Reviews

Midas by Braden Lamb, Ryan North, Shelli Paroline

aoosterwyk's review against another edition

4.0

Wow, super physics/chemistry/science fictiony! Very thought provoking and entertaining.

jkenna1990's review against another edition

4.0

This was a really fun take on the myth of King Midas. I really loved the artwork and the coloring was very nicely done as well. Our three heroes (two ladies and a dinosaur) start out their adventure by finding a planet made entirely of gold. They face gods, evil people, and many adventures along the way. There are people that want to take the special gold and turn it into a weapon to use it to gold-ify other planets and essentially suffocate them. I very much enjoyed this book and I really only had a small issue with the beginning. Not much is explained about what is going on so it's a tiny bit confusing but it didn't take long to figure out what was going on so I still ultimately enjoyed the book. I would recommend this to fans of books that deal with myths and retelling of myths.

Thank you to NetGalley for a free review copy in exchange for an honest review.

capnhist's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

sydneyrp143's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

zaz_333's review against another edition

5.0

Really enjoyed this stand alone sci-fi adventure. Really fun characters and some well explored themes. The world building and pacing are spot on and the stakes get higher and higher as the story develops. Would recommend.

jkenna90's review against another edition

4.0

This was a really fun take on the myth of King Midas. I really loved the artwork and the coloring was very nicely done as well. Our three heroes (two ladies and a dinosaur) start out their adventure by finding a planet made entirely of gold. They face gods, evil people, and many adventures along the way. There are people that want to take the special gold and turn it into a weapon to use it to gold-ify other planets and essentially suffocate them. I very much enjoyed this book and I really only had a small issue with the beginning. Not much is explained about what is going on so it's a tiny bit confusing but it didn't take long to figure out what was going on so I still ultimately enjoyed the book. I would recommend this to fans of books that deal with myths and retelling of myths.

Thank you to NetGalley for a free review copy in exchange for an honest review.

niche's review against another edition

3.0

2.5 for me
I liked the main characters and their dialogues, but the antagonist and entire backend of the book was annoying. I probably would have rated lower if not for how much I liked the start and the lack of romance.

bargainandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Okay so I loved the concept when I started and it still took me a bit to get going with it. Once I really started reading though I was hooked. Joey, Cooper and Fatty are such an awesome crew. There were times when I was like this is for kids… some of the content is pretty deep. Overall the storey was such a cool concept and the Velociraptor, and Hijabi space girl were too freaking amazing! I HOPE that this will become sort of Doctor Who style series. I need more. 

altruest's review against another edition

5.0

Really good! Ryan North's writing is always hilarious, and the story concept is really interesting. It's a beautiful book too, which is why I couldn't resist picking up the graphic novel.

5/5!

ljrinaldi's review against another edition

4.0

This is a pretty amazing story.

Suppose that when King Midas wish that everything he touched, turned to gold, that mean not that when he used his hand to touch something, but everything that touched him, including the air he breathed. And each molocule, in turn, would change things to gold, if it was touched, and so on, until the whole world, including King Midas were turned into gold.

And on that day, all life on earth died. And although gold was still rare through the rest of the universe, it was not so on earth. And so the galactic government, hid the planet, and didn't allow anyone to approach it, until our heroes did. And that is where the story begins.





The crew wants to solve the mystery of the gold planet, and discover why it has been hidden so long.

Along the way, there is evil and adventure, and gods. All good fun.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.