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A review by mat_tobin
Mystery Club (Mr. Wolf's Class #2), Volume 2 by Aron Nels Steinke
3.0
I bought the second in the Mr. Wolf off the back of how much I enjoyed the first. Again, Steinke shares his astute observations of children in the classroom and playground environment and, because of this, these anthropomorphic characters feel more real than many human ones that I have encountered in books.
From those children who do all that they can to not do the work they are set, to those incidental conversations that are overheard, Steinke captures these moments in a way that I haven't encountered before and much of this is down to the medium of the graphic novel where he can play around with an extenuate scenarios.
Although I still prefer that first instalment, there is much to enjoy here. Steinke is gradually revealing the characteristics of the class and building relationships and backstories. I wanted a little more of Mr. Wolf in this but I suspect that the child reader will take more from Abdi's rule-breaking and associate with those awkward moments in the classroom in which 'love' and 'crush' have begun to surface.
From those children who do all that they can to not do the work they are set, to those incidental conversations that are overheard, Steinke captures these moments in a way that I haven't encountered before and much of this is down to the medium of the graphic novel where he can play around with an extenuate scenarios.
Although I still prefer that first instalment, there is much to enjoy here. Steinke is gradually revealing the characteristics of the class and building relationships and backstories. I wanted a little more of Mr. Wolf in this but I suspect that the child reader will take more from Abdi's rule-breaking and associate with those awkward moments in the classroom in which 'love' and 'crush' have begun to surface.