A teenage girl finds out she is part Faery. Sound familiar? That's because it has occurred in scores of YA fantasies, including earlier works by this same author. As a story, this is fine, but all the elements were too familiar to me from previous reading. Turning it into a graphic novel is a somewh...
Mildly interesting but derivative, though arguably a better fit for Black's talents than the Spiderwick Chronicles. In this case, the story is made more palatable by the sepulchral, if occasionally awkward, artwork of Ted Naifeh.
The Possum read it one day, then handed it to me. Good graphic novel. Nice use of the creepier faeries. Rue looks to me like Claire Danes from MY SO CALLED LIFE days, only with dark hair.I expect I'll read all of this they publish.
I really enjoy Holly Black's writing style and this one didn't disappoint. This is the first graphic novel I have read and it was nice for a change. It did take me longer to read than I would have thought since I was looking at the detail in the pictures. I guess a picture is worth a thousand words....
I have a love of faeries. Reading about them is becoming more of a obsession. This graphic novel brings the faerie mythology to the modern world. Giving it a thrilling mixture of adventure. The art is very good. There are many things to see with the art, such as, hidden faeries or other mythological...
Rue is trying not to worry. Her mother has disappeared after a terrible fight with her father. Right after her mother disappears her father is arrested and accused of murdering one of the students he teaches at the University. Rue knows her father didn’t do anything wrong, but doesn’t know how to...
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