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hannahs_bookshelf13's review against another edition
4.0
The art style wasn’t my favorite, but it was pretty epic
lbarsk's review against another edition
4.0
Pirate queen pirate queen pirate queen!
Moved a little fast for me but overall a cool introduction to a historical lady I hadn’t heard of before.
Moved a little fast for me but overall a cool introduction to a historical lady I hadn’t heard of before.
dangermom's review against another edition
5.0
Over all it was wonderful learning about the life of such a badass historic figure. The art was a bit lackluster, but did a great job accompanying the story.
khobson1's review against another edition
5.0
i actually didn’t know grace o’malley was a real person so that made this graphic novel 10 times better!
elysareadsitall's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this graphic novel about Grace O'Malley. The story was compelling, and the art was fantastic at pulling me further into the story.
elishasbookreview's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
fast-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? N/A
5.0
mxmaggie__'s review against another edition
2.0
While this book is inspired by real events and real people, it choose to take quite a few liberties with history, and didn't even have great storytelling as a pay off for its revisions. The number one flaw with this story was it's desire to cover far too much time, in far too few pages. They wanted to take us from Grace's childhood to her elder years, which never gave us the chance to connect with any characters or story lines. Her husband was killed by the British? I guess that's a bummer, but I only had about 8 panels to get to know him. Her new lover, was also killed by the British? Well I literally just met him, so... I intellectually understand that's bad. Her one son sold out her other son which led the second son's murder, and now she's forgiving her first son, who I've never seen before? Sure, why not. Further this book ran wild with the truth --Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots are sisters?-- but since Grace O'Malley is not a historical figure I'm familiar with I had no ability to pull fact from fiction. And I don't think young readers would be able to either.