I think my favorite part of the book is quite possibly the title it’s certainly what got me interested in the book. But on one fateful day, his life is upended…by an unstoppable (yet pretty impressive) beard.Īn off-beat fable worthy of Roald Dahl and Tim Burton, Stephen Collins’ The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil is a darkly funny meditation on life, death, and what it means to be different–and a timeless ode to the art of beard maintenance. He loves drawing, his desk job, and the Bangles. Citizens are clean shaven-and Dave is the most fastidious of them all. The job of the skin is to keep it all in… ♦īook title: The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil I highly recommend this middle grade graphic novel. I read The Stonekeeper in one sitting, absolutely enthralled by its fun story and its great characters. I wish the book had been longer, though, or that I just had the entire series to marathon at once. There’s lots of awesome action as well as some really heartfelt moments. The full-color artwork is beautiful and fabulous and just eye candy. This graphic novel is much darker than I expected - the prologue alone had me in shock it was so sad. The Stonekeeper is a wonderful setup for the rest of the Amulet series. Now it’s up to Em and Navin to figure out how to set things right and save their mother’s life! On the family’s very first night in the mysterious house, Em and Navin’s mom is kidnapped by a tentacled creature. So please.THERE’S SOMETHING STRANGE BEHIND THE BASEMENT DOOR…Īfter a family tragedy, Emily, Navin and their mother move to an ancestral home to start a new life. I'm sure my sister would say that I was a lot like Em, bossy and determined to be a grown-up and in charge, when I was 10 years old, and so I'm sure, if Kazu Kibuishi had written the Amulet series when I was 10, or even 15, I would have been one of those children lining up to pre-order the next installment, but alas, the graphic novel was not the new form of children's media establishing itself on the literary scene when I was a tween. There are many very obvious reasons for this, I am not a mother, nor am I an 8 year old boy, a 10 year old girl, or an adorable pink rabbit.
The story is intriguing and most of the characters are relateable and adorable, but unfortunately I struggled to connect with any of them.
I can totally understand why this series is beloved by hundreds of thousands of children and adults, unfortunately, I am not one of them.
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