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Fantastic. Fun characters with heart and clever format. I like how it talked about comic strips and manga as well as other cultural touchstones and references to Canada. Also reference recent forms of media. Nathalie being teased for being a snob was great. I didn't always love the diary pages.
Great drawing style, with some fun style variations.
A review I read compared Molly to Amelia Bedelia, which I thought was very fitting. I very much enjoyed this book, although that doesn't mean Molly's portrayal isn't problematic. This book takes place within the last 20 years, this isn't explicitly stated, but it mentions texting/smart phones. It isn't so much that Molly is unbelievable it's unbelievable that autism/neurodivergence doesn't get mentioned. Molly talks about school, so I find it hard to believe that a teacher never sent home a note or something, although one could suppose Gran knew but never explicitly told Molly (cringe).
I did enjoy the book: the pacing, the colorful names and many of the characters were well done. However the more I think and try analyze the more I'm unsure. The missing pillow bothered me for some time, and I feel somewhat unsatisfied but it's explanation
I think I will give this book another listen before my book club meets.
On the second listen I was more satisfied with the ending.
Lovely prosePage 5 “He opened his eyes and into them came the unbridled anger of a kidnapped king.”Page 84 “Faithfulness and devotion, things born of fire and roof, were his; yet he retained his wildness and wiliness.”Page 85 “He was older than the days he had seen and the breaths he had drawn. He linked the past to the present, and the eternity behind him, throbbed through him in a mighty rhythm to which he swayed as the tide in seasons swayed.”Obviously this was written before [b:Hatchet 50 Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1) Gary Paulsen https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1385297074l/50.SX50.jpg 1158125] but it made me think of it due to the survival aspect, then I recalled that [a:Gary Paulsen 18 Gary Paulsen https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1595914847p2/18.jpg] wrote the introduction and I chuckled at myself.I loved this playful moment of Buck: “Buck caused even the weazened face of Perrault to twist itself into a grin one morning, when François forgot the moccasins and Buck lay on his back, his four feet waving appealingly in the air, and refused to budge without them.”I did not love the dialogue that was in nearly cryptic vernacular, but I understand its use.
Reread the first two and then this one.
I'm going to say 3.75 rounded up. Really like the art and the themes: environmentalism, chosen family, quest for a good cause, and ‘they're not actually crazy'.
Didn't love the cliche of the protagonist and supporting character having an obligatory fight/poor communication and in the entire series it doesn't really pass the Bechdel test. I guess Fox and Frida kind of talk, but Frida is mostly talking about the Molegod and Pig and not really speaking to Fox. There's also the scene wherein Fox and Hippo are introduced to Margot and she introduces the family, but Fox only says one thing, and it's more like she's echoing something Margot said for/to the reader or to herself.
I'm curious about the animated feature of the same name, bet it has some great music to add to it's lovely visuals.
It's more of a three, but as I read I imagined it being used as a class material and scored it as that.It was dense and a little confusing in places. At times I had to linger over some faces and ask is this a white or black person being portrayed, so the art was less than stellar, I don't recall having any quibbles with the [b:March: Book One 17346698 March Book One (March, #1) John Lewis https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1360539808l/17346698.SX50.jpg 24086771] series. There's a lot to cover so I forgive some of the meandering as I had to remind myself that this was from the perspective of John Lewis. I thought the history of the Black Panther Party -originally LCFO, Lowndes County Freedom Organization- was interesting and appreciated that comic books were also used at the time to help people of varying literacy gain information.
Thought certain aspects were very interesting (such as 12 step groups v therapy, gatekeeping/one's own definitions of things). This brought up a lot of mixed feelings as I've known people who have had a hard time with 12 step groups and others that liked at least most aspects of them. It was interesting to see Heatley's perspective, but I was more sympathetic towards his wife.
I was also waiting for a diagnosis, like bipolar or something, due to Heatley's emotional swings and what he described as “god bursts”.
Cool, crepe man's sister showed up selling donuts and later tent sauna by a river. Ah yes, the dreaded task of choosing what to watch haha. I liked the golf lessons. The monkeys stealing bamboo shoots was great. I liked the super spicy hot pot challenge and the self defense segment. Was not a fan of the zombie bonus manga and the Policure one was okay.