The Arrival by Shaun Tan Review

I was surprised that our first story was a book with no words in it. It was weird though. The story still seemed easy to understand what was happening in a way. The illustrations of the book were almost storyboard-like in a way that you could tell frame for frame what the writer wanted you to know. 

In the beginning as the man was packing his suit case, the images were shown in a way like a film would. Showing the setting so you could see who this man is in a way and then showing us what is actually going on. I feel that when I got to the images with things like the dragon tails and the giant cat in the city, I could have used a bit of an explanation on why those things were there. I could tell that the man was going on a trip somewhere away from his family, but to where was the question. It was almost an imaginative world he went to. 

I felt that the illustrations were also very engaging which help a viewer/reader be more willing to go on in the book. I feel that is where complex stories can be told in a book with no words and only images. If the images are interesting enough and show key parts of the story, the story can be read even easier. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words. So I think a book full of them can tell a story.