Stitches.....my thoughts....

             The graphic novel Stitches was a book I would have probably never picked up at the bookstore and read it just for the fun of it. The book was a hard book to simply just put down. I wanted to continue reading it every chance I had to see what was going to happen next.

          The novel allowed the reader not only to read the captions presented but also showed various types of elaborate illustrations that really made an impact when reading the novel. There are many illustrations throughout the book that have no text whatsoever but one is able to draw conclusions and relate to what the is being illustrated. By reading this book I was able to learn what a tough childhood David had growing up. The lack of love presented by both parents was evident. Betty his mom did not know how to be a loving, nurturing mother.  Because growing up as child Betty was not shown that attention it was more of a tough love attention. When reading the novel we were introduced to Betty's mom the grandmother, and she was not very loving at all. The way she disciplined David by scrubbing his hands and dragging him was probably only a glimpse of how she treated David's mom Betty.His parents always complained about how much money they were spending on David. It seemed as if David was more of a burden than a blessing. However, it was perfectly fine for them to spend money on luxury items. 

                I enjoyed reading this graphic novel. It allowed me to relate more with the characters because I was able to visually see what was actually occurring with the characters in the novel. I also enjoyed it because sometimes you had to draw your own conclusions on what was actually happening or why some illustrations were present. All in all it was a great read.