The Bridge

I had no idea about this story, and it's embarrassing because I live 20 minutes away from the town of Roebling and Trenton. I need to get my butt to the museum.
That said, I loved the story in this graphic novel. I loved the art, but there's something about Tomasi's writing that just doesn't gel for me. I found myself reading pages over and over again and feeling like something was missing. He says, in the preface, that he struggled with fitting the story into the short, graphic novel format of about 200 pages. Maybe that's it. Maybe his writing needs room to breath. I am left with a feeling that the Roeblings (all of them) were quite weird and didn't understand some of the actions they took. With more exploration, I may have understood some of their motives.
I was most interested in the construction of the bridge and the health effects on the workers. Truly fascinating! I was less interested in the board meetings and the politics, but I get that they are a part of it and had to be covered. I also would have liked to have known more about how the people felt about the bridge, I only caught a glimpse of how the people connected to the ferries felt.
If anything, this graphic novel just set me on the path to reading more about it, so...success!