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laura_bichateca's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
C10 A9 W9 P7 I6 L10 E9 = 60/14 => 4,28/5⭐
kintanakely's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
carlosferrero72's review against another edition
4.0
Un género de comedia muy francés es el que caricaturiza los tópicos regionales. Aquí Goscinny, aunque parte de una premisa que no me gusta mucho, lo hace muy bien. Además, también ayuda a aprender Historia. Primera aparición de Ideafix.
lunaseassecondaccount's review against another edition
4.0
One of Peter's favourite series. I haven't read Asterix before, but I decided to give this a go and see why it's so special to him.
It's silly- mostly slapstick comedy, though the Roman names do have bad puns- but it teaches kids history, geography and culture in a way they may not realise. I can't hate on that.
It's silly- mostly slapstick comedy, though the Roman names do have bad puns- but it teaches kids history, geography and culture in a way they may not realise. I can't hate on that.
vigneswara_prabhu's review against another edition
3.0
The new Roman Inspector General Overanxius has build a wall to keep the Village of defiant Gauls from spreading their seditious ideas to Roman lands & to starve them into submission. While it might be a simple matter for them to break it all, Asterix makes a bet with the IG just to spite him. That they will travel of all major towns across Gaul, get the local cuisine from each and host a banquet for the General. So starts the traveler's guide to all towns in Gaul, in antiquity with their modern counterparts.
There is surprisingly little I have to say about this story. Because even though we go through a number of new locations, and meet all manner of characters, some allies, some enemies and some in between, little goes on other than Asterix & Obelisk entering a town, getting into trouble, steamrolling through said trouble onto the next leg of the challenge.
I'm sure the locations and references were relatable to someone native to France/ Europe, but most of it went over my head. And there is the overused gag of Obelisk and him being fat, which sort of makes you loose some of the likeness to the character.
We do however get a whole gamut of new Hurricane pun names to giggle over. Some of my favorite
Inspector General Overanxius
Fishfingus; Spongefingus
Unpatriotix
Poisonus Fungus
Uptotrix
Villaus & Unscrupulus
Well, all series have their ups and down, but for the sheer amount of world building we got in this iteration, I'll give it a tentative 3 out of 5
jadejade's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
5.0
Full disclosure, I grew up on this series so my opinion is necessarily biased.
I'm of the view that there is no such thing as a bad Asterix book ... but some volumes, like this one, are pretty good.
As a child, I often borrowed this one from the library. As an adult, I'm still happy to pick this one up. I think this might have been the first volume that I ever read in English.
I'm of the view that there is no such thing as a bad Asterix book ... but some volumes, like this one, are pretty good.
As a child, I often borrowed this one from the library. As an adult, I'm still happy to pick this one up. I think this might have been the first volume that I ever read in English.
Content Warnings
Minor: Slavery
ladyfie's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5