The Arrival Review

The Arrival beautifully and creatively depicts the view of an immigrant.

The Arrival is like no graphic novel I have seen before. No words are written in the story? Only pictures describe the story. This book shows how it feels to be an immigrant coming to a new land.

A scene of The Arrival.

This book and pictures can be interpreted in many ways. This is my own summary of the events of the book.

The main character of this story is a working man with a loving family. At the location of where he lives, there is some sort of hardship in which he isn't able to provide to his family. And so he alone immigrates to a foreign land to find work. This foreign land is like nothing of anything he has ever seen. The structures, customs, and cultures are all new and don't make sense to him. Alone and confused, he slowly learns more about the people who live there and fitting in with their customs.

There are very little colors in this book, and the images shown are almost random and very obscure. However, when you understand this book, you truly find how colorful and well depicted it is.

Overall Rating - 9/10

This beautiful book vaguely yet accurately shows the life of an immigrant first stepping onto a foreign land. This book must be seen, as it can really open your head to a common view that is not often seen.