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A review by afi_whatafireads
Guardian of The Realm by Leah Moore, Kyle Thomas, John Reppion
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Its sad how badly I would like to give a higher rating for this book cause, even reading it with the perception of YA/Middle Grade, I do feel this one was a huge missed potential of a story.
Guardian of the Realm tells the story of Kyle who had to move away because of his mother's duties as a Guardian in the Animal Sanctuary. There, he found that the sanctuary is not like a zoo but is more than that. An incident had made him learnt of the world beyond the sanctuary and what means to be the Guardian of the Realm . A fun story on friendship, sacrifice, believing in yourself and best of all the love for animals.
Let's start what I do like about the book first:
1) Illustration
I feel that the illustrator had done a wonderful job with the book. The fact that the colours and drawings were vivid and I loved the small details in the book that made the story come to life. The attention to the colour schemes- and how they play with the overall setting of the book with colour scheme makes it very interesting and plus points to that. It definitely gave a huge stark and impact on the story and it made the world seemed livelier at certain settings of the story.
2) Message from the Creators
I love the message that the creators of the are putting out in which having the faith to try something new as well as the love of animals and its importance in the ecosystem. Whilst it was delivered subtly, I liked how they incorporated the animals with the humans and the friendship bonded over it. It makes a book that I would definitely let my younger sisters and cousins read it.
Now for what I felt made it a Missed Potential .
1) Overall Plot
Honestly, overall, the whole plot of the book was just messy. From the very start to finish. Sad that I had SUCH HIGH HOPES for the book and I was left a tad disappointed. Please remember that every book I read , I will set my perception as the intended audience, and for someone who LOVES graphic novels and mangas, the storyline is over the place in this one. There were parts that suddenly came into focus, without a good backup story to pick it up.
2) Characters
Characters in here just feel so ......... bland and unmemorable . There was nothing I can remember about Kyle and the rest of the friends? They didn't leave a huge impact as well. Again, I've read standalone graphic novels with stellar characterization and honestly, there's loads that the creators could do but didn't manage to do it.
Overall, this book has just so much potential but it just didn't work out as I thought it would. Quite sad because I was looking forward to read this one , but do still give it a go if you're wanting to look for the illustrations as this part of the book is just stellar. Biggest thank you to Times Reads for this copy!
Guardian of the Realm tells the story of Kyle who had to move away because of his mother's duties as a Guardian in the Animal Sanctuary. There, he found that the sanctuary is not like a zoo but is more than that. An incident had made him learnt of the world beyond the sanctuary and what means to be the Guardian of the Realm . A fun story on friendship, sacrifice, believing in yourself and best of all the love for animals.
Let's start what I do like about the book first:
1) Illustration
I feel that the illustrator had done a wonderful job with the book. The fact that the colours and drawings were vivid and I loved the small details in the book that made the story come to life. The attention to the colour schemes- and how they play with the overall setting of the book with colour scheme makes it very interesting and plus points to that. It definitely gave a huge stark and impact on the story and it made the world seemed livelier at certain settings of the story.
2) Message from the Creators
I love the message that the creators of the are putting out in which having the faith to try something new as well as the love of animals and its importance in the ecosystem. Whilst it was delivered subtly, I liked how they incorporated the animals with the humans and the friendship bonded over it. It makes a book that I would definitely let my younger sisters and cousins read it.
Now for what I felt made it a Missed Potential .
1) Overall Plot
Honestly, overall, the whole plot of the book was just messy. From the very start to finish. Sad that I had SUCH HIGH HOPES for the book and I was left a tad disappointed. Please remember that every book I read , I will set my perception as the intended audience, and for someone who LOVES graphic novels and mangas, the storyline is over the place in this one. There were parts that suddenly came into focus, without a good backup story to pick it up.
2) Characters
Characters in here just feel so ......... bland and unmemorable . There was nothing I can remember about Kyle and the rest of the friends? They didn't leave a huge impact as well. Again, I've read standalone graphic novels with stellar characterization and honestly, there's loads that the creators could do but didn't manage to do it.
Overall, this book has just so much potential but it just didn't work out as I thought it would. Quite sad because I was looking forward to read this one , but do still give it a go if you're wanting to look for the illustrations as this part of the book is just stellar. Biggest thank you to Times Reads for this copy!