I was originally pulled to this book because of the pictures, but then the title itself caught my eye, and being a fan of both the peculiar and old photographs, there was no doubt I wouldn't take this out at the library at the soonest possible moment lol. And I must say that this book did not disappoint. It kind of had a bit of an oldschool x-men vibe to it, which to me is awesome in itself, but the book was so much more too. There was a variety of characters and mysteries to be discovered by Jacob, the main character, and then there was the writing itself which was spectacular, I could picture everything described, not to mention the fact that the pictures worked along perfectly with the text bringing an extra BAM to the altogether feel and story. I recommend this book to those of you out there who just like something different. :)