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heypretty52's review
4.0
Teen private investigator to the undead, Agnes Quill has adventures big and small in a cursed Victorian city. Telgemeier's story delights in particular.
amarieb's review
4.0
I enjoyed it. Loved the short story format but I totally got the feeling that there was more story to it and I was missing it. Like there was another book that was written before it. Oh well. It was still very enjoyable!
peonylantern's review
4.0
This spooky and interesting graphic novel about a young detective who can see and speak with ghosts was a fun read. I particularly appreciate the traditional style of comic illustrating (this superhero comics) intermixed with a more cartoony style from story to story. It was a bit startling to switch reading gears after the last illustrated comic story to the prose of the last two chapters. Perhaps if they were interspersed between chapters, it wouldn't have been so jarring.
vreadsabook's review
3.0
3.5 stars. This book features a really interesting concept. Agnes and the world she inhabits is very likable, and the written account of her exploits at the end of the book is useful and interesting. The problem is that the individual stories, which are not necessarily given in chronological time, do not necessarily hang together well. This is not unexpected, given that each is from a different artist. The art, unlike the writing, ranges from very good (Jason Ho) to pretty awful.
This is a fun, quick read, and certainly enjoyable. Still, it is better in idea than in execution.
This is a fun, quick read, and certainly enjoyable. Still, it is better in idea than in execution.