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robefod's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.0
kirstiecat's review against another edition
3.0
This graphic novel is quite clever..a little boy/toddler baby is taken hostage and raised by a bunch of dead pirates who plan to kill him when he's old enough for them to have fun with the whole thing. Meanwhile, the little boy grows up wanting to be dead because that's all he really knows is these dead, and oddly religious, pirates.
It's a creative idea but David B did a much better job with his novel Epileptic. This is quite whimsical in it's fantastical nature and I enjoyed it quite a bit but it's too short and you never know how the little pirate king boy ends up...it's too open ended for me and I could have used another 100 pages to make it more richly satisfying.
It's a creative idea but David B did a much better job with his novel Epileptic. This is quite whimsical in it's fantastical nature and I enjoyed it quite a bit but it's too short and you never know how the little pirate king boy ends up...it's too open ended for me and I could have used another 100 pages to make it more richly satisfying.
mlindner's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars
http://marklindner.info/blog/2015/01/09/b-mac-orlan-littlest-pirate-king/
http://marklindner.info/blog/2015/01/09/b-mac-orlan-littlest-pirate-king/
sirya's review against another edition
1.0
Un fumetto di dieci pagine da leggere in 5 minuti. La storia è carina ma poi, a un certo punto, giri pagina e...beh è finito??e quindi??boh..
amyotheramy's review against another edition
3.0
Would you let them raise a baby?
Me neither. This is not going to end well. (I waver on this one. Art? Not my fave. But that ending? Man. Bleak. I love bleak. And I love the damned pirates grappling with the obvious existence of God and His very harsh mercy.) Another one for the 'looks like it is for kids but it is so very not' pile.
Me neither. This is not going to end well. (I waver on this one. Art? Not my fave. But that ending? Man. Bleak. I love bleak. And I love the damned pirates grappling with the obvious existence of God and His very harsh mercy.) Another one for the 'looks like it is for kids but it is so very not' pile.
willdrown's review against another edition
3.0
A very barebones (har har, bones, get it) story of a dead pirate crew taking a human baby under their wing, raising him and then feeling conflicted on whether to set him free or kill him so he could join them in death forever and be their king. Sure, it's easy enough to read, but it tears off right when things start to get marginally interesting and the only thing that made this book engaging is the art, which is highly stylized and definitely won't be to everybody's liking, but suits the ridiculous tone of the story just right.
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