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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
adventurous
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:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
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:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A beautiful, interesting, slightly corny wrap to the “Amulet” series, “Waverider” was gorgeous in illustrations as well as the chosen plot ending. Though the multiverse/multi-timeline trope was a tad bit confusing and a bit of a let down to due the exponential usage of this trope in recent media, commonly being use as a deus ex machina solution. What I did adore is the idea of Ikol being a program perceived by other universes as magic. Additionally I was thrilled by the arch Trellis and the Elves arch, especially coupled with the loss, war, growth from hardship and the grim truth that the war against corruption by Ikol was far from finished and required unification across planets, galaxies and time itself to overcome. Being able to bring back varying perspectives from all the characters to show that there was no “right-way” to fight this battle led to the beautiful conclusion that unification, making an effort and learning from both the past, present and those around us is all that can be done when overcoming an opposition this large, a lesson that can be applied to more than just this amazing graphic novel. Finally getting the chance to see this series come to an end as a large part of my middle school childhood and the reason that I found my love of graphic novels and continued to delve further into the world of reading . I am a thankful to Kazu Kibuishi and his team for all the joy, encouragement and wonder that they brought to I and other Amulet fans’ lives. I can only imagine how immense this undertaking was and want them to know that me getting to wait all 10 years for this was more than worth it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Xenophobia, War
I feel like there was a few gaps in the story but that just might because it's middle grade. Other than that a good ending to a good series.
Read this book almost 6 years after I last put down the series it was fun to step back in again but I wish I could’ve enjoyed it still as a child
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is a hard series to conclude, and while I would have been happy with many more books exploring the worlds of this series, I was satisfied with the way Kibuishi ended this series. This book got a little more direct about its themes, but I enjoyed the artwork and worldbuilding that happened.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
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:
Yes
dark
tense
fast-paced
As for concluding this series... everything is literally so rushed. We jump from plot point to plot point in a matter of pages. This is especially caused by the fact that Emily has gained two new abilities: deadpan dialogue and talk-no-jutsu! Literally everything she says is so flat and to the point that it's nearly corny. Along with that, every conversation she has with antagonists goes along the lines of: "stop it. believe in yourself." And then they do! And they're saved! This happens for practically every antagonist she comes across.
While it wraps up some things, it leaves the rest open, and I don't know if there's a plan for a second series, or that's just all there is, an ambiguous ending, but it wasn't as satisfying as I was hoping. I still feel relatively confused about a lot of the story elements.
While it wraps up some things, it leaves the rest open, and I don't know if there's a plan for a second series, or that's just all there is, an ambiguous ending, but it wasn't as satisfying as I was hoping. I still feel relatively confused about a lot of the story elements.
adventurous
emotional
slow-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:
Yes