Skyscrapers Of The Midwest (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
Straight up brutally honest tales of childhood woe, etc in the midwest (or the middle anywhere country really) done very right. Great illustration and well thought out symbolic mixtures. Crossing the childhood fascinations of our toys with religious imagery is quite the potent statement and yet it's done with a quiet shame, naiveté, and isolation. Nice work indeed even in it's heartbreak. If you were a nerd like me, chances are this one will reopen the hurt a little. I was pretty into it, but there's a bit too much overly-poking at the midwest, without any sort of love present. It's angry, but without any sort of locus to make the anger justified. I liked the narrative itself, sort of (it feels a little half assed), but it just sort of fizzles out in the end. I think it was maybe trying to pull one of those "indie movie" endings (where it just stops, totally), but it failed even in that regard.
What do You think about Skyscrapers Of The Midwest (2008)?
This was a bleak, beautiful novel, filled with a nearly intolerable level of pre-adolescent pain.
—babyfabulique
Excellent - the angst may not be for everyone though.
—RKL
