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rkiladitis's review against another edition
2.0
A series of short stories portray the complicated relationships between an elephant that’s down and out on his luck, a teddy and a ghost bear that follows him around, taunting him, and a family of pigs. Not a graphic novel for younger audiences (content and language), Friends is Friends is indie author/artist Greg Cook’s first major work in over a decade. The stories border surreal and loaded with dark humor. The artwork is in black and white, with white on black pages denoting the beginning of new vignettes.
I’ll be honest, this just wasn’t my book. I enjoy dark humor, but I just didn’t get into the stories or the characters. There were moments where I chuckled along – the opening short between the elephant and the young pig in particular – but other moments that just didn’t catch me. Friendship isn’t easy – that’s a key message contained in the book – but the characters just weren’t likable enough for me to want to be friends with them, to stick with them through the ups and downs of their relationships.
The teens at my library aren’t the audience for this one. If you have a good YA and adult-level graphic novel collection, give this a read before you choose to add or not to add.
I’ll be honest, this just wasn’t my book. I enjoy dark humor, but I just didn’t get into the stories or the characters. There were moments where I chuckled along – the opening short between the elephant and the young pig in particular – but other moments that just didn’t catch me. Friendship isn’t easy – that’s a key message contained in the book – but the characters just weren’t likable enough for me to want to be friends with them, to stick with them through the ups and downs of their relationships.
The teens at my library aren’t the audience for this one. If you have a good YA and adult-level graphic novel collection, give this a read before you choose to add or not to add.
angelofthe0dd's review against another edition
3.0
It's kind of interesting on a querky level, but the story itself wasn't all that great.
jialatlibrary's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
jljaina's review against another edition
1.0
The summary and cover grabbed my attention. A few short pages in, I was unhappy. Poor story and art was most unimpressive. Got about 1-% in before giving up. I had no idea what was inside what I grabbed this on Netgalley. I wish I had. Had I seen a couple panels ahead of time I would have passed on it. Unable to fully review to to these reasons.
aprilbooksandwine's review against another edition
2.0
breacommelafromage's review against another edition
3.0
Eh, I'm not really sure about this book.
The illustrations were pretty cool, and there were some moments that made me chuckle, but that was about it. I honestly don't even know what the point of this book is?
There is no continuous plot, the subplots that are randomly thrown in there and make no senese... it's just bizarre.
I probably wouldn't recommend this book, but I wouldn't deter anyone from reading it.
2.5/5 stars
** I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.**
The illustrations were pretty cool, and there were some moments that made me chuckle, but that was about it. I honestly don't even know what the point of this book is?
There is no continuous plot, the subplots that are randomly thrown in there and make no senese... it's just bizarre.
I probably wouldn't recommend this book, but I wouldn't deter anyone from reading it.
2.5/5 stars
** I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.**
bridget986's review against another edition
2.0
Reading Challenge: 5/20
I really didn't like this book. The plot made zero sense, the story was all over the place, and the characters were so weird. The story just felt creepy. I definitely got the heebie-jeebies when I finished. Just don't bother reading it
I really didn't like this book. The plot made zero sense, the story was all over the place, and the characters were so weird. The story just felt creepy. I definitely got the heebie-jeebies when I finished. Just don't bother reading it
emtobiasz's review against another edition
2.0
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing an advanced copy for review.
This graphic novel was very strange, and not at all to my taste. It started out with the possibility of being sweet but quickly turned dark, disturbing and grim. I'm usually okay with dark, but this was too much for me, and I'm not sure what the point was, beyond general nihilism.
This graphic novel was very strange, and not at all to my taste. It started out with the possibility of being sweet but quickly turned dark, disturbing and grim. I'm usually okay with dark, but this was too much for me, and I'm not sure what the point was, beyond general nihilism.
librarylandlisa's review against another edition
4.0
Critter is a hobo with some regrets just looking for a place to crash and to score some whiskey. He becomes friends with a couple little kids and runs into an old friend during this story. This is not for little kids. I really liked the illustrations and the humor in this. I think that it will popular with the correct audience. I really think it would do well in the YA teen section but I could see it being challenged too. I received an advanced copy for review through NetGalley
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