Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World by Neil GaimanMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I didn’t read the reviews before I read this. If I had, I would have known that the book contains some amazing looking sketches, lots of them, and that some of the content appears entwined in said sketches. I had the audiobook experience. I believe I missed out on much of the book’s charm.
Gaiman can write and can narrate his work well. It was a short, enjoyable listen.
But, I really dislike books where the title is misleading. You read (listen to) a book called “Art Matters” and you expect to hear about, well, art, mattering. Instead, roughly 80% of this book is about reading and librarians. I guess the marketers thought calling it “Libraries Matter” would limit sales, but that title much better describes the book and is something I whole-heartedly agree with. -1 for letting the marketing department chose your title.
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