A review by marquessa17
History Comics: The Roanoke Colony: America's First Mystery by Chris Schweizer

2.0

I recently read another History Comics and really liked that one. However, I am not feeling the same about the Roanoke Colony. The main thing that is missing is that the storytelling in this one was not as interesting to follow. When I was reading the Great Chicago Fire, there was a main story between a brother and sister as they traveled through Chicago during the fire. As the reader you learned facts along the way, while also reading what was happening with the characters. The author did a great job and even thought it was informative I didn't feel like I was reading something for school or a textbook. Sadly, the history comics for The Roanoke Colony felt exactly like that, a boring textbook. There was a storyline but it was not interesting and it didn't feel important to the book. It was more of facts overload with two narrators. I would recommend the previous book I read in the series but not this one. I think that kids will also have difficulty reading it unless they are history lovers or reading it for their fourth grade VA History learning.