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Lumberjanes: Unicorn Power!
by Mariko Tamaki
As a fan of the LumberJane graphic novels I was really looking forward to this novel buuut. It’s just not as good as the graphic novels. The writing was so annoying and while the characters came off mostly the same as in the graphic novel I just found them more annoying in this and not as well developed as I thought they’d be given that this is a book and has more time for that.
I am of course older than the audience this book is intended for but I expected this to be something I would’ve loved to read when I was the intended age and it just wasn’t that great all around. I wanted more adventure! I wanted more action! I wanted it not to jump around the way it did - which admittedly w little kid probably wouldn’t notice but I did. At the end of the day I do think young girls would probably enjoy this but I would recommend the graphic novels over this as I think they’re definitely a step above this story. It’s whimsical, it’s fun but there are better books out there. Another great alternative or just a recommendation if someone or their kid did enjoy this book would be Pip Bartlett’s Guide To Magical Creatures - it has a similar feel to this and is better written and more adventurous.
I am of course older than the audience this book is intended for but I expected this to be something I would’ve loved to read when I was the intended age and it just wasn’t that great all around. I wanted more adventure! I wanted more action! I wanted it not to jump around the way it did - which admittedly w little kid probably wouldn’t notice but I did. At the end of the day I do think young girls would probably enjoy this but I would recommend the graphic novels over this as I think they’re definitely a step above this story. It’s whimsical, it’s fun but there are better books out there. Another great alternative or just a recommendation if someone or their kid did enjoy this book would be Pip Bartlett’s Guide To Magical Creatures - it has a similar feel to this and is better written and more adventurous.