bulge beneath suburbia's façade --Guardian
In a world where people know ever less about their neighbours, this graphic novel is both a fantasy…and a cautionary tale. Anyone who has ever lain in bed at night listening to the sound of unknown voices on the other side of the cardboard wall will relish the way she lets her imagination off its leash…funny…beautiful looking…this book might almost be alive --Observer
In a world where people know ever less about their neighbours, this graphic novel is both a fantasy…and a cautionary tale. Anyone who has ever lain in bed at night listening to the sound of unknown voices on the other side of the cardboard wall will relish the way she lets her imagination off its leash…funny…beautiful looking…this book might almost be alive --Observer
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Introducing a fresh and utterly original new star in the graphic novel world.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The book follows the lives of the 6 inhabitants of a nondescript, old Victorian house on a place called Rottin Road. One is a cosmetics saleswoman who's recently moved into town, another is an odd fellow who touches up photos of models, one is a diet consultant, one is a man who only loves women with disease or disfigurement, one is a homebody, and one is a hedonist. Their lives intertwine and the reader slowly gets to know each of the characters' strange pasts and how they became the people they are today.
Karrie Fransman's debut comic book is an oddball story that starts slow and builds gradually to a rollicking pace, completely enrapturing the reader into its fantastic story. I thought each character was well written and completely fascinating. What you quickly realise when you read it is that no-one is as they seem and the flashbacks to the characters' pasts shine light on new elements to their person that completely change the way you view them.
Fransman draws the characters as kind of bizarrely warped humans with doll/marionette-like faces, all circles, but she is still able to convey expressions and emotions through these faces while retaining a unique look to other comics out there. I particularly liked how she drew the old lady at the top floor who stayed in all day - she's drawn as a literal homebody where her body is moulded into the furniture she's standing next to/sitting on at that moment.
"The House That Groaned" is an original, well written, and completely enrapturing read that deserves a wide audience. I loved it and highly recommend anyone who enjoys contemporary comics to seek it out.
Karrie Fransman's debut comic book is an oddball story that starts slow and builds gradually to a rollicking pace, completely enrapturing the reader into its fantastic story. I thought each character was well written and completely fascinating. What you quickly realise when you read it is that no-one is as they seem and the flashbacks to the characters' pasts shine light on new elements to their person that completely change the way you view them.
Fransman draws the characters as kind of bizarrely warped humans with doll/marionette-like faces, all circles, but she is still able to convey expressions and emotions through these faces while retaining a unique look to other comics out there. I particularly liked how she drew the old lady at the top floor who stayed in all day - she's drawn as a literal homebody where her body is moulded into the furniture she's standing next to/sitting on at that moment.
"The House That Groaned" is an original, well written, and completely enrapturing read that deserves a wide audience. I loved it and highly recommend anyone who enjoys contemporary comics to seek it out.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This work left me amused, disgusted and entranced - exactly what you'd want from a contemporay graphic novel.
I have a penchant for dark humour so I loved the various crazy characters. They all come with a delectibly twisted personality tick. Although morbid and morose the darkness is tempered with refreshingly light humour.
Its not only the written narrative that impresses, but the visual artwork is a delight. The angles, detail and characterisation in the drawings are entertaining, humorous and clever in their own right.
Of all the crazy characters, the main protagonist - the house - is brilliantly narrated through drawing and story throughout.
The story is absurd and surreal. Yet its not too far off from a cynic's view of the murky underworld of the London sublet.
That in itself is what made it such a relevent piece too.
I highly recommend this if you care for contempory, funny,zany, intelligent narrative in any which way or form.
I have a penchant for dark humour so I loved the various crazy characters. They all come with a delectibly twisted personality tick. Although morbid and morose the darkness is tempered with refreshingly light humour.
Its not only the written narrative that impresses, but the visual artwork is a delight. The angles, detail and characterisation in the drawings are entertaining, humorous and clever in their own right.
Of all the crazy characters, the main protagonist - the house - is brilliantly narrated through drawing and story throughout.
The story is absurd and surreal. Yet its not too far off from a cynic's view of the murky underworld of the London sublet.
That in itself is what made it such a relevent piece too.
I highly recommend this if you care for contempory, funny,zany, intelligent narrative in any which way or form.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was drawn to this superb graphic novel by the cover. That alone should make anybody pick up the cover and at least flip through the pages. And the colour. The shades of blue are really appealing. I'm not going to bleat on but I couldn't put this awesome story down 'til I was done. I used to love Tales of The Unexpected as a child and this goes down that road... and further... much further! Buy, like, recommend!
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Shallow, Crude and Trite
The cover is the best thing about the book, which is a shame, because it fooled me into paying money for this load of rubbish. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Henrietta Phillips
Fantastique!
A fantastic new genre of book. It will keep you on the edge of your seat from the get go. If you are expecting a normal fairy tale then you will be bitterly disappointed - this is... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Benji
Excellent!
I haven't read many graphic novels before so I wasn't sure what to expect with this book. However I really enjoyed it and devoured it in one sitting. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Sarah
What a treat!
Inventive, fearless and totally bonkers!
KARRIE FRANSMAN'S graphic novel THE HOUSE THAT GROANED is what I've been waiting for since finishing STRANGERS IN PARADISE years... Read more
KARRIE FRANSMAN'S graphic novel THE HOUSE THAT GROANED is what I've been waiting for since finishing STRANGERS IN PARADISE years... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jan Wheatley
The House Sings!
Literary graphic novels feel pretty rare. I could be wrong as they are outside radar or more exactly they fall between my main interest in novels and the cursory eye I keep on... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Gavin
Very Clever
When I saw the cover of this book, I was instantly attracted to it. it is a clever cover, a double cover. Read more
Published 4 months ago by S. A. Broadhurst
The House That Groaned
I am not normally in to graphic novels, but when I saw the cover of The House That Groaned, something drew me to it and I decided to give it a shot. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Emma Campbell
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