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Lädt ... Viminy Crowe's Comic Bookvon Marthe Jocelyn
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. Utterly delightful comic romp through an actual comic. Wylder Wallace wants somewhere to eat his onion rings, but when the only available seat places him at a table with Addy Crowe they end up in an adventure far more exciting than anything they've seen at the ComicFest they're attending. Steampunk robots, an evil villain, a train robbery and a giant, helpful rat force Addy and Wylder into an uneasy alliance as they struggle to escape the pages of Viminy Crowe's comic and save Addy's beloved uncle from ruin. Lively comic panels throughout the book further the story and contribute to sense of being caught in a comic book. The story moves along at a good pace and alternates Addy's and Wylder's points of view, providing insight into both characters and their reluctant alliance that grows into friendship. My only disappointment was the failure to include the actual Flynn Goster comic at the end of the book. Although this is intended as a middle grade novel, any fan of comics, steampunk adventure, and stories featuring helpful pet rats should enjoy this light read. Note: this review is based on an ARC received from the publisher Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. Adventure! Robots! Trains! Thievery! Hot Air Balloons!... and two out-of-place kids and a giant rat. You might roll your eyes to think about yet another kids book where the kids fall into some sort of imaginary world, but Viminy Crowe's Comic Book manages to charm with its combination of strong characters, crazy shenanigans, actual comic illustrations, and strange page-flipping comic book mechanic. It's a hard book to put down, and a rare treat even for an adult reader. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. The blurb for this book is pretty much spot on, Viminy Crowe's Comic Book, is about a boy and a girl that meet at a comic-con and through some strange events are thrown into the world of one of the comics there. It was a fun book to read with lots of illustrations so that the reader could follow the comic book story as well as the actual one. There were a lot of funny moments that young readers will enjoy, overall I think this book is very much built for the young reader, which is great. I enjoyed reading it, it was a decent book, but I think the age group it is meant for will love this book. I believe that Viminy Crowe's Comic Book will speak to both girl and boy readers alike as the main characters alternate in their points of view. You can tell that Addy is thinking about the situation more logically than Wylder, and while I think that is a bit of a stereotype, I think that in the book it works well. As for the plot, it is fun, fast-paced, and interesting. There are a lot of really great parts and some lulls, but I think that it was a fun story. I love the idea of being dropped into a comic book, but at the same time, that sounds petrifying... I would recommend for younger readers, with the pictures, maybe even struggling readers - I think they will help; also for comic book lovers. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. This was a fun, fast-paced story, ideal for the young and reluctant reader. A great cross between real and fantasy life. Wylder Wallace and Addy Crowe become unlikely companions, and heroes, when they find themselves mysteriously drawn into Addy's uncle's new comic book adventure while visiting a comic book convention. The right mix of humour, adventure, danger, and suspense. Highly recommended. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Now in paperback. From two of Canada's most renowned children's authors comes a hilarious, action-packed comic adventure novel! When chubby, geeky Wylder Wallace spills lunch on cool and aloof Addy Crowe at Toronto's Comicon, she dashes to the bathroom, leaving behind the latest issue of her uncle's steampunk comic hit: FLYNN GOSTER in GOLD RUSH TRAIN. Wylder, a fan of the Flynn comics, opens this new one eagerly, astounded to see the girl who was just yelling at him inside the comic. Fascinated, he follows Addy into the bathroom, and the adventure begins ... Is there a personality conflict? Oh, yes. Addy wants to go home; Wylder wants to stay and explore the world of Viminy Crowe's comic book. Do things go wrong? You bet they do, from the very start, when Addy loses her pet rat, Catnip, and almost gets shot by a Red Rider. All the while the actual comic book story is going on around them. The train carries a fortune from the Yukon goldfields, and both dashing Flynn Goster (hero of a thousand disguises and thief extraordinaire) and villainous Professor Aldous Lickpenny (criminal genius, aided by malevolent robots but somewhat hampered by doltish nephew Nevins) have plans to steal the gold. There's romance too -- Flynn's old flame, the brilliant aviatrix, Isadora Fortuna, is traveling across Canada with her balloon, and her strangely familiar protégée Nelly Day. Addy and Wylder navigate the story with the aid of the comic book itself. Every page turn sends them to a different setting, from the Banff Springs Hotel to an alligator-wrestling arena in Florida. But when they finally find a portal back to the real world, catastrophe follows ... A hilarious thrill-ride of a story that will have kids laughing and on the edge of their seats with every turn of the page. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
LibraryThing Early Reviewers-AutorMarthe Jocelyns Buch Viminy Crowe's Comic Book wurde im Frührezensenten-Programm LibraryThing Early Reviewers angeboten. Aktuelle DiskussionenKeine
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While there are some other children's books in which the characters enter books or the plots of books, I've never before seen one in which the characters enter a comic book. Viminy Crowe's Comic Book feels exciting and new. The bulk of the book reads like a traditional novel, but it's interspersed with comic book pages depicting and continuing the action of the text. (The concept is similar to that of the [b:Travels of Thelonious|1078862|Travels of Thelonious (Fog Mound)|Susan Schade|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348594806s/1078862.jpg|1065586] series by [a:Susan Schade|40042|Susan Schade|https://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-d9f6a4a5badfda0f69e70cc94d962125.png] and [a:Jon Buller|40041|Jon Buller|https://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-d9f6a4a5badfda0f69e70cc94d962125.png], but the execution is different.)
The story was fun on its own, but I absolutely loved the comic art by [a:Claudia Davila|428476|Claudia Davila|https://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-d9f6a4a5badfda0f69e70cc94d962125.png]. She did a great job at depicting the characters and scenarios as described by Marthe Jocelyn & Richard Scrimger; everything looked exactly as I imagined.
It would be difficult to do a sequel to this book -- it would probably feel redundant instead of inventive -- but I would love to be in this world again. Perhaps Jocelyn, Scrimger, & Davila could create the Flynn Goster comics for real. I know I would read them!
I would especially recommend this book for kids who prefer comic books to novels -- what a great transition to the world of novels! -- as well as for anyone who enjoys adventure or dreams of being in the stories they read.
Note: I received a digital galley of this book through NetGalley. ( )