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pwbalto's review against another edition
5.0
Holy. Moly. If you miss the action-packed, scenery-laden, time-traveling pirate-adjacent girl-powered mystery adventure Philip Pullman of The Golden Compass, you are in for a TREAT. The Mary Alice is a ghost ship that travels under a pall of dense fog. It has been sighted all over the world... for centuries. Governments, scholars, and powerful men are obsessed with finding her. But why? And when a young Australian girl is swept overboard on a trip with her parents, WHO picks her up but the crew of this odd and ancient schooner!
What a great yarn, and marvelous, crystal-clear art to go with it.
What a great yarn, and marvelous, crystal-clear art to go with it.
jasonfurman's review against another edition
3.0
I love [a:Philip Pullman|3618|Philip Pullman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1396622492p2/3618.jpg] so much that I was happy to get his latest--a graphic novel about a nautical/time travel adventure--while waiting for The Book of Dust this fall. It was a perfectly entertaining story about a schooner that travels through time and space, showing up at critical moments for daring adventures, in this case joining some more normal people in a fight against an super-villain global capitalist of the Bond variety. Nothing in the book felt particularly like Pullman--little in the way of his humanist themes and intricate plotting. That said, the plot was perfectly good if a slightly trite good guys against bad guys. I do not regret reading it but it did not do much to bridge to the fall.
lilycitizen's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
yvonne_larsen's review against another edition
4.0
Når Philip Pullman laver en tegneserie, så har han helt naturligt min opmærksomhed. Og jeg må sige at Pullman skuffer bestemt ikke.
Historien er rigtig spændende og gennem bogen får læseren langsomt mere og mere af forhistorien og det bagvedliggende mysterie afsløret, samtidig med at bogens personer og historie for alvor folder sig ud. Pullman kan simpelthen bare det med skabe en god fantasy historie. Jeg glæder mig allerede til fortsættelsen - hvornår den end kommer.
Bogen får ikke topkarakter da tegnestilen i illustrationerne efter min optik er for almindelig.
Historien er rigtig spændende og gennem bogen får læseren langsomt mere og mere af forhistorien og det bagvedliggende mysterie afsløret, samtidig med at bogens personer og historie for alvor folder sig ud. Pullman kan simpelthen bare det med skabe en god fantasy historie. Jeg glæder mig allerede til fortsættelsen - hvornår den end kommer.
Bogen får ikke topkarakter da tegnestilen i illustrationerne efter min optik er for almindelig.
northern_mint's review against another edition
3.0
Alas, I think I got to this book too late. This is the kind of story I think I would've loved between the ages of 7-13. It has a bit too much kid logic on top of the world and characters not being developed as much as I would've liked. It is, however, a short fun little read with time travel, secret agents, and pirates.
3.5 Stars
3.5 Stars
nobodyatall's review against another edition
3.0
Solid adventuring along the lines of tintin but with more elaborate artwork and some fancier science stuff.
Simple but enjoyable.
Simple but enjoyable.
hazelalaska's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
It seems Pullman's more recent books have been a disappointment, which is a shame. I picked this up partly on a whim after seeing it at work, as I had no idea he had written a graphic novel.
I admit that if I hadn't been reading this to fulfill a prompt for a readathon, I probably would have dnfed it. I found I felt the same way about this that I felt about Paper Girls, which is that the premise was good but there wasn't enough space to flesh everything out, so it just ends up being confusing. There are multiple parties involved in the conflict, which led to a lot of characters being introduced at once, and for a while I wasn't sure who was on what side. This one also jumps around a lot between locations, which adds to the confusion. It wasn't until toward the end that I felt I knew what was going on and got interested in the story, but by then it was a little late. Maybe time travel graphic novels aren't for me, but I also wonder whether in this case it was the best medium for this story, as the plot and characters were both lackluster. I think Pullman could have done a better job in fleshing everything out if this had been a regular novel.
I admit that if I hadn't been reading this to fulfill a prompt for a readathon, I probably would have dnfed it. I found I felt the same way about this that I felt about Paper Girls, which is that the premise was good but there wasn't enough space to flesh everything out, so it just ends up being confusing. There are multiple parties involved in the conflict, which led to a lot of characters being introduced at once, and for a while I wasn't sure who was on what side. This one also jumps around a lot between locations, which adds to the confusion. It wasn't until toward the end that I felt I knew what was going on and got interested in the story, but by then it was a little late. Maybe time travel graphic novels aren't for me, but I also wonder whether in this case it was the best medium for this story, as the plot and characters were both lackluster. I think Pullman could have done a better job in fleshing everything out if this had been a regular novel.
ktrusty416's review against another edition
4.0
Philip Pullman's return, albeit in graphic novel form, doesn't disappoint. Action, the high seas, time travel, an evil/greedy corporate CEO - this yarn's got it all. I'd be thrilled if this became a series.