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dembury's review against another edition
3.0
A pretty fun read that's kind of a combination of Scooby-Doo, Supernatural, and a whole lotta science-y stuff. The main characters are sweet, and I'm interested to see how they develop. I think the overall concept is cool, but it's lacking a that OOMPH that really would have made it stand out. I'll keep reading because I have faith in John Allison, but I'm hoping for a little more next time. The whole time I was reading this volume I wasn't exactly sure what to expect, which can be a good thing sometimes, but in the end I just felt a bit meh about it all.
danileighta's review against another edition
I am a massive Giant Days fan, so I wanted to try out another Allison book. I liiiiiked this one, but I can't say that I am chomping at the bit to get to volume 2. Don't get me wrong, I will read volume 2, I just didn't feel like enough happened in this volume. We'll see!!
jennikreads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
4.5
itsambarnotamber's review against another edition
4.0
More like a 3.75. Is it as good as Lumberjanes or other graphic novels in that class? No. This story jumps around (both with the characters and in the story) that doesn't always make sense or is necessarily entertaining but the art was cool and it was a good enough read. Will I continue the series? Probably not.
sarknado's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
libeerian's review against another edition
2.0
The story felt very flat and boring. I didn't know enough about the characters to be interested in any of them, while their motivations seemed random. A lot of the more interesting action happens off-page, while the reader is left with the boring bits of in-action. I love Giant Days and would probably read more with a hope it improves, but I can't recommend this.
tomesproject's review against another edition
3.0
This is a bizarre little book that I picked up by author-ship alone when I saw it on comic stands last year. John Allison has been putting out the phenomenal work that is Giant Days for years now, and like the beginning of that series, I'm unsure of exactly how I feel about it. It was good and I enjoyed the paranormal elements thrown in, bizarre as they may be, but I'm more excited of what could be. This is a great set-up to what I hope is a series that continues and grows in scale.
rin_kate_katie's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
helpfulsnowman's review against another edition
2.0
The first half, before the stuff happens, is weird and oddly hard to read. It's disjointed somehow. Like you're thrown into the story as it's already in progress, which people say is good, but you just want people to FEEL like that's what's happening, but really what you do is cleverly hide the exposition in between the stuffs happening. This felt like I was in the middle of stuff for real, which means I didn't really know what was going on, but also I didn't care.
Then the stuff happens, but here's what's weird: The stuff happens, and we see almost none of it. Imagine the Twilight Zone is a doorway. And what you watch isn't a show about it was Earth all along or whatever, you watch a show about people watching a show about how it was Earth all along. You see them go into a theater, then come out, and they're like, Whoa, that was a weird one, eh?
What's even WEIRDER is that the stuff happening outside the Twilight Zone door is better once a couple characters step through the Twilight Zone door. So even though we're not seeing what happens behind the door, it's only after we watch the characters go through the door that the story gets any steam.
And this is the truly weird part: The story doesn't get good BECAUSE the characters went through the door. It just happens to be better and more interesting after it happens.
Maybe it's because the characters that go through the door (manic pixie dream girl and slightly less manic amateur filmmaker who is really boring and makes you wish she'd just been a maic pixie dream girl) are less fun than the characters on the other side (dopey guy and dopey dad). We temporarily lose the zeros and get with the heroes.
So, I don't know, I don't really give a shit about Fantasy Dimension Girls or whatever the original story was. I'm more into Dad and Teen Hang Out Comedy Story In A Warehouse. And I don't think that's the story that continues, so this is where I jump off the train.
Then the stuff happens, but here's what's weird: The stuff happens, and we see almost none of it. Imagine the Twilight Zone is a doorway. And what you watch isn't a show about it was Earth all along or whatever, you watch a show about people watching a show about how it was Earth all along. You see them go into a theater, then come out, and they're like, Whoa, that was a weird one, eh?
What's even WEIRDER is that the stuff happening outside the Twilight Zone door is better once a couple characters step through the Twilight Zone door. So even though we're not seeing what happens behind the door, it's only after we watch the characters go through the door that the story gets any steam.
And this is the truly weird part: The story doesn't get good BECAUSE the characters went through the door. It just happens to be better and more interesting after it happens.
Maybe it's because the characters that go through the door (manic pixie dream girl and slightly less manic amateur filmmaker who is really boring and makes you wish she'd just been a maic pixie dream girl) are less fun than the characters on the other side (dopey guy and dopey dad). We temporarily lose the zeros and get with the heroes.
So, I don't know, I don't really give a shit about Fantasy Dimension Girls or whatever the original story was. I'm more into Dad and Teen Hang Out Comedy Story In A Warehouse. And I don't think that's the story that continues, so this is where I jump off the train.