Why I picked itSimilarly to The Lost Boy, I decided to pick this book up when I happened to be at the library because I wanted something between reading my backlisted TBR on my shelves at home. So, this graphic novel caught my eye! SummaryIn a town where all women are witches, a boy (Bucky)'s sister goes missing. No one seems to know what happened to her, and her father, though the Sheriff, can't look into some of the top suspects because they are witches and protected by law. But that doesn't mean that Bucky can't investigate. With a little bit of help from his childhood best friend, Bucky goes on a hunt to find out what happened to his sister. At the same time, his mother, a witch with powers to control the weather, can't control her tears falling (which in turn means it won't stop raining). As conditions in town get worse, it looks like Bucky will never find out what happened. What I likedThe illustrations are absolutely GORGEOUS. Probably some of my favorite in a graphic novel ever so far. Everything was detailed, yet easy to absorb and see what all is going on. There was a nice mix of dark and light illustrations, just a slight bit of color, and overall, just beautiful scenes. I also loved the story. There was a good premise, and you're rooting for Bucky to find his sister. He gets to find out more about the town he lives in than he knew before. There are tensions between characters that I wasn't sure why they were there until the reasons were slowly revealed. And the ending- THE ENDING -caught be so off guard. It ended perfectly, kind of bittersweet in different ways, but I did NOT see it coming (which I often love when I'm reading a mystery). The characters were developed well for such a short story. I got to know Bucky and what was important to him and some of his deeper desires. I got to know the coven of witches that he immediately assumes kidnapped his sister. There are mysteries and tensions (as I mentioned above) between characters and I love that they are alluded to, and nothing is really explicitly said until you get a couple of flashbacks and see what happened and brought things to the point they are at now. The characters were interesting and lovable, and they kept me interested throughout the book. What I didn't LikeMost everything was great. At times, it seemed like the story was going in an unimportant direction, but every time, the clue Bucky was following somehow fit into the end scheme (did I mention it surprised me?). So even that complaint I had while I was reading was resolved by the time I finished it. Overall Impression 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Favorite graphic novel of the year so far!! This was such a fun read, super quick and lovely. I'm glad I added it to my stack of books for February!
If you love cute mysteries and you love magic, this is a world you need to dive into. You'll be sucked in!
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Why I Picked ItI go through these phases where I want to read graphic novels. So when my husband *finally* went to the library with me to get his library card, I decided to grab a couple. I'm really truly trying to avoid the library for now and work on my physical TBR at home. But I breeze through most graphic novels and picked up a couple of them so that I could have a small break from my other TBR reads. And, since I picked up a graphic novel, it's the perfect book to count for my Scenic Route stamp for my #2020ReadingPassport! SummaryFifty or so years ago, a boy disappeared, and no one knew what happened to him. He was a boy interested in recording his thoughts and discoveries on his late mother's tape recorder, but the tapes seemed more like the musings of a young boy rather than clues to his disappearance. At least to those who didn't believe. There's a world of shadows and animals that talk and dolls that walk, but it's a world only children seem to be able to see, and only if they believe. Jump to the present, and a young boy moves into an old house with his parents and upon picking his room, finds an old tape recorder under a loose floorboard. Then the strange neighbor girl explains what the tapes mean and the strange things that are out and about in the woods and in their town, and they set out on a journey to find out what happened fifty years ago. What I LIkedI liked the illustrations. They were pretty darn good. Not necessarily my favorites, but I didn't dislike them either. I thought they were very well done. I also loved that depending on whose point of view it was, when it was in the past, the background of the page was black, and the present had a white background. It helped me keep the two timelines straight very easily. Another thing I liked about the book was the characters. You weren't exactly sure at the beginning who was "good" and who was "bad" because it was kind of hard to tell until more was explained to you. I liked the mystery of not knowing what exactly was going on at the very beginning. What I didn't LikeThe storyline was really predictable. Like, SUPER predictable I generally knew where it was going, I knew who the "bad guy" was right off the bat, and I figured out most of the story once the beginning mystery was explained and wore off. My brain always tries to guess what's going to happen, and I love stories so much more when they surprise me and don't go the way I thought they would. So having such a predictable plot was a bit of a disappointment for me. I was kind of hoping for a twist, but I didn't get much of one. Overall Impression 🌟🌟🌟Overall, this was a decent book. Will I pick it up again? No. But did I dislike it? Also no. It was just a very average read for me, but it was kind of nice to break up my other reading with a graphic novel like this one!
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