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A review by roxanamalinachirila
Asterix şi cosorul de aur by René Goscinny
5.0
I grew up reading Asterix and Obelix's adventures - the few volumes I could get, that is. If there's one thing I've always regretted about growing up in a mostly Hungarian town, it's that no Romanian bookshop could survive for long (and I don't speak Hungarian). So I bought the books I could while they were available... if I had money. Or, at other times, people bought me books and made me happy.
Asterix and Obelix were probably my favorites, even above Donald Duck. I loved the puns, even if I didn't get all of them, I loved the characters, the stories, the world, the details. I'll probably never be able to reread the comics without nostalgia glasses on.
In this particular volume, the druid breaks his golden sickle and it's up to Asterix and Obelix to go to Lutetia (ancient Paris) and get a replacement - but of course, things aren't quite that simple. The sickle-maker has vanished, and there's something fishy going on. Will punny names let us readers know who the bad guys are? Will Asterix and Obelix fix it with a bit of sleuthing and a few fist fights? Will the Romans be exasperated by the two Gauls? To all of those, the answer is "yes".
Asterix and Obelix were probably my favorites, even above Donald Duck. I loved the puns, even if I didn't get all of them, I loved the characters, the stories, the world, the details. I'll probably never be able to reread the comics without nostalgia glasses on.
In this particular volume, the druid breaks his golden sickle and it's up to Asterix and Obelix to go to Lutetia (ancient Paris) and get a replacement - but of course, things aren't quite that simple. The sickle-maker has vanished, and there's something fishy going on. Will punny names let us readers know who the bad guys are? Will Asterix and Obelix fix it with a bit of sleuthing and a few fist fights? Will the Romans be exasperated by the two Gauls? To all of those, the answer is "yes".