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maryehavens's review
3.0
I liked the stories and most of the artwork. Raina Talgemeier illustrated one story!! It was a nice storyline: girl can see spirits and does their bidding (for a fee) or solves a mystery on request. There were a bunch of journal entries at the end that kind of supplemented/enhanced the stories. I can't decide if I like these or not. I will read more Agnes Quill's if they come to the library.
kricketa's review
2.0
Each chapter of this book is a different story about Agnes Quill, who has inherited the ability to communicate with ghosts. Each chapter is also illustrated by a different graphic novelist, which was a cool idea, but it didn't work for me. I felt like I was encountering different characters each time.
I really did enjoy the chapters illustrated by Dave Roman (who wrote the stories) and Raina Telgemeier, of my beloved babysitters club graphic novel revival. I couldn't follow the style of the other illustrators-- while being well suited for horror, they were way too busy, and I found it hard to tell what I was supposed to be looking at- and maybe that's what made those stories lukewarm as well. Whoever did the cover illustration- gorgeous- should have done a whole chapter.
At the end, there are field notes about Agnes and the other characters, and then excerpts from Agnes' diary, which didn't match the chronology of the stories and kind of confused me.
Another thing- at the beginning of one of the chapters (and later in the diary) Agnes has just torched a warehouse full of zombie ex-girlfriends after a wife put a curse on her cheating husband. This sounds like a great story! Why wasn't this one illustrated, instead of only being hinted at?
I really did enjoy the chapters illustrated by Dave Roman (who wrote the stories) and Raina Telgemeier, of my beloved babysitters club graphic novel revival. I couldn't follow the style of the other illustrators-- while being well suited for horror, they were way too busy, and I found it hard to tell what I was supposed to be looking at- and maybe that's what made those stories lukewarm as well. Whoever did the cover illustration- gorgeous- should have done a whole chapter.
At the end, there are field notes about Agnes and the other characters, and then excerpts from Agnes' diary, which didn't match the chronology of the stories and kind of confused me.
Another thing- at the beginning of one of the chapters (and later in the diary) Agnes has just torched a warehouse full of zombie ex-girlfriends after a wife put a curse on her cheating husband. This sounds like a great story! Why wasn't this one illustrated, instead of only being hinted at?
ginnikin's review
2.0
I liked the first story best, although I preferred the art style of the second.
tmatlin's review
2.0
I found the concept to be really intriguing, but wasn’t engaged by the actual comic. I wanted there to be more development of the narratives. This may be more an issue because I’m not all that familiar with the genre, however. After reading more comics I may be able to give this a more fair review.
sarahc_98's review
2.0
It was worth reading once, but I don't think I'd pick it up again. I only really liked a couple of stories, to which I'd give 3 or 4 stars.
quinnster's review
3.0
It was a cool story. Agnes Quill can see ghosts and gets hired to help them with their unfinished business. But the art in the first and third stories was too busy for me. Being in black and white sometimes it was hard to discern the details in the drawings.
yayforbooks's review
3.0
A very interesting comic book/graphic novel. There were 5 (I think) different artists. The story was pretty good...
heypretty52's review
4.0
Teen private investigator to the undead, Agnes Quill has adventures big and small in a cursed Victorian city. Telgemeier's story delights in particular.
amarieb's review
4.0
I enjoyed it. Loved the short story format but I totally got the feeling that there was more story to it and I was missing it. Like there was another book that was written before it. Oh well. It was still very enjoyable!