2010/128 pgs
About the Book: In a place called Anorev, where no one over the age of 11 is around and time is gone, machines and humans aren't working together. CHildren live underground and machines above ground, expect for Ayden, a human boy and Zoe a robot girl. One day the sky fills with 314 dapper men. They float down in pinstripe suits and umbrellas. A dapper man known as 41 takes Ayden and Zoe under his wing and helps them remember the things they've forgotten.
Sarah Teenlibrarian Says:I had high hopes for this one after seeing it on Booklist's Top Ten Graphic Novels for Youth and then Lynn and Cindy reviewing it and loving it their Bookends blog. Add to that a fantastic intro from Tim Gunn (yep, that Tim Gunn) and I thought I was going to be swept away and fall in love with this book. Sadly, The Return of the Dapper Men wasn't for me.
It's a book that tries to pack itself full of philosophy. It seems like it tried to have some big message or idea, yet it always fell short and nothing is really answered and questions are hardly explored. We're told at the start we'll get answers about where the adults went, but we never do. I still don't know what the significance of anything in the book was and I ended the book with more questions than answers. I guess I just didn't get it and I was expecting something different.
The bright side is the artwork is pretty cool! Overall I was left feeling letdown and confused-not a great feeling when you finish a book.
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