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bookph1le's review against another edition
4.0
Cute, charming, and a lot of fun. I really enjoyed watching prim Polly try to figure out how to use her finishing school manners get her out of sticky situations, and I loved her character growth throughout the story. It also took some surprising turns that made it very refreshing for me. I'm definitely on board for more--no pun intended.
lannthacker's review against another edition
4.0
A delightful steam punk graphic novel about Polly, a naive & proper young lady who learns that her mother was the Pirate Queen. Polly is sucked into the search for her mother's treasure map, but it's at the risk of her beloved reputation. I love Naifeh's art and the various accents represented in this work. I can't wait to read volume 2!
aoosterwyk's review against another edition
4.0
A fun graphic novel about a young lady of quality who absconds from boarding school with pirates to fill in the role of her mother, the Pirate Queen.
sqeeker's review against another edition
3.0
- This was a fun little graphic novel! I've been wanting more pirate stories, so I was excited to pick this up. It definitely filled the pirate void.
- The illustrations are really fun. Polly's character design is really cute. I loved her anime buns and tiny feet.
- I had a hard time reading Naff's dialogue. It is written phonetically, and it was hard to understand. I had to be okay with not understanding what he was saying sometimes.
- There were a few things that were a bit of a stretch. Polly starts off as a proper and shy do-gooder girl, and then all of sudden she knows how to sword fight, plan escapades, and do fancy acrobats. There was nothing in the middle. She just magically knew how to do stuff.
- Overall, it was a fun and adventurous story. I liked it, and I was excited to read the second book.
- The illustrations are really fun. Polly's character design is really cute. I loved her anime buns and tiny feet.
- I had a hard time reading Naff's dialogue. It is written phonetically, and it was hard to understand. I had to be okay with not understanding what he was saying sometimes.
- There were a few things that were a bit of a stretch. Polly starts off as a proper and shy do-gooder girl, and then all of sudden she knows how to sword fight, plan escapades, and do fancy acrobats. There was nothing in the middle. She just magically knew how to do stuff.
- Overall, it was a fun and adventurous story. I liked it, and I was excited to read the second book.
kazalicious's review against another edition
3.0
Overall a cute story that wraps up nicely. The ending leaves open a plot for anyone more interested than I in continuing this series. A quick read with heavily accented spellings.
buuboobaby's review against another edition
2.0
I found the various characters' dialects very distracting and it jarred me out of the story every time I had to re-read word bubbles to try and figure out what the pirates were saying. Polly is admittedly pretty cool, though; she is intelligent and she kicks butt.
beatitude's review against another edition
2.0
A contrived plot, not helped by the frequent misspellings throughout the text. The illustrations are cute though.
quinnster's review against another edition
4.0
I loved Polly & the Pirates almost as much as I love Courtney Crumrin. Ted Naifeh is awesome. His stories are fun and whimsical and his art is superb.