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I picked up the advance copy of this at ALA. My 5 year old loves graphic novels like the Amulet series so I thought we'd give this one a try. Overall, I am not super impressed. The Good: My son liked it, mostly for the illustrations. Most of the text went completely over his head and I don't think h Leggi tutto

3.5 stars maybe. I really did enjoy this. The artwork is brilliant, Craig Thompson's outerspace is just beautiful and full of detail. The plot surrounds a young girl whose dad goes missing, and mum works at a posh space station, all during a Whale diorrhea incident that's threatening lives on the sa Leggi tutto

I really admire that Craig Thompson is having fun with this ambitious tome of a children's graphic novel, sci fi with weird and sometimes cuddly characters. Thompson, who is an amazing artist with a powerful track record, including the moving and romantic memoir-fiction Blankets and the ambitious ep Leggi tutto

Ja tinha lido algumas reviews negativas sobre essa hq mas nao encontrei nada que tenha me incomodado muito. Acho que alguns dialogos foram adaptados na traduçao pro portugues (li a versao que foi publicada aqui no brasil) entao algumas coisas que podem ter incomodado na leitura da versao em ingles a Leggi tutto

Just so disappointed. I loved Habibi and Blankets , so I was really excited to read Thompson's venture into children's comics. But this fell flat to me. Too many agendas, too many soap boxes, far too text heavy and the panels on some page were a mess. And in the end, it had a cliche ending that didn' Leggi tutto

Professional Review: Craig Thompson is known in his field for sprawling and complex graphic novels. Here, he leaves the adult content of Blankets and Habibi , and goes back to the narrative territory of his earliest published work, Goodbye, Chunky Rice . Violet is the child of working class parents, Leggi tutto

Beautiful artwork, absolutely incredible looking book. Characters & story were ... not great.