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aimmyarrowshigh's review
4.0
3.5 rounded up. Caveat: I have an extreme anti-unicorn bias that made this book challenging for me. I just really hate the infantilization of millennial women via unicorn culture and by extension, I hate unicorns. And this didn't have quite the same punch in its emotional range as the original comics. But still, a delightful and fast-paced read.
jrlibros's review
3.0
Noah’s first chapter book! Started reading a chapter or two daily with him and finished it just before his 4th birthday.
dlberglund's review
5.0
When I picked this up at the used book store, I thought i was picking up the original graphic novel, which I haven’t read. This was, instead the first chapter book (with occasional illustration) about the continuing adventures of the Lumberjanes of Roanoke cabin.
This was probably the most feminist, most positive depiction of the varieties of ways to be a (young) woman of anything I have read recently. I was a little blown away, in fact, by all the ways, both overt and subtle, that girls were encouraged to follow their passions, be a girl in whatever way works for them. Bake cakes! Rock climb! Collect plants! Search for dragons! Carve wood! Invent things! Make plans! Make music! Forge a trail! Forge metal! Eat pancakes! It's all good.... and it blew me away.
This was probably the most feminist, most positive depiction of the varieties of ways to be a (young) woman of anything I have read recently. I was a little blown away, in fact, by all the ways, both overt and subtle, that girls were encouraged to follow their passions, be a girl in whatever way works for them. Bake cakes! Rock climb! Collect plants! Search for dragons! Carve wood! Invent things! Make plans! Make music! Forge a trail! Forge metal! Eat pancakes! It's all good.... and it blew me away.
iruea's review against another edition
3.0
3.5
Lo que más me ha sorprendido de este libro es la capacidad que tiene la autora para transmitir espíritu de los comics a una novela.
Lo que más me ha sorprendido de este libro es la capacidad que tiene la autora para transmitir espíritu de los comics a una novela.
jcampbell's review
adventurous
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? No
3.0
An alright read really picks up in terms of pacing and excitement in the second half, but the book falls flat at points which is likely due to the transition from comic books to a middle grade story. Just read the comics
jjones229's review
3.0
I really like the Lumberjanes comics and so do our readers at school so I really wanted to enjoy this novelisation. Sadly I'm not convinced that the quirky, at times arch humour transferred as well to the longer textual format. At times the story was laboured and the book definitely dragged in the middle. The plot itself (finding some smelly unicorns and a mythical mountain) wasn't exciting enough to sustain my interest, let alone a younger reader's and although I did enjoy the deeper exploration of some of the characters' personalities I still feel that this is done neater and with more lightness of touch in the comics.
ericawrites's review
3.0
I'm a massive fan of the Lumberjanes graphic novels, and this prose with a few illustrations book is a delightful addition to the Lumberjanes canon. They're such great fantasy adventure books for kids. The plot of Unicorn Power! isn't groundbreaking amongst Lumberjanes stories, but it's fun and cute. This is more of an April story, but each girl in the Roanoke cabin shines.
treereadingabook's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5