Reviews

Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 4 by Svetlana Chmakova, JuYoun Lee, Dee DuPuy

iiha's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

 This was my favorite series when I read it as a kid, and I still love it. I would really love to see more of all these characters and see the story continue on. I think the ending was realistic. And there was quite some mystery there that I feel was set up for if the story continued on. All the characters were so diverse, and their personalities were really shown for each of them. Which was quite surprising since you don't follow every single character. It was really easy to connect with each of the characters, even though we only got background information, like 2. I also really loved the art style. This book plot was so unique and has so much potential.  Please Svetlana continue on with the series.

captwinghead's review

3.0

Ending was kind of a cop out, but overall, this was a fun series! I enjoyed the cast of characters, it was diverse, and the plot was interesting. I like the concept of the Nightschool. Maybe it’ll get animated someday!

xjinxedx's review

5.0

nooo. noooooooooooo. why is this the end?! what a cruel world we live in!

aaannika's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

schnoebs13's review

4.0

I wish there was so much more to series/world because it’s truly fascinating and I want to know as much as I can. I enjoyed this volume and was really surprised by the end but there were also many scenes that I think could have been a little different since they were hard to read/figure out what was happening.

whitecat5000's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

3.0

I don't feel like I understood the impact of the ending well enough. This was a fine read, but too many things not explained for a big finale.

elisabethrose08's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

iffer's review

3.0

I loved this little series, and I wish that it were continued as an ongoing comic, or that there would be other miniseries for the other night creature types. Alas, it looks like this isn't to be, since this volume was published in 2010, and no more stories have yet been released. I guess there's not a great market for original English language manga...

This is a hidden gem of a series with several likeable characters and an interesting supernatural setting and world-building. It combines the best parts of a Buffy-esque or other network supernatural TV show with the cute and funny bits of a shojo high school manga. Chmakova's art and versatility are fantastic and whimsical, with great slice of life sequences as well as engaging action scenes.

This last volume was a little bit of a letdown because of the deus ex machina ending, but I have a feeling that this was because the series was truncated. :/

kemendraugh's review

5.0

Nooooo I wanted moooooore <3

marahsoore's review

3.0

The ending felt super anti-climatic. Without spoilers, it just didn't give me a full ending for the series. I did enjoy the series, but it has the normal issue most graphic novels have.