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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
This is a great story line appropriate for any kids who understand the word "sexism" (which appears in the book and may confuse kids who have not previously heard the word). Some of the speech bubbles and frames are placed in an order that is not intuitive, so readers should be familiar with comic book layouts in order to parse the story.
This was great fun! The art is sometimes a little rough, but I really liked it all the same.
Fun! Please, someone other than Disney, make this a movie.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This series had been recommended at Book Riot Live as a great book to give kids as a part of advancing We Need Diverse Books. I'd had an eye out for it ever since, looking for it at book stores but never finding it. I finally got around to putting it on my hold list at the library.
Adrienne is a fun, fierce protagonist, even if she sometimes feels like a paper doll made of "rah, rah, girl power!" But I like her relationship with her dragon, and when she meets Bedelia, the blacksmith's daughter, there is a fantastic bit about women's armor. It's almost too much that Adrienne's brother is weak and weepy, but since it's mentioned that this is a change that has come on in the last month, I'm sure there will be a story behind it in time.
When I remind myself both that this is a book intended for middle-grade readers and that this first volume has a lot of world building and character establishment to do, I'm pretty happy with it. I also find it interesting that while the ruling family is black, the only acknowledgement of racism in the book world is some anti-dwarf sentiment. I'm hoping he goes somewhere interesting with that.
Promising enough that I bought a copy for Jefferson's classroom for my We Need Diverse Books challenge. And bought volumes 2&3 for Jefferson.
Adrienne is a fun, fierce protagonist, even if she sometimes feels like a paper doll made of "rah, rah, girl power!" But I like her relationship with her dragon, and when she meets Bedelia, the blacksmith's daughter, there is a fantastic bit about women's armor. It's almost too much that Adrienne's brother is weak and weepy, but since it's mentioned that this is a change that has come on in the last month, I'm sure there will be a story behind it in time.
When I remind myself both that this is a book intended for middle-grade readers and that this first volume has a lot of world building and character establishment to do, I'm pretty happy with it. I also find it interesting that while the ruling family is black, the only acknowledgement of racism in the book world is some anti-dwarf sentiment. I'm hoping he goes somewhere interesting with that.
Promising enough that I bought a copy for Jefferson's classroom for my We Need Diverse Books challenge. And bought volumes 2&3 for Jefferson.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
This was EXACTLY what I needed right now. I loved everything about it, from the art to the dragon to the AMAZING PRINCESS. Oh man. If you like fantasy and humor and dragons and girls being awesome then you should read this immediately. Yes.
The good:
- This graphic novel is full of strong, intelligent, capable female figures.
- One of the few graphic novels to feature a person of color as the protagonist.
- Strong, attractive art style.
- Large print and accessible language makes it perfect for young readers.
- Great use of pop culture references.
The bad:
- As sequential art, this graphic novel could have made some of the panels more clear. By that I mean some of the panels made it difficult to interpret the exact action playing out.
- I could have done with more detail on how the princess escaped the tower.
Final verdict:
A great comic, especially for young readers (and the young at heart) who want to branch away from the Disney archetypes.
- This graphic novel is full of strong, intelligent, capable female figures.
- One of the few graphic novels to feature a person of color as the protagonist.
- Strong, attractive art style.
- Large print and accessible language makes it perfect for young readers.
- Great use of pop culture references.
The bad:
- As sequential art, this graphic novel could have made some of the panels more clear. By that I mean some of the panels made it difficult to interpret the exact action playing out.
- I could have done with more detail on how the princess escaped the tower.
Final verdict:
A great comic, especially for young readers (and the young at heart) who want to branch away from the Disney archetypes.