Review: Here

Here by Richard McGuire
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The hook of the book is that the camera never moves, the frame never shifts, and it is glorious. That is what needs to be credited with the four-star review, because that is brilliant and it feels so cool to flip through and back and forth.

The story itself, the mini-stories within, are ok. They aren’t particularly compelling, but not boring either. They suffice as short punchy not-particularly-emotional-but-not-really-boring-either plotlines. There’s some overarching stuff, but not too much. There aren’t any “characters” to speak of, or perhaps there were and I just could not keep track.

In a sense, that almost doesn’t matter. It’s well-drawn, the hook is well-used (not for plot purposes, but for intriguing and dynamic art), and I liked it. Perfectly pleasant, very interesting, there’s a vague sense that maybe more could be done here, but the wasted potential doesn’t bite as it does with other books. Worth checking out.

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