Charles Dowd

I was really excited to read this book because I love a lot of the middle grade fantasy graphic novels that are coming out by various authors. Unfortunately I was a bit disappointed by this book. I thought the artwork was a bit rough and unfinished looking and the story was kind of disjointed and confusing.

Lilith Dark likes to imagine herself as a great warrior fighting monsters; even when she’s just doing regular everyday activities. However, when she chases a kitten into the Beastie Tree things get a little bit too real.

The artwork had some nice coloration to it but I felt like it was inconsistent throughout; some of it was good and some felt really unfinished. Additionally I thought the story was a bit disjointed and confusing. It’s hard to follow if Lilith is making things up, if she’s in the real world, or if she’s dealing with a monster world of real beasties. Maybe that’s the point of the story but it felt kind of disjointed to me.

Overall this was okay but not great; I don’t plan on reading future books in the series. I gave it to my 10 year old son to read and he felt the same way about it, he said “It was okay but I don’t want to read any more of these.”… (mais)