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hannahhbic's review against another edition
3.0
Cute but forgettable. I'm not interested enough to interlibrary loan book two.
mehsi's review against another edition
4.0
I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.
Well, you want an honest opinion? -0.5 stars for the fact the first 24 pages are BRIGHT YELLOW. Ouch.
0.5 since once again (not the first time I read comics/graphic novels) you get thrown into the action without any effing clue on what is going on. Ohh, there battling? People are dying and reviving? Someone just flew away? A whole city is decimated? Whut? Whut? Whut? Not a good start people. Not a good start. I don't mind getting into the action, but please, PLEASE explain what is going on. Oh and then we time skip? Or time forward? God, I have no clue. It seems to be a time skip back before our group got together for realsies. It would have been nice if that would have been mentioned when it happened. Something like x weeks/months before.
Also why didn't they notice it when their fish got eaten?
Now that I completely finished it... I am still utterly confused by a lot of things. For one, what did those BRIGHT YELLOW 24 pages have to do with the story, is that something that will come back in the later volumes? Or is it just some kind of mysterious dream sequence that people oh so like?
I also didn't like the "healer" girl. If only she had been honest about a few things, well, OK, maybe the biggest two would be about her healing, and about her other power. Why did she think it was such a bright idea to use that on her team member? What did she think would happen when she was found out? *sighs*
I think out of the whole crew I liked the ghost girl the most. She was fun, interesting, and really helped out a lot even though she didn't look like it.
The warrior girl? Meh. She was pretty OK, but I didn't like how she reacted at times, like she was so much better than anyone.
The art was really good though, I love the style and I love how the characters were drawn. Definitely one of my favourite parts of the book. :P
But yeah, confusing story, weird start, there is still a lot of work to do with the layout/format (as there were unfinished things everywhere), but pretty OK characters, interesting idea (seems a mix of robots vs magic), great art.
So in total I will be rating this one 3.5 stars.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com
Well, you want an honest opinion? -0.5 stars for the fact the first 24 pages are BRIGHT YELLOW. Ouch.
0.5 since once again (not the first time I read comics/graphic novels) you get thrown into the action without any effing clue on what is going on. Ohh, there battling? People are dying and reviving? Someone just flew away? A whole city is decimated? Whut? Whut? Whut? Not a good start people. Not a good start. I don't mind getting into the action, but please, PLEASE explain what is going on. Oh and then we time skip? Or time forward? God, I have no clue. It seems to be a time skip back before our group got together for realsies. It would have been nice if that would have been mentioned when it happened. Something like x weeks/months before.
Also why didn't they notice it when their fish got eaten?
Now that I completely finished it... I am still utterly confused by a lot of things. For one, what did those BRIGHT YELLOW 24 pages have to do with the story, is that something that will come back in the later volumes? Or is it just some kind of mysterious dream sequence that people oh so like?
I also didn't like the "healer" girl. If only she had been honest about a few things, well, OK, maybe the biggest two would be about her healing, and about her other power. Why did she think it was such a bright idea to use that on her team member? What did she think would happen when she was found out? *sighs*
I think out of the whole crew I liked the ghost girl the most. She was fun, interesting, and really helped out a lot even though she didn't look like it.
The warrior girl? Meh. She was pretty OK, but I didn't like how she reacted at times, like she was so much better than anyone.
The art was really good though, I love the style and I love how the characters were drawn. Definitely one of my favourite parts of the book. :P
But yeah, confusing story, weird start, there is still a lot of work to do with the layout/format (as there were unfinished things everywhere), but pretty OK characters, interesting idea (seems a mix of robots vs magic), great art.
So in total I will be rating this one 3.5 stars.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com
geekwayne's review against another edition
4.0
'The Castoffs, Volume 1' by MK Reed and Brian Smith with art by Molly Ostertag was a bit confusing to me, but since my review copy had 25 missing pages, I'll assume maybe that's where some of the missing narrative went.
25 years have passed since the mages fought the giant robots and the mages have won. Now the remains of the giant hulking machines can still be found lying around. Into this world, we are introduced to a trio of young mages who are sent on a mission to a town named Clifton where people are forgetting things. The three are very different and they need to learn to get along.
It's a good enough young reader story. There is a cover blurb comparing it to Lumberjanes, and I guess I can see that comparison as far as audience goes. The art is good and the coloring works very well. It's a big world that seems barely tapped even though this is a complete story.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Lion Forge/Roar, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
25 years have passed since the mages fought the giant robots and the mages have won. Now the remains of the giant hulking machines can still be found lying around. Into this world, we are introduced to a trio of young mages who are sent on a mission to a town named Clifton where people are forgetting things. The three are very different and they need to learn to get along.
It's a good enough young reader story. There is a cover blurb comparing it to Lumberjanes, and I guess I can see that comparison as far as audience goes. The art is good and the coloring works very well. It's a big world that seems barely tapped even though this is a complete story.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Lion Forge/Roar, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
lsparrow's review against another edition
4.0
I am looking forward to reading more in this series. I like the characters and the magic
theangrystackrat's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
cortjstr's review against another edition
3.0
This was OK. I liked the art in the prologue better than the main story which was disappointing. The story was interesting but didn't really grab me. It would probably be better on re-read when I knew which character was which and who had what powers.
rainbowofcrazy's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
The art is nice and hey a female cast! However the action scenes were confusing and hard to follow, and I would have liked more character development. Same with the plot, which fizzled near the end. Still enjoyable though, and I'd love to see what happens next.
mallorieedward's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
sadiecass's review against another edition
3.0
Not my favorite of graphic novels. I was relatively confused through the start of it (and I know the color isn't final as it's stated as much...but the bright yellow color in the prologue hurt my eyes).
I liked the part of the story where the three learned to see each others strengths...but it was sort of lost in the confusion of the story.
*Received a copy free via netgalley. All opinions are my own.
I liked the part of the story where the three learned to see each others strengths...but it was sort of lost in the confusion of the story.
*Received a copy free via netgalley. All opinions are my own.
kemendraugh's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this! But I think it's not for me. Won't be pursuing the others right now.