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kittykult's review against another edition
4.0
In the second book of the Oddly Normal series, Oddly is settling in to life in Fignation after she accidentally wished her parents would disappear. She has a new group of friends and is starting to learn more about her mother. However, just like life in the real world, Oddly still has to deal with a group of bullies and things aren't quite as normal as they seem with Oddly. I really enjoyed this book, even though I was a bit late getting around to reviewing it. Fignation reminded me a little bit of Halloweentown. I just looked it up and the 4th book is finally supposed to be released this year after a long hiatus, so that's good news.
Note: I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley. I was not compensated in any other fashion for the review and the opinions reflected below are entirely my own. Special thanks to the publisher and author for providing the copy.Note: I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley. I was not compensated in any other fashion for the review and the opinions reflected below are entirely my own. Special thanks to the publisher and author for providing the copy.
Note: I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley. I was not compensated in any other fashion for the review and the opinions reflected below are entirely my own. Special thanks to the publisher and author for providing the copy.Note: I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley. I was not compensated in any other fashion for the review and the opinions reflected below are entirely my own. Special thanks to the publisher and author for providing the copy.
srl5041's review against another edition
4.0
Love the illustrations. Every page is full of vibrant colors, odd worlds, and interesting characters. The storyline is sure to make you giggle! What a fantastic comic series!
scostner's review against another edition
4.0
Oddly is still in the land of Fignation, where her mother grew up. She is staying with her aunt as they try to figure out what happened to Oddly's parents when she made her birthday wish and they disappeared. How can they find them and get them back? Her first time at the nearby middle school didn't go very well and several students seem to be out to kill her or at least scare into returning to the real world. In this second collection (issues #6-10), Oddly visits her new friends Reggie, Ragnar, and Misty and receives a birthday gift from the boys. It seems that their father worked for Dr Frankenstein and continued on with his experiments; Oopie is one of his creations and bonds with Oddly when she picks it up. As she starts her first full week at Menagerie Middle School, things don't seem to have changed much, but it is funny to see the kids who attacked her on the way home from school last week sporting bandages and crutches. Will those who are trying to get rid of her make another attempt? On a positive note, she does get invited to a Rocketball game that Reggie's team is playing. We will have to wait for issue #11 to see how the game goes.
Oddly's story shows the feeling of not belonging and being out of sorts that many tweens and teens experience, but she has very identifiable reasons for those feelings. After all, she is half-human and half-witch, she has pointy ears and green hair, no one from her school in the real world has ever attended her birthday parties, and she never got to meet any of her grandparents. It would be hard not to feel "odd" under those circumstances, and to perhaps wish for things to change. But she does have support from her new friends, her aunt, and her companion Oopie as she tries to get her parents back and repair her life. It is encouraging to see that she still has kindness and compassion for others, despite how she has been treated in the real world and in Fignation. These are great books for fans of comics and graphic novels of all ages.
I read an e-book provided by the publisher for review purposes.
Oddly's story shows the feeling of not belonging and being out of sorts that many tweens and teens experience, but she has very identifiable reasons for those feelings. After all, she is half-human and half-witch, she has pointy ears and green hair, no one from her school in the real world has ever attended her birthday parties, and she never got to meet any of her grandparents. It would be hard not to feel "odd" under those circumstances, and to perhaps wish for things to change. But she does have support from her new friends, her aunt, and her companion Oopie as she tries to get her parents back and repair her life. It is encouraging to see that she still has kindness and compassion for others, despite how she has been treated in the real world and in Fignation. These are great books for fans of comics and graphic novels of all ages.
I read an e-book provided by the publisher for review purposes.
tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
3.0
Oddly Normal is a perfectly adequate book. I quite like Frampton's art style, and Oddly herself is a fine protagonist who neatly inverts the "magical girl" trope by being the only nonmagical girl in a school full of supernaturals (I mean, she's half witch, but so far, that only means that she's a pariah in both Earth [I refuse to call it "The Real World," because I think it's utterly ridiculous to imagine that the residents of Fignation would call it that] and Fignation).
It's just that I'm now 2/3 of the way through the story, and nothing in it has grabbed me yet. It's fine, with little I can point at as objectionable, but nothing stands out as memorable, either.
It's just that I'm now 2/3 of the way through the story, and nothing in it has grabbed me yet. It's fine, with little I can point at as objectionable, but nothing stands out as memorable, either.
breereadsbooks's review
4.0
I just think this is an adorable family-friendly read with some really neat panel design.
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