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A review by a_h_haga
Agatha H. and the Airship City by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
5.0
4.5/5 stars
This book is based on the popular webcomic Girl Genius and is a novelization of the story in the comic.
I've been a fan of the comic for 7 years now, but was unsure if I should pick up the books or not. I was afraid the writing wouldn't be any good, and therefor ruin the comic for me.
Turned out I had nothing to be scared about.
As a fan of the comic I already knew where the story was going in this book, but that didn't hold me back. On the other hand I think it enlightened the story for me, 'cause I now could look for tips to what was going to happen early in the story. The story is also fleshed out in the book, so I got some answers I've missed or forgotten while reading the comic, and at the same time I got a better perspective of time in the story, and there were some original parts as well that were great fun!
As I mentioned over, I was scared the writing wouldn't work for me, but thankfully it did!
The writing is easy to follow and I flew through the pages. The chapters were all rather long - none under 20 pages - but I didn't really notice.
My only problem with this book was that some places the writing made me think of notes taken to the comicpages. A few sentences here and there in the book that slowed the general flow, and some places the writing seemed a bit childish.
But all in all this book was a lot of fun, and I actually laughed out loud - something I never do with books - but Jägerkin just speaks to me!
Also, this is what I think of when I think of steampunk. Fun clanks, fighting, corsets and goggles.
All in all a fun fast read I'm SO glad I picked up!
NOTE: I may find this book so good because I already have a big relationship to the story and characters, so if you haven't checked out the comic, you may not find it as fun.
Link to comic: http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20021104#.WLwTl_krJPY
This book is based on the popular webcomic Girl Genius and is a novelization of the story in the comic.
I've been a fan of the comic for 7 years now, but was unsure if I should pick up the books or not. I was afraid the writing wouldn't be any good, and therefor ruin the comic for me.
Turned out I had nothing to be scared about.
As a fan of the comic I already knew where the story was going in this book, but that didn't hold me back. On the other hand I think it enlightened the story for me, 'cause I now could look for tips to what was going to happen early in the story. The story is also fleshed out in the book, so I got some answers I've missed or forgotten while reading the comic, and at the same time I got a better perspective of time in the story, and there were some original parts as well that were great fun!
As I mentioned over, I was scared the writing wouldn't work for me, but thankfully it did!
The writing is easy to follow and I flew through the pages. The chapters were all rather long - none under 20 pages - but I didn't really notice.
My only problem with this book was that some places the writing made me think of notes taken to the comicpages. A few sentences here and there in the book that slowed the general flow, and some places the writing seemed a bit childish.
But all in all this book was a lot of fun, and I actually laughed out loud - something I never do with books - but Jägerkin just speaks to me!
Also, this is what I think of when I think of steampunk. Fun clanks, fighting, corsets and goggles.
All in all a fun fast read I'm SO glad I picked up!
NOTE: I may find this book so good because I already have a big relationship to the story and characters, so if you haven't checked out the comic, you may not find it as fun.
Link to comic: http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20021104#.WLwTl_krJPY