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librose 's review for:
Issunboshi: A Graphic Novel
by Ryan Lang
Thank you Oni Press and Netgalley for providing a copy of this novel in exchange for a fair, honest review.
This is a beautifully illustrated graphic novel based on a Japanese folktale that might strike readers as a Japanese version of Thumbelina. It tells the story of the thumb-sized hero whose heart and strength helps him take on much bigger villains, and save the day. The style is very modern Disney, so very expressive and appealing, black and white images, with action that has probably been inspired by Anti-man movies, and the violence is appropriate for middle grade/secondary school. The story is relatively simple and straight forward, and tells it well for the number of pages (under 200 pages) but I feel like there was potential for a deeper story and more detail, if it had been a longer novel or a short series.
This is a beautifully illustrated graphic novel based on a Japanese folktale that might strike readers as a Japanese version of Thumbelina. It tells the story of the thumb-sized hero whose heart and strength helps him take on much bigger villains, and save the day. The style is very modern Disney, so very expressive and appealing, black and white images, with action that has probably been inspired by Anti-man movies, and the violence is appropriate for middle grade/secondary school. The story is relatively simple and straight forward, and tells it well for the number of pages (under 200 pages) but I feel like there was potential for a deeper story and more detail, if it had been a longer novel or a short series.