Matthew Loux
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SideScrollers by Matthew Loux
This was okay. Read a little like geeks slapping themselves on the back for being geeks and laughing at those that laugh at them. That's probably good for teen geeks, but a little overly simplistic in real life - could have used some slightly more nuanced character definition. But that would have made it a different book, and this one is fun enough. The art was pleasing, but wasn't quite up to the big scenes.
This was charming and magical. I was very surprised that everyone Prunella met was so kind-hearted and friendly. A real subversion for monster stories.
I was bothered by some sexist cliches and stereotypes, and how all the females had waists the same sizes as their wrists, while the boy characters were more varied.
Prunella's village has a demagogue who is exhorting the humans to build a second wall atop their existing wall to keep out the surrounding monsters. So, yeah, bad time for Prunella to inadvertently put on a cursed ring that changes her to an animated skeleton.
Banished to live with the other monsters of the island, she soon finds out there may be someone on a distant mountain who may have a solution to removing the cursed ring, so it's quest time! Prunella meets, challenges, befriends and learns about monsters on her journey to finding the way back to where she belongs.
A rollicking, fun and friendly adventure that makes me immediately want another Prunella book.… (more)
Banished to live with the other monsters of the island, she soon finds out there may be someone on a distant mountain who may have a solution to removing the cursed ring, so it's quest time! Prunella meets, challenges, befriends and learns about monsters on her journey to finding the way back to where she belongs.
A rollicking, fun and friendly adventure that makes me immediately want another Prunella book.… (more)
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