The Sculptor

The novel explores ideas of love, acceptance, patience, commitment, loss, and responsibility all within the almost 500 page graphic novel. Some of the keywords I thought of while reading The Sculptor were: powerful, deep, beautiful, and touching. With a blue and black only color palette, the art style depicts more realistic and balanced characters, interesting architecture and sculptors, and fun and intimate human moments. Perspective is constantly manipulated because of the color scheme and the placement of the panels, often with the most important features of a page detailed in black against the softer background or the size of the panels on specific pages.

The story overall is very powerful, and the beginning chapters instantly draw you into the plot. I would say that this story is meant for more of an older audience because of some of the sexual subject matter, cursing, and the way in which mental health and death are used within the novel. If I were to teach The Sculptor, I would teach it to either 11th or 12th graders because of these reasons.

Overall, I would say The Sculptor was one of the best novels I have read for this project, and I would love to have it within my own classroom library someday.