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wordsandnocturnes's review
3.0
This book is an introduction to the Esteban series. It does a pretty good job of it, hooking us in with thrilling action and introducing us to the protagonist, a native American boy named Esteban.
Esteban, after the opening events, gets a job on a whaling ship. Little mysteries are set up throughout the story, prompting questions like “how does Esteban’s mother know the whaling ship’s captain?”, “who or what was the messenger bird who could hear the voices of spirits?”
The art lends a somehow minimalist feel to the story, showing calmness in a story filled with crashing waves and sure action. The still mood set by the art is punctuated and brought to life with jagged font and wide spreads, which makes visualising the story much easier.
To sum it up, this book is a good introduction to the protagonist and his life on the whaling ship.
Esteban, after the opening events, gets a job on a whaling ship. Little mysteries are set up throughout the story, prompting questions like “how does Esteban’s mother know the whaling ship’s captain?”, “who or what was the messenger bird who could hear the voices of spirits?”
The art lends a somehow minimalist feel to the story, showing calmness in a story filled with crashing waves and sure action. The still mood set by the art is punctuated and brought to life with jagged font and wide spreads, which makes visualising the story much easier.
To sum it up, this book is a good introduction to the protagonist and his life on the whaling ship.
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