howlinglibraries's Reviews (1.85k)

25 Days was absolutely fantastic! I loved the idea of breaking this story up into 25 chapters to read a chapter per day, like a twisted little bookish advent calendar. I'll admit that I didn't follow the schedule strictly; there were days I skipped and other days I read extra to catch up, but I never read "ahead" of schedule and saved the ending for Christmas Day. It was so suspenseful that it was hard not to tear through the entire book in one go.

The book requires a lot of suspension of disbelief, and there were some plot threads I wasn't sure were tied up the way I hoped they would be, but none of that detracted from the fun I was having. Each day's section flew by aside from the first one, which was just longer to set the stage and let us get to know the characters. I enjoyed this so much and would definitely read more from this author in the future!

This is honestly one of my favorite comic books I've read in a very, very long time. If you've ever wanted a comic book series about a group of animals who all have a similar sense of humor to Michael Scott from the US version of The Office, here you go. I giggled throughout the entire thing. Also, being "over today" by 9AM is just a forever mood.

I'm not THE biggest fan of newspaper comics like this, but there were some really good ones in here and they're definitely all relatable in a very sardonic way.

I tried the audiobook along with the ebook at first, and the audiobook narration wasn't great. There were moments of poor editing (like Geo starting a sentence, pausing, and restarting it) and the pauses between sentences were awkwardly long.

Then, I switched to just the ebook, which was certainly more enjoyable, but still very DENSE with information. A lot of it probably could've been left out or trimmed down to make each of the sections not drag as much.

Another minor complaint is that, while Geo's art is AWESOME and I loved it!!!, I wish there had also been a photo of each location to go along with the gorgeous artwork. Despite how intricate Geo's paintings are, I still wanted to see what a realistic depiction of each place would look like, so I kept tabbing over to the browser on my iPad to look up photos at the end of each section. It's a small thing that I think would've gone a long way to increase enjoyability for me.

All of that aside, I learned a lot of cool facts about some very Haunted Hydrology and I love that. If you're into weird facts about nature, I recommend this, or better yet, checking out Geo's videos!

If there ever comes a day where I do NOT giggle and smile at Sarah's Scribbles, put me out of my misery. I love these.

 

Absolutely precious and heartwarming. I especially love the little pasta ones. 💜

 

 This comic book is so precious I can't handle it. I love this artist's little comics when I see them on social media, but most of the pieces in this book were new to me! (I'm not sure if they were new for the book, or if I just don't follow the artist diligently enough, so YMMV) I LOVED how positive (paws-itive, lol) the comics were and how sweet the kitties are. I would recommend this for any cat lover, especially if you have spicy little void kitties in your life. I'm going to be buying a physical copy for my kiddo ASAP!
 

 

I love Mochi 💜 The photos at the end proving that these were true stories were a delightful bonus.

 

 

I'm not really sure what I expected, but it wasn't canon sapphic Neopian faeries. Not mad about that. The story left a bit to be desired, but I haven't been in the mood for MG stories lately, so I'm blaming that on myself.