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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
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:
Complicated
Happiness! Another comic that is challenging stereotypes about race and gender!
Ha! I love a fairy tale turned upside-down! Perfect for all middle school readers and a great heroine to shake up the apple cart!
This one really lived up to the hype. Wonderful characters, solid writing, laugh out loud plot moments. Can't wait to pick up volume two.
The artwork in this is awesome and I love the premise. Great story and I will continue reading to see where this goes.
A bit on the nose, but well done. The adventure into the blacksmith's shop was especially delightful (Why does all the armor for women protect their chests and nothing else?).
I'll definitely try to get this series into my classroom.
I'll definitely try to get this series into my classroom.
I loved this! I need to buy a copy and read the rest in the series. Highly recommend.
This is pretty fantastic. It's just what every little brown girl deserves: a totally usual fairy tale setting, just with a brown girl instead of a white girl. Clearly it's inspired by the Paper Bag Princess and similar heroines, and it also reminded me a lot of the absurdity of Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Every single cliche and trope is here--on purpose. It's totally sillypants and very obvious with its pointed critique of traditional hero/heroine tales and fairy tales, but it's done in the way that's SO OBVIOUS and yet not annoying, really. I don't know how exactly that was managed, but it was. Pointing out how women action heroines in comics wear ridiculous clothes? Check. Misogynist king? Check. Lazy father who gets all the credit for doing stuff when it's actually his child doing the work and him at the pub all day? Check. Goofy dragon? Also check. All kinds of stuff went on, and yet it was really fun. Also, points for it being a brown girl who just exists and is brown, because it's fantasyland - there was no sassy black girl (she was sassy, but it was very Princess Elizabeth), no big butt, no AAVE...just kicking ass.
To be fair, some criticisms: it was clearly put together in about five minutes; there were all kinds of misspelled words and missing punctuation marks. And the beginning little frame device is rather heavy handed. And I wish she hadn't had to get rid of the curls as she aged, because that makes her look more civilized and mature or something - stop hating on the natural hair, everyone! But all in all, I liked. Totally fun. Would love to read more.
To be fair, some criticisms: it was clearly put together in about five minutes; there were all kinds of misspelled words and missing punctuation marks. And the beginning little frame device is rather heavy handed. And I wish she hadn't had to get rid of the curls as she aged, because that makes her look more civilized and mature or something - stop hating on the natural hair, everyone! But all in all, I liked. Totally fun. Would love to read more.
4.7 - Funny, in-your-face fantasy send-up from a guy who just wanted to write something that made sense to his daughter. Family friendly and highly recommended-something Pixar could easily turn into a touching and hilarious story with a few minor tweaks.