150 reviews for:

Haru, Part 1

Joe Latham

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark tense
adventurous fast-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

3.5 ⭐️ Beautiful art and an interesting story. I found some of it confusing, like the plot would kind of jump around and I thought I’d missed a page. But I am intrigued at how the story will continue.
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes

This was a cute but dark story about a little bird and a pig going on an adventure to get rid of an evil artifact. It deals with bullying, overcoming hardships, and coping with death. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful. 
adventurous lighthearted slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The art is absolutely beautiful, but the writing is uneven. Why is there a reference to googling things in a book that seems to be a fantasy adventure of some wood creatures? Or the constant use of the word "flip/flipping" instead of the F word. It took me out of the experience.