A Contract with God

I have never really read or flipped through a graphic novel. So when we received a list of graphic novels to buy and I read the name A Contract with God, I was a intrigued and did not waste time purchasing it.
From the moment I opened the first page I was smitten! The artwork inside the graphic novel is beautiful. I absolutely love the style and the line work. The pages are also uniquely different. Some of them are in a comic style (a scene surrounded by a box) but others are just sitting on the page. Sometimes the text isn't surrounded by any shape. It is very different from the few examples I have seen but I like it's individuality.
The content itself is mesmerizing. I really enjoyed the story of Frimme Hersh. I think it's the fact that it is very relatable but a bit exaggerated (maybe to make a point). I don't know about most people but I think sometimes I make these one-sided contracts with God. For example, oh god if I get a good grade I will... I don't know, be nice to the people I don't like. A more serious example is when someone is sick or dies, sometimes people go through the phase of bargaining. We make this make-believe contract with God and when it does not happen we, of course, don't follow up on our end (even though we promise things that would usually benefit us). I really liked that aspect of Eisner's story.