Reviews - Kryptoeläintirteen alkeet

251 reviews for:

Kryptoeläintirteen alkeet

Sylvia Douyé, Paola Antista

3.52 AVERAGE

libraryrobin's review against another edition

2.0

The art is cute but I couldn't connect with any of the characters. Not a series for me.

cmstein's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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: Yes

shyster's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

jennamonaco's review against another edition

4.0

Loved the imaginative creatures and storyline! The images are stunning and there’s a new mystery around every corner.

readingrobin's review against another edition

1.5

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Not to be too mean about it, but this was a headache of a comic. Between the six plot threads all going on at once, the jerky, rough transitions between scenes, and the fast pace just culminate in a really disappointing, dizzying read. There also so much telling rather than showing, which on more than one occasion had me going back to certain pages just to remember where certain characters were.

And all the plot twists and turns really didn't help make the story anymore coherent. Just when I thought an issue was solved it was like BAM red herring and another red herring. It feels like these characters are always jumping to conclusions without really considering all the evidence, leading to so many false leads that it was difficult to keep up with.

A little thing that also bothered me was how the comic treated text boxes and speech bubbles as these interchangeable ways of communicating the thoughts and words of the main character. There are moments when okay, this text box contains a thought or continuing a line of dialogue from a past panel, fine. But then there are moments when other characters are replying to that text box in real time, as, from the context of the scene, it was a piece of spoken dialogue, which doesn't make sense from a formatting standpoint. It was just maddening to see and makes certain scenes all the more confusing.

It's such a shame that all of these elements turned me off a comic that has such a wonderful look to it, with imaginative creature designs and beautiful locations with ethereal uses of color.