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geekwayne's review against another edition
2.0
In the opening pages on Wars In Toyland, we learn that Matthew and his brother Alex like to stage wars with their toys, lining them up in rows. We also learn that Alex has gone missing. Matthew finds himself in a battle against evil toys to save his brother Alex. The leader of the evil toys is a tattered and unloved teddy bear named Roxbury.
This is a graphic novel in the form of a story book, with images crossing over landscape pages. The art by Pollina, McCarthy and Woodard is vibrant and colorful. The lettering is some of the best I've seen in a while, but I had issues with the story and some of the imagery.
I loved The Great Pacific: Trashed, by Joe Harris, so perhaps I'm confused about who the audience is intended to be. It seems like it's supposed to be a children's story, but it's thematically quite dark. A missing sibling, some nightmarish toys and the reality of war all can be dealt with for children, but in this book, it's spun up too harsh. Sacrifices are made, but don't seem to have weight, or room for Matthew to understand or deal with them. It's all ultimately wrapped up neatly, but never fully explained so that I could understand (much less a child reading it). With this theme, I very much wanted to like this book more.
This is a graphic novel in the form of a story book, with images crossing over landscape pages. The art by Pollina, McCarthy and Woodard is vibrant and colorful. The lettering is some of the best I've seen in a while, but I had issues with the story and some of the imagery.
I loved The Great Pacific: Trashed, by Joe Harris, so perhaps I'm confused about who the audience is intended to be. It seems like it's supposed to be a children's story, but it's thematically quite dark. A missing sibling, some nightmarish toys and the reality of war all can be dealt with for children, but in this book, it's spun up too harsh. Sacrifices are made, but don't seem to have weight, or room for Matthew to understand or deal with them. It's all ultimately wrapped up neatly, but never fully explained so that I could understand (much less a child reading it). With this theme, I very much wanted to like this book more.
lampje's review against another edition
1.5
I really didn't like it, to the point it got very tedious to read. I found it annoying to read and had absolutely no emotions throughout the thing. Maybe it's a me thing, and maybe younger people would enjoy it more.
sblake33's review
1.0
I received this book for review from NetGalley
I absolutely give up on this book! The plot of the story sounds so amazing and interesting, but did little to keep my attention. It is a very short book about 100 pages and there are more picture than there are words, probably three sentences per page. So i should have flown through this book, but i just could not get into it, and reading this book felt more like a chore, so i gave up! i feel i would have liked this book so much more if i was in middle school or elementary, i probably would have been able to relate more to the characters if i where younger! Overall i would recommend this book for fans of graphic novels because the illustrations where phenomenal and i would also recommend this book to kids 10 to 14
I absolutely give up on this book! The plot of the story sounds so amazing and interesting, but did little to keep my attention. It is a very short book about 100 pages and there are more picture than there are words, probably three sentences per page. So i should have flown through this book, but i just could not get into it, and reading this book felt more like a chore, so i gave up! i feel i would have liked this book so much more if i was in middle school or elementary, i probably would have been able to relate more to the characters if i where younger! Overall i would recommend this book for fans of graphic novels because the illustrations where phenomenal and i would also recommend this book to kids 10 to 14
medusax0's review
1.0
I received this book for review from NetGalley
I absolutely give up on this book! The plot of the story sounds so amazing and interesting, but did little to keep my attention. It is a very short book about 100 pages and there are more picture than there are words, probably three sentences per page. So i should have flown through this book, but i just could not get into it, and reading this book felt more like a chore, so i gave up! i feel i would have liked this book so much more if i was in middle school or elementary, i probably would have been able to relate more to the characters if i where younger! Overall i would recommend this book for fans of graphic novels because the illustrations where phenomenal and i would also recommend this book to kids 10 to 14
I absolutely give up on this book! The plot of the story sounds so amazing and interesting, but did little to keep my attention. It is a very short book about 100 pages and there are more picture than there are words, probably three sentences per page. So i should have flown through this book, but i just could not get into it, and reading this book felt more like a chore, so i gave up! i feel i would have liked this book so much more if i was in middle school or elementary, i probably would have been able to relate more to the characters if i where younger! Overall i would recommend this book for fans of graphic novels because the illustrations where phenomenal and i would also recommend this book to kids 10 to 14
librarianryan's review
4.0
4 Stars
A wonderfully illustrated graphic novel with an imaginative story.
A wonderfully illustrated graphic novel with an imaginative story.
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