Staff Book Reviews by Genre: Graphic Novels/Manga

Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant
Cliff, Tony
4 stars = Really Good
Review:

Delilah Dirk. Globetrotting troublemaker. If that doesn't grab you, move on.

This is a really fun adventure story. Set in the early 1800s in Turkey, the book begins with Delilah Dirk springing herself from a Turkish prison, recruiting her prisoner as an adventurer, and then heading off (on a flying ship, no less) to get vengeance on an evil pirate overlord.

I rated it 4 stars because I couldn't always follow the action sequences, but overall, the art is gorgeous and the characters well-developed. If you haven't tried a graphic novel before, this could be a great one with which to start!

Reviewer's Name: Britt
Book Review: American Born Chinese
Yang, Gene Luen
2 stars = Meh
Review:

Not bad. I enjoyed every part of this book except for the monkey god sections. I don't know, those parts just didn't appeal to me. I rarely read graphic novels so maybe certain things were lost on me because of the format. Overall I was somewhat underwhelmed

Reviewer's Name: vfranklyn
Derf
5 stars = Bohemian Rhapsody Awesome!
Review:

Wow. Just wow.

Reviewer's Name: vfranklyn