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An all-new official, original novel from the twisted world of the hit horror video game, Bendy and the Ink Machine! Seventeen-year-old Buddy Lewek has spent most of his life trying to escape the Lower East Side slums of New York City. Working as a delivery boy to support his family, Buddy wants to become an artist, a dream he's sure will never be realized. But that all changes when a delivery job puts him face-to-face with Mister Joey Drew, the eccentric owner of an animation studio. Mister Drew takes Buddy under his wing as an apprentice, thrusting him into a world unlike anything Buddy has ever seen before. There's the colorful cast of the studio, from the cranky, yet driven composer Sammy Lawrence to the cheerful voice actress Allison Pendle to Dot, the writing intern and Buddy's counterpart. After his first glamorous studio party, Buddy starts to think that maybe it's really as simple as Mister Drew says: Dreams do come true. But not everything at the studio is as picture-perfect as it seems . . . Something is going bump in the night at Joey Drew Studios, something that leaves behind trails of thick, dark ink. While the studio frantically works toward their latest deadline, Buddy and Dot team up to find out just what is tormenting the studio after-hours, even if it means tracking the trail to Mister Drew himself. Don't miss this official pulse-pounding story from award-winning author Adrienne Kress!.… (more)
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I found this book a really fun read. It was very imaginative and had a great back story. A Jewish boy (Daniel, better known as "Buddy") was living in poverty with his mom on the Lower East Side in 1947 New York City. He quit his job as delivery boy for a tailor and got a higher-paying job as a gofer at the Joey Drew Studios where he eventually hoped to become an animator. Things did not go as he planned. At home, his grandfather, whom he did not know earlier, showed up suddenly and moved into his room. Meanwhile things at the Joey Drew Studio were getting weird. With the help of a work colleague Dot, Buddy started to go exploring other areas of that building with dire consequences. The very creepiest part of this book was when Dot and Buddy began their exploration.
There were some very sweet and meaningful parts to this story. I liked Buddy's friendship with Dot. I also enjoyed reading about Buddy's developing relationship with his grandfather (his mom's dad) and his discovery of his grandfather's true story. Part of what made this relatiomnship special was that Buddy had lost his own father who died in the war.
"Saying good-bye is hard...
But now I know something worse.
Not getting to say good-bye at all."
The ending of this book is the clincher. It was not what I expected. I don't want to give anything away, so go read it for yourself. Have fun...and don't be scared!