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The 10 best illustrations EW published in 2014 | PopWatch | EW.com

Readers identify with Don in that we see through his eyes, but we identify with Rosie because what we watch him do, we receive largely FREE Book as she does, with fascination and sometimes bafflement. What results is no less than classic Hitchcockian suspense, in which we are more aware than Don is of the dangers he's walking into as when he blithely makes a major life decision for both of them without consulting Rosie and explains the decision to the reader assuming she'll be thrilled. We know her by then, and we know him, and we like them both. But still we wonder, even as he goes about his preparations utterly unconcerned: Will she freak out? Take it in stride? Be touched? Irate? Simsion has always been able to find a tricky balance with Don, too, where his literal mind can be amusing, his failure to notice sarcasm can be endearing, but he never seems pitiable.
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6. A Billion Dollar Affair (Illustration by Jon Paul Ferrara;Art directed by Dennis Huynh;Run date: Oct. 24th) Romance novels were once the book worlds dirty little secret, but thanks in part to e-readers and Fifty Shades of Grey, theyre now the hottest fiction genre going. 7. Holiday Movie Preview (Illustration by Istvan Banyai;Art directed by Dragos Lemnei;Run date: Oct. 31st) Winter is when the coolest movies of the year come out to play. 8.
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