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kailey_luminouslibro's review
4.0
The Teen Titans have been banned from superhero summer camp, so this year for camp they are going to Camp Apokolips. The evil Granny Goodness is looking for recruits and is trying to undermine the heroes' friendships by getting them to compete against each other. No one is more competitive than Robin, and his enthusiasm sometimes overwhelms his better judgement, causing problems for the team.
I liked the comedy in this comic! Robin is always getting up to crazy highjinks and ruining everyone's camp experience with his insane determination to win the "Best Camper" award. He is always trying to prove that he is the fastest, smartest, biggest hero in the entire camp, and that is the perfect backdrop for some truly hilarious failures.
The campers have to endure the disgusting food, the crazy counselors, and the ultimate obstacle-course race where the winner is the one who lives through it. But somehow they learn to rely on each other and trust their instincts, and their friendships become stronger than ever.
I like the pacing of the book, and there is plenty of action and silliness to keep your interest. There is some good character development, especially for Robin. The plot does a good job of balancing a lot of different characters, but we get to see little slices of scenes and dialogue from each of them. They are all memorable and fun!
The best part of this book is the "letters from camp" as each of the characters write home about their camp experience, and each "letter" is illustrated by a different artist in a different comic style. It's so interesting to see all these art styles in the same book, and it feels like the different voices of each character is reflected in the art. Whether they are a silly or serious character heavily influences the writing style and the artwork. It's brilliant, and gives a whole new depth to the story!
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review. All the opinions stated here are my own true thoughts and are not influenced by anyone.
I liked the comedy in this comic! Robin is always getting up to crazy highjinks and ruining everyone's camp experience with his insane determination to win the "Best Camper" award. He is always trying to prove that he is the fastest, smartest, biggest hero in the entire camp, and that is the perfect backdrop for some truly hilarious failures.
The campers have to endure the disgusting food, the crazy counselors, and the ultimate obstacle-course race where the winner is the one who lives through it. But somehow they learn to rely on each other and trust their instincts, and their friendships become stronger than ever.
I like the pacing of the book, and there is plenty of action and silliness to keep your interest. There is some good character development, especially for Robin. The plot does a good job of balancing a lot of different characters, but we get to see little slices of scenes and dialogue from each of them. They are all memorable and fun!
The best part of this book is the "letters from camp" as each of the characters write home about their camp experience, and each "letter" is illustrated by a different artist in a different comic style. It's so interesting to see all these art styles in the same book, and it feels like the different voices of each character is reflected in the art. Whether they are a silly or serious character heavily influences the writing style and the artwork. It's brilliant, and gives a whole new depth to the story!
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review. All the opinions stated here are my own true thoughts and are not influenced by anyone.
librarianryan's review against another edition
4.0
This is a fun book and it does not matter if one has seen the show or not. It's superheros acting zany and learning to become adults with the fun of being a kid. And who would have thought the titans would camp. Or be so bad at it.
mushr00mcore's review against another edition
Read it on my blog!
Teen Titans Go! to Camp is a charming and hilarious take on the Teen Titans. I admit that I am not the most familiar with the Teen Titans Go! TV show because by the time it came out I was a bit older than the target audience so I never really got into the show. But that did not affect my enjoyment of this book. The jokes that reference the show were easily understood, though I don't think the audience of this book in people who haven't seen the show.
The humor worked really well for me. It is not always the nicest humor, and there is some use of language that I would rather not see, but it never uses a marginalized group as the punchline. Admittedly that is a low bar to clear but a lot of pieces of media still don't clear it. For the most part the humor is relies on the character archetypes and about how ridiculous a certain character was and as someone who is familiar with the Teen Titans original show, I liked quite bit. There was however a very distasteful joke about slavery which... yeah.
Each chapter ended with a letter home from one character. These letters each have a different illustrator and a unique art style. Notably Abigail Larson drew Raven's letter which I think fit incredibly well. It was a very nice touch!
Teen Titans Go! to Camp is a charming and hilarious take on the Teen Titans. I admit that I am not the most familiar with the Teen Titans Go! TV show because by the time it came out I was a bit older than the target audience so I never really got into the show. But that did not affect my enjoyment of this book. The jokes that reference the show were easily understood, though I don't think the audience of this book in people who haven't seen the show.
The humor worked really well for me. It is not always the nicest humor, and there is some use of language that I would rather not see, but it never uses a marginalized group as the punchline. Admittedly that is a low bar to clear but a lot of pieces of media still don't clear it. For the most part the humor is relies on the character archetypes and about how ridiculous a certain character was and as someone who is familiar with the Teen Titans original show, I liked quite bit. There was however a very distasteful joke about slavery which... yeah.
Each chapter ended with a letter home from one character. These letters each have a different illustrator and a unique art style. Notably Abigail Larson drew Raven's letter which I think fit incredibly well. It was a very nice touch!
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