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Over the Garden Wall Vol. 2 by Jim Campbell, Pat McHale

the_red_one's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

tammae's review

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Loved the parallel storylines of Hero Frog: Greg and Witt. Pooree fhe Elephant broke my heart and The Raft was fun! The school episode is one of my favorites in the show so I’m glad we get more stories of them in here. Discovered a greta artist - Gang Maria Yi. Also some cool illustrations like the rain shot during Pooree The Elephant

sky_0808's review

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funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

dereksilva's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

I enjoyed the main story but the story at the end about the school kids wasn't my favorite.

cesttemps's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

emmamae20's review

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adventurous

2.0

gollum654's review

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adventurous lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

4.0

emeraldhs's review

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adventurous

2.5

kaebae's review

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adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Still so thoroughly enjoyed this. The randomness is delicious. 

madscibrarian's review

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adventurous lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

 The first story in this volume was like the first story in volume 1-- similar in tone to the show and cute. I am still thinking the animated format works better for this story just because the characters are so well animated and acted, and that media is lost on paper obviously. It ends here with a to be continued.

The following story was about the small animal schoolhouse featured in the show. A new student, an elephant, joins, and he struggles fitting in because of his size. He's much bigger than the other animals and also an exotic animal rather than a forest animal (raccoon, rabbit, etc.) that all the other ones are. He breaks furniture and is picked on for being different. It's a typical story following the flow of being an outcast to the other animals learning to accept him. It's cute but not revolutionary.

The last story of this volume also followed the animals, and I really didn't care for this one. My tolerance for the random school animals ended after one story, and I wish it went back to the main story of Wirt and Greg. I read the first couple pages and then just looked at the pictures to the end instead. It wasn't interesting.