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thomasray's review
5.0
The art is great, the story was good enough, the characters grew on me fast, and since the books are only available used, my library refuses to get them. That's everything. Yup. I liked it a lot.
tinkeringlibrarian's review
3.0
I don’t know how I feel about the autistic kids math skills being a magical power. I think it plays into a single narrative about people with ASD. Solid world-building though.
cleverbaggins's review
5.0
I must've picked up a teaser issue of this during a Free Comic Book Day two years ago or so. I don't know. It was a while back. The art is what drew me and it was gorgeous. I'm also drawn to comics that aren't just superheroes. I have been and always will be a fantasy girl.Unfortunately I've found very few fantasy comics out there that are any good. This one is amazing.
In it Jenna is raising her little brother Denny after something happened with their parents. It jumps right in to her trying to get him into a special program that will challenge him (because he's a unusual genius) so she can finally go to school herself and follow up on dreams she obviously put off for him. While she's making the decision and doing the paperwork, Denny is testing to get in. They're given a problem no one has been able to solve and told to do their best. Denny very quickly solves it but sees that it's not meant to be solved and opens doors they're not read for.
Wow, I'm only now realizing how complicated it can be to explain what the comic covers in just a few pages! Its very well told, and very clear without everything being explained to you in excruciating detail.
Needless to say, the door gets opened onto Gossamyr, a beautiful world full of warring races and amazing creatures where all magic is based on math. Now, don't let that scare you. I'm not a math person at all, but I loved this.
I won't give any more of the plot away, but this book is wonderful! All the characters are distinct and well written. The art is beautiful, but again the characters distinct enough to tell apart. You quickly fall for all of them. Jenna and Denny's relationship really makes it, though. Denny isn't like other kids and Jenna, too young and frustrated, is rightfully angry and scared and just tired of being a parent let alone ending up in an alien world where people are trying to kill them. Yet she's strong and capable and protective and isn't afraid to put her foot down to get things done. Denny is also surprisingly funny, not on purpose really, but he had a couple of laugh out loud moments for me.
So go find a copy, borrow a copy, look it up online! I hope they're making more of this, because they certainly left it open for more story and I, for one, will be scrambling to buy it!
In it Jenna is raising her little brother Denny after something happened with their parents. It jumps right in to her trying to get him into a special program that will challenge him (because he's a unusual genius) so she can finally go to school herself and follow up on dreams she obviously put off for him. While she's making the decision and doing the paperwork, Denny is testing to get in. They're given a problem no one has been able to solve and told to do their best. Denny very quickly solves it but sees that it's not meant to be solved and opens doors they're not read for.
Wow, I'm only now realizing how complicated it can be to explain what the comic covers in just a few pages! Its very well told, and very clear without everything being explained to you in excruciating detail.
Needless to say, the door gets opened onto Gossamyr, a beautiful world full of warring races and amazing creatures where all magic is based on math. Now, don't let that scare you. I'm not a math person at all, but I loved this.
I won't give any more of the plot away, but this book is wonderful! All the characters are distinct and well written. The art is beautiful, but again the characters distinct enough to tell apart. You quickly fall for all of them. Jenna and Denny's relationship really makes it, though. Denny isn't like other kids and Jenna, too young and frustrated, is rightfully angry and scared and just tired of being a parent let alone ending up in an alien world where people are trying to kill them. Yet she's strong and capable and protective and isn't afraid to put her foot down to get things done. Denny is also surprisingly funny, not on purpose really, but he had a couple of laugh out loud moments for me.
So go find a copy, borrow a copy, look it up online! I hope they're making more of this, because they certainly left it open for more story and I, for one, will be scrambling to buy it!
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