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A review by kapellosaur
Legends of the Dark Crystal, Vol. 1: The Garthim Wars by Heidi Arnhold, Max Kim, Sarah Tangney, Tim Beedle, Barbara Randall Kesel
2.0
I liked the premise of this book but unfortunately it was a bit of a struggle to get through for me.
The storyline was broadly fine but I found the two main characters difficult to root for, especially since the romantic angle between them felt forced. It struck me as odd that the Gelfling in this version of The Dark Crystal had extremely similar customs to us, down to the point where an elder Gelfling woman was even asking the female protag when she was going to settle down with a guy.
The artwork was beautiful but the artist didn't really pin down the Gelfling look; the characters look basically human with only really full profile views of faces showing the muzzle and the eyes being basically human too. It stopped it feeling like it was set in the same world as the film.
The storyline was broadly fine but I found the two main characters difficult to root for, especially since the romantic angle between them felt forced. It struck me as odd that the Gelfling in this version of The Dark Crystal had extremely similar customs to us, down to the point where an elder Gelfling woman was even asking the female protag when she was going to settle down with a guy.
The artwork was beautiful but the artist didn't really pin down the Gelfling look; the characters look basically human with only really full profile views of faces showing the muzzle and the eyes being basically human too. It stopped it feeling like it was set in the same world as the film.