muhammadhadyan

Oy vey, what a hot mess. Does every standard format book need to be made into a graphic novel? Not if it's thrown together without any care, like Surprise Island. The illustrations were ridiculous. The children seemed to always be laughing, jumping, and throwing their arms in the air, even if it wasn't appropriate for the situation. AND! ALL! THE! EXCLAMATION! POINTS! Are we really supposed to believe that the children are this excited? The grammar was odd at some points. In certain sentences, it almost seemed like this has been poorly translated from another language. Also, I can't forget the use of the word "Indian" in place of Native American. Native American artifacts are referred to as "Indian things". Now, perhaps that was an appropriate label when the original Boxcar series was written, but this graphic novel was published in 2009. Native American would have been a better choice than the use of the word Indian. The panels were totally disjointed. Now they're fishing! Now they're playing! Now they're digging for treasure! The plot was broken up to a point that you could hardly tell where the action was taking place. Maybe hard-core Boxcar fans will enjoy this. Maybe.

2020-09-15 13:44