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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
WAY darker and more complex than I remember!!
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
tense
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi is the 1st book in the graphic novel series Amulet. It's an entertaining middle grade (I guess) fantasy series that follows brother and sister Emily and Navan and their mother as they move to an ancestral home to start a new life. This is a couple after a tragic car accident in which Emily & Navan's dad is killed. Mother decides that the family needs a new start.
And start they get. Kibuishi isn't one to rest on his laurels and let a story develop slowly. No he's not! No sooner do they arrive and begin cleaning the old home, then Emily finds her great grandfather's den and also a strange amulet. This seems to wake up something. What happens is that Mother is kidnapped by some creature and the children follow her down into the cellar and deeper into another world where they must enlist the aid of a group of strange robots? to help find their mother and save her life.
It's a fast-paced, exciting story, well drawn and colored and it keeps you turning the pages to see what happens next. Nice surprise at the end when the house they are staying in, in this other world, turns out to be much more than a house. I've now got Books 2 and 3 on my book shelf and can't wait to see what happens next. Wow! (4.0 stars)
And start they get. Kibuishi isn't one to rest on his laurels and let a story develop slowly. No he's not! No sooner do they arrive and begin cleaning the old home, then Emily finds her great grandfather's den and also a strange amulet. This seems to wake up something. What happens is that Mother is kidnapped by some creature and the children follow her down into the cellar and deeper into another world where they must enlist the aid of a group of strange robots? to help find their mother and save her life.
It's a fast-paced, exciting story, well drawn and colored and it keeps you turning the pages to see what happens next. Nice surprise at the end when the house they are staying in, in this other world, turns out to be much more than a house. I've now got Books 2 and 3 on my book shelf and can't wait to see what happens next. Wow! (4.0 stars)
Darker than k was expecting but loved the world building and the misfit of characters.
Kazu Kibuishi is one of my favorite comics artists. He is imaginative and whimsical. However, Amulet was disappointing. It lacked the zest and energy of his other works that I've read (short pieces in Flight Anthologies and the AMAZING Daisy Kutter.) However, it kept my interest and I was excited to see how the series progressed, plus his monsters and house robot were SWEET.
Reread 6/2024 - REALLY enjoyed this more on a reread. Something very timeless about this story.
Original thoughts in 2017: good, not remarkable. very interested to see where it goes from here! [in many months I'll probably pick up the next volume]
Original thoughts in 2017: good, not remarkable. very interested to see where it goes from here! [in many months I'll probably pick up the next volume]
adventurous
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No