Seriously! This guy never failed! Do yourself a favor and read Jeff Lemire!

3,5/5. Where to start... I was disappointed by it can't deny the fact. It was good, but I was expecting something way better. The first half consist mostly of going here and there and having to battle various group of enemies, very thin plot and repetitive action. The second half is better with a clearer objectives and stakes. The ending is great and I will continue for sure, hoping it will be better. For the characters part now! The new characters are mostly all failed, very hard to get attach to them or caring for them (except one but he/she died so we won,t get more from him/her, staying blurry on purpose here to avoid spoiler). Even Vaelin seem kind of off for most of the book, not much evolution from his part, not deep enough, I would almost say a bit blank. I care for him because of the previous series, but with this book alone... can't say I grew up with him on this adventure. And this character element was for me the biggest disappointment of this book. The action is good and well describe like always. So it was good but not great. I would have like it to start faster and putting in more work in the character development, again, Vaelin should have been better, when I saw that it was always focus on him (we don't follow various character from chapter to chapter, the action stay around Vaelin from start to finish) I was glad because I like him a lot, but even while staying close to him we just don't get into his mind, his psychology, his thoughts enough for me. I'm glad I read it and will look for the publishing of the next one, it sure look promising with the ending, but some issues has to be work on in my opinion.

Premier livre que je lis de cet auteur et j'ai bien aimé. Entre thriller/policier classique et allégorie/fable sociale ce roman ose une approche différente et surtout présente des réflexions sociales riches et profondes. L'écriture est également à la hauteur. Une plume précise, vive et stylisée qui n'en fait pas trop, juste assez. Un roman qui, par ses multiples aspects, pourraient plaire à un public divers et varié. Une lecture brève, un 230 pages qui se lit en quelques heures à peine, et qui vaut amplement le temps qu'elle nécessite. Je recommande!

Probably the best so far. The end of the tournament was great and really develop and get us attach to new character. I personally really like Todoroki and have I expectation for him. The next one looking to be more villain based so that's good because as much as I like the ending of the tournament, good old heroes vs villains is going to be great! Love it!

Fun Halloween story with a strong message about snitching. I like the message and it can be good for some kids, that kids that always tell everything about everyone and that they all hate for it. But snitching if something really bad was done is alright, who just have to help kids learn and balance it all, when this book is more about never snitch... it might use some talk time and discussion after reading to put that into perspective and balance it all, but still and interesting read.

Interesting book, not only about loving yourself (because let,s be honest some kids these days have way too much self-esteem! and need more of a realistic opinion of themselves then anything else... anyway), but also about accepting your weakest as well as your strength and also learning to take care or take time for yourself. And the illustrations are gorgeous! Not perfect, like most of this type of kids books it need to lead up to a dialogue with an adult to explain more and talk about what the book bring to the table, but a nice book and a nice open door for discussion!.

2,5/5. Sympathetic story, maybe even cute, but just nothing much to it, not deep enough, no morale to it, causal illustrations, Could have use a bit more of everything!

2,5/5. Another Once upon a Garden story that is just nahh... The illustrations look very basics, the story has a god subject, projecting the first day of school which is something most kids apprehend, but it didn't executed it particularly well, not awfully bad neither, just low average I guess... Wouldn't recommend it.

2,5/5. Very cheesy, teenagers life, low and smooth thriller from start to finish. I'm not even sure why I finish it. No major flaws, just nothing really original or worth it to make it stand out and so deserving my reader time. Didn't like it, wasn't for me!

3,5/5. Un excellent roman, mais une des pires fins que j’ai lue depuis longtemps. Les personnages et les épreuves qu’elles vivent sont variées et intéressantes (on y pardonne facilement les quelques clichés). On y apprend quelques petits trucs sur différentes cultures, ce qui est bien, et l’écriture est agréable, le style aurait pu être un peu plus travaillé, mais c’est très bien. L’intrigue est prévisible, à la page 40 je sais exactement comment cela allait se terminer, donc oubliez l’intrigue et le «punch», mais encore là ce n’est pas le but d’un tel roman alors ça passe. J’allais vers un quatre étoiles, peut-être même quatre et demi, et puis, la fin, les deux ou trois dernières pages…

Attention les prochains commentaires auront des spoilers, légers, mais tout de même…

Comment ramener une histoire multiculturelle, unique et entrecroisant plusieurs destins de femmes, au seul et unique bonheur de la femme blanche nord-américaine. Elle se fout complètement des drames que vivent les autres, madame a eu ses cheveux donc, tout est parfait… sérieusement!?! On ignore si le destin de Smita et sa fille aboutira bien, le destin de Giulia est assez bien conclu, mais Sarah, pourquoi tout ramener à elle. Loin de moi l’idée de minimiser son drame et l’importance que peut avoir les cheveux pour une femme (ayant moi-même accompagné ma femme à travers deux cancers, dont le deuxième en ce moment même… croyez-moi je suis sensible au sujet), mais de conclure là-dessus, de nier la misère du monde parce que la tournure de sa vie semble aller mieux. Peut-être que j’ai pris la fin de travers, mais cela me semblait focuser sur un élément qui n’était pas central et en laisser de côté d’autre, qui pour moi du moins, était les plus importants du livre. De plus, la tournure générale des derniers éléments est assez Hollywoodienne et tout est pour le mieux. C’est dommage, car cela était pour moi un excellent roman, féministe certes, mais cernant de vrais enjeux, tous différents, mais d’une belle diversité et puis la fin qui «garroche » le tout et…

Enfin bref, le livre dans l’ensemble vaut 4/5, la fin est pitoyable et ne vaut pas plus de 1/5, je considère tout de même que la lecture vaille la peine (même si cela aurait tellement pu être mieux!!) et c’est pourquoi je lui donne 3,5/5, arrondit à 3/5.