shidoburrito's Reviews (1.54k)

Phew! I'm glad Adam got his humorous groove back in this book. Cold Cereal is not as great as Smek Day, but much better than his teen book Fat Vampire. It seems Adam works best with books aimed at tweens, his humor feels right at home with children (well, and adults too who like good, goofy, clean humor like his). Not to mention his wonderful artwork that always helps illustrate the hilarity that goes on in his books: a Bigfoot who shaves, a fairy-land cereal conspiracy, and other nonsense that will bring you the same entertainment Smek Day brought!

Okay, I'm just going to stop reading it now. Sure the reviews say it has great mythology, but I don't want to waste my time since I'm already not enjoying it. Here would be my review if I was writing it like Houck writes this book in the character of Kelsey:

"Kelsey sat down to write the review for the book she dutifully read last night so she could get an A on her homework. Kelsey's parents were dead, but her awesome foster-parent-people-things wouldn't care she was up so late. She was so excited to leave for India with a complete stranger to take care of a tiger she met in a random, two-week temp job she took up for some unknown reason. What fun! The tiger was beautiful and white and didn't even bite her hand off when she naively pet him. Somehow they were connected..."

This is how the book felt to me. Like something I would have written in 6th grade had I been obsessed with tigers. Instead I wrote in this style in 5th grade with my obsession with dragons. Yeah, I'm gonna put this book down and move on.

This was the third book in the Rain Wilds Chronicles. I am so happy to have found these books, it has turned into a great series that almost feels like a fantasy soap opera. He likes her, she likes him, she's married to this jerk who's in love with her best friend, all the while traveling upriver to a lost city and trying to keep a brood of deformed dragons alive. Oh yes, the love hexagons and the drama makes me devour these books and hunger for more. I want to compare Robin Hobb to Mercedes Lackey, but they're mostly similar only in the fact that girls would enjoy reading them more, I think. Both authors have also created a wonderful world that they use throughout different series, sometimes having characters mingle from series to series. Either way, City of Dragons is part of a wonderful series full of suspense, action, romance, and has me hooked!

Interesting graphic novel with few words. I wonder how Henson would have presented it had it actually been turned into a movie/show?

Funny, sassy, and full of headstrong women. 3 stars because, if you know me, sometimes that character type grates my nerves.