Lila Danisa

That was different yet refreshing to read!

The story was about "beast" attacking Taru's village and Taru tried to solve that without killing the "beast". At the same time, there was Hana, someone completely different from Taru and her tribe, as village's prisoner. Taru was appointed to "guide" Hana and from there their friendship (and more) formed, followed with their "adventures" to solve the "beast" problem.

I don't know why but the illustrations reminded me so much of the movie "Warcraft" eventhough the story was completely different. Maybe because Taru and her people looked like orc to me.

The storyline was solid and unpredictable, at least for me. While there were quite many unexplained background stories, for me the ending was also make sense.

Thank you to Léo Schilling, Oni Press, Magnetic Press, and NetGalley for the ARC.

That was good!!!

I knew nothing about The Sixth Gun before this one, I didn't realize that this book is special edition to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the OG comic. I definitely will read the OG version because I already invested in the storyline.

The illustrations were good and radiating boldness that completely fit the story. The illustrations were also full of details and I loved it. Those details in illustrations really helped me to understand the storylines better.

There were so many characters in this book and to be honest I was kinda overwhelmed by them. Again, I was glad that the illustrations were detailed so I could remember each character quite quickly. It also helped that eventhough there were many of them, each one had completely different personality.

The book ended with cliffhanger ending which I completely understood. Hence I said I will definitely read the original version, soon I hope.

Thank you to Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Oni Press, and NetGalley for the ARC.

I got this book for my 5 years old son since he loves anything related to animals. He certainly loves ducks.

This book was so informative about ducks. Simple yet educational information about ducks I myself didn't know. I always for my son because of him I feel like everyday I learn something new.

Not only giving facts about ducks, this book also provides activities regarding those ducks information. One of my son favorites was (is) the waterproof ducks wings experiment.

The illustrations were cute and helped my son to understand each ducks funfact better. The illustrations were colorful yet still giving soothing vibes.

Thank you to Siski Kalla, Catch a Leaf Publishing, and NetGalley for the ARC.

Wow! The story, the characters, and the illustration style were so dark and I couldn't stop reading until it finished. The story and the illustrations grabbed me so tight. So different with I usually read but I am so glad I read this graphic novel.

This book perfectly blended history, culture, mystic, horror, and even romance into solid storyline. The plots were also so well delivered. Though there were some plot holes and unanswered questions, the story was so good from the beginning until the end.

I personally liked the ending. It was unavoidable. Unfair for some characters but completely make sense. Realistic even.

The characters were so unlikeable but I still root for them. They were weirdly realistic though I never wish any kids in this world experience what underage characters in this book went through. They were only kids for f sake but they went to hell and back. It was honestly hard for me to read their scenes. I know that back then life was freaking hard and kids matured quickly, yet my heart broken for them.

Thank you to Zhang Xiaoyu, Oni Press, Magnetic Press, and NetGalley for the ARC.

What a creepy, heartbroken yet meaningful story!

I always loved middle-grade graphic novels, but this one was different than light sweet ones I usually read. This graphic novel was (so) dark. Full of metamorphic underlying meanings.

This book still has the same self love messages normal middle-grade books usually deliver. But in this one, those messages wrapped up in twisty ways of storylines. Everything would unfold in the end of the book and it was so realistic. I loved that the characters still got the consequences of what they did (wrong) and at the same time their characters were also growing and living (happily).

The illustrations were so good. Detailed and the style fit the storylines so well.

The illustrations perfectly conveyed the creepy horror vibes from the story but also still maintained the easiness and playfulness of middle-graders.

Thank you to Jim Bishop, Oni Press, Magnetic Press, and NetGalley for the ARC.

3,75 stars rounded-up to 4 stars!

"Villainous evildoers, beware! As quickly as the sound of punk music fills the room, the heroes race to rescue!"

That was fun! Light and easy to read and understand. The playlist was so good tho! I rarely listen to punk songs, but the playlist provided in this book was also easy to listen for me who almost never listen to punk songs.

The idea of superhero who fights monsters with music player, recorder, and punk songs was so refreshing, at least for me. Even more because the characters in this book were middle-graders.

Not only about punk stuff, the storylines were also heavy on friendship and loving who you are and what you love to do. Being different is totally fine and it certainly not bad.

However I also slightly disagree with the kids being so rebellious. Fortunately this book also drew lines, albeit slightly, between self-worth and rebellious. I hope the young readers could read between the lines while reading this book.

The writing style was witty and fit with middle-graders vibes. Same goes with the illustrations. Fun and playful with details that fit the overall vibes of the book. I don't know why but the illustrations kinda reminded me of Astro Boy style of illustration.

Thank you to Mirtes Santana, Oni Press, and NetGalley for the ARC.

What a chaos! Full blast of chaotic young adults dramas!

I am not sure how realistic the story was but for me some parts were realistic enough and showed the real-life confusion young adults often felt. Mostly in terms of self worth.

There were many layers in the storylines. Each characters had their own struggles and honestly I felt overwhelmed reading them. The illustrations didn't help much, even made me more overwhelmed with so many details going on and choice of colors.

At the end of the story, I felt really sad for Jerry. Dude was in freaking collaborator-zone whatever was that. Damn! Being in friend-zone is already bad, but he got another level of it into collaborator-zone. Hannah was so mean to him for real. I understand why she was like that but she was really abusing Jerry in their (not)relationship. I still can't get over how she somehow named their (not)relationship as "collaborator".

So many vulnerable moments showed by each characters in this book and those were my favorites. They were not having perfect images and that was completely fine and realistic.

Thank you to Dave Baker, Nicole Goux, IDW Publishing, Top Shelf Productions, and NetGalley for the ARC.

Godzilla + aliens + all kind of kaijus + secret society = this book

Though the title is Godzilla, I felt like Godzilla is not the main story of this book. Godzilla was just side characters since the aliens were the focus.

So many things going on in terms of story and characters (?) I am glad I am (kinda) familiar with godzilla and kaiju universe so I didn't get overwhelmed with many kaijus popping up (almost) endlessly.

The subplot of secret society who protects the knowledge of extraterrestrial stuff was really good, at least for me. I wish it got explore more. Maybe in other books 🤞🏻

The writing style was witty and easy to understand. Though some parts contained too much information at once.

The illustrations were good and fit the vibe of the story. They also helped (me) understand the story better. The style reminded me of the "OG" godzilla animation I used to watch when I was little.

Thank you to Frank Tieri, IDW Publishing, and NetGalley for the ARC.

Collection of short stories about Godzilla attacks in the cities of the America. Most of the stories were not centered on Godzilla. Godzilla mostly just in the background and the stories unfolded around the attacks.

Simple and quick reading. So short yet almost all of them had solid ending.

I mostly liked the illustrations. But some of them were difficult to read, I think due to the words formatting.

Thank you to Tim Seeley, Caroline Cash, Gabriel Hardman, Dave Baker, Jesse Lonergan, IDW Publishing, and NetGalley for the ARC.

That was fun and informative reading!

This book presented one random funfact/trivia every day for one year in 366 days calendar format.

The trivia was so random from science, animals, prehistoric history, famous people, silly activities, and many more. However, I think the author loved fart and poop related stuff because there were many funfacts about fart and poop in this book 🤣

I could read some of the trivia to my 5 years old son. Mostly animals related. The words used were simple enough though some of them still needed to be simplified.

The writing style was funny and witty. Though some were also too cringe for my likes.

Thank you to Mike Rampton, Cider Mill Press, Applesauce Press, and NetGalley for the ARC.