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A review by bookertsfarm
Giant Days by Non Pratt, Boom! Studios
2.0
I was really excited about this novel when I first learned of it because I'm a a huge fan of the graphic novel. So when I saw it available on Hoopla, I thought it was the perfect excuse to give it a go. Let's just say I should have stuck with the graphic novel.
That's not to say there weren't things I didn't enjoy. I love Ester, the Goth chick, and think she is a blast. However, I found it sad that someone who has so much going for her spent so much of the novel trying to be best buds with the campus' other Goth chick when she was clearly so undeserving of such friendship. Susan is very sarcastic which I also found enjoyable but Daisy sort of got on my nerves.
I missed the artwork and I missed the fun. "Giant Days" just didn't seem to flow very well. Instead of the chapters uniting to form a cohesive take, I felt like each one with its own plotless story. In retrospect, it was kind of like comic book issues, but in written form and while that type of flow may work in comic book form, it did not here.
I wish I had liked Giant Days but I will still be following the graphic novel so there is that. Unless you're just curious, I really wouldn't recommend it.
That's not to say there weren't things I didn't enjoy. I love Ester, the Goth chick, and think she is a blast. However, I found it sad that someone who has so much going for her spent so much of the novel trying to be best buds with the campus' other Goth chick when she was clearly so undeserving of such friendship. Susan is very sarcastic which I also found enjoyable but Daisy sort of got on my nerves.
I missed the artwork and I missed the fun. "Giant Days" just didn't seem to flow very well. Instead of the chapters uniting to form a cohesive take, I felt like each one with its own plotless story. In retrospect, it was kind of like comic book issues, but in written form and while that type of flow may work in comic book form, it did not here.
I wish I had liked Giant Days but I will still be following the graphic novel so there is that. Unless you're just curious, I really wouldn't recommend it.