Rodrigo Corral

Jessica Anthony

In a love story told in photographs and drawings, Glory--a brilliant but lonely piano prodigy--is drawn to Frank, an artistic new boy, and the farther she falls, the deeper she spirals into madness until the only song she is able to play is "Chopsticks." Original.

Chopsticks

Ana Matti

I saw this at a bookstore and I looked through the pages and I found it really nice but then I didn't have enough money for it. Ugh. 
Birthday/Christmas present for me please? Nyaha.

Julie D.

I've been looking for this book for ages and today I was sitting in the library and BAM i see it and I got so happy and I READ IT AND NOW MY HEART hURTS.

Lisa Collins

** spoiler alert **
           Somebody get the crash cart, because my heart is doing all sorts of weird things. I loved Chopsticks on a million different levels. I usually like it when books get extremely deep into the nitty-gritties of everything, but Chopsticks skirts right along the top of Frank and Glory’s relationship giving you just enough to understand the story. I wish it would have had a bit more of the storyline to it. When I got to the last page I was almost sad it was over. It was so lovely… and, in some ways, very heartbreaking.

On the other hand though, while I love the romance in the story I’m extremely confused about what actually happened. I was researching the book and there’s a ton of interpretations spanning from Glory just being tired to her having a serious mental illness to Francisco (Frank) not being real at all. I don’t know, but I do hope to find out “officially” sometime. I have an idea (okay, I’m actually pretty positive), but for the sake of not influencing anyone else’s interpretation, I’ll hold my tongue. (Totally come talk to me about it!) ETA: I just read the description for the first time and feel dumb because it sort of explains things.

Apart from the storyline: I adored the design of this entire novel. I’m a very big fan of aesthetically pleasing graphics (I love design!), so I was practically screaming when I was looking through this book. Oh, the photos! Oh, the typesetting! Oh, the formatting! Oh, EVERYTHING! This is a very artistic and beautiful book, and I think everyone can agree with that.

As a whole, despite the shallowness and slight confusion of the story, I really loved this (graphic) novel and would recommend it to anyone. At the end of the day, even if you end up not liking it, it probably would take less than an hour to read. I really want to buy this… like pronto!

Amber Laha

Unique and beautiful way of telling the story, but I felt something missing and there was no real ending. I thought this was going to deal with Glory's grief and her coming to terms with the loss of her mother, but instead it became about the romance. It lacked depth for me. 2 1/2

Going back over it, I realized there was more to it; was not at all at what it seemed, but still there was something missing and still feel it lacked depth.

Zoe Smolen

This book is so innovative and capturing. I wasn't sure if I liked the idea of it being told through images, but the more I read the more I was amazed at everything that the authors were able to convey.

Angelyna Mintz 

More like a 4.5! This book was better then I was expecting for sure. The art in this book was incredible and the way the story was told through pictures and different things was cool and just added to the story even more.

Chopsticks

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