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A review by amazing_emily_anderson
Calvin by Martine Leavitt
2.0
Calvin has way too many connections to Bill Watterson's comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes" for them to be coincidental; his best friend is named Susie, he has a bully named Moe, and he even has a stuffed tiger named Hobbes. But the comic strip becomes all too real when Calvin gets diagnosed with Schizophrenia and he starts seeing and hearing a delusional tiger named Hobbes. Believing that one more comic strip from Bill Watterson will cure the hallucinations for good, Calvin sets out on a trek across frozen Lake Erie to set his mind straight.
This book was okay. The connection to Calvin and Hobbes was corny at best, desperate at worst. There were too many moments where I felt like the author was trying a little too hard to be profound, which manifested as blocks of philosophical dialogue between Calvin and Susie. I appreciated the effort that the author was trying to make, namely putting a twist on a classic comic like Calvin and Hobbes, but I think that it missed the mark a little bit.
This book was okay. The connection to Calvin and Hobbes was corny at best, desperate at worst. There were too many moments where I felt like the author was trying a little too hard to be profound, which manifested as blocks of philosophical dialogue between Calvin and Susie. I appreciated the effort that the author was trying to make, namely putting a twist on a classic comic like Calvin and Hobbes, but I think that it missed the mark a little bit.