Reviews

A Thief Among the Trees: An Ember in the Ashes Graphic Novel by Sabaa Tahir

lavdisy's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

hmj29's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

3.5

amybraunauthor's review against another edition

5.0

I’ve been craving a graphic novel lately, and what better way to sate myself than with a novel revolving around one of my favourite series!

The book is a good, quick read and features Elias as he begins to question the Empire, and Helene who stands as his fierce friend. Tavi, their other companion, is a sweetheart who completely melted me.

The story moves quick and while it doesn’t carry the emotional heft of the main books, there are some dark moments and great dialogue. The art style is nice and the colors really shine on the pages.

This is just what I needed to tide me over until the final book is released!

marie_thereadingotter's review

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

An interesting look into the lives of Helene and Elias when they were young, and seeing their friend Tavi. I don't remember if he was mentioned much or at all in the main series. But it's kind of sad to see that even when they were barely teenagers Helene was even more brainwashed into being a soldier for the empire. That she was fully committed and willing to die for "the cause" during a training exercise, willing to kill her classmates for it.
Elias, even back then wasn't willing to break his personal code for the empire. I know there is a second one, but I really hope there will be more. 

littletreefox's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

rramzan's review

adventurous challenging dark sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

crochetchrisie's review against another edition

4.0

3.5stars
An interesting little prequel. I recently finished the series so I thought I'd read this one as well.

jberryedits's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

dikshya's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.25

mkoehn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0