iffer's review
4.0
Although this is nothing new under the sun, it combines familiar themes and storylines into a satisfying whole with good messages: learning to be yourself; listening to children and letting them take risks even when adults want to protect them; and resisting scapegoating. I loved the art in the imagined Victorian-ish setting, especially the striking silhouettes of Feathers's character.
fernandie's review against another edition
3.0
Note: I received a finished copy of this book from the publisher at ALA Annual 2019.
purlscout's review
3.0
3.5 stars
my son and I read this together. I hated being unable to answer his questions in regards to the conversing (god & lucifer???) quasi-narrators. it was a bit too open-ended and abstract for his atheistic autistic brain but we both enjoyed it's surface message and the art.
my son and I read this together. I hated being unable to answer his questions in regards to the conversing (god & lucifer???) quasi-narrators. it was a bit too open-ended and abstract for his atheistic autistic brain but we both enjoyed it's surface message and the art.
fishfish's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
michelle_neuwirth_gray9311's review
4.0
An interesting read and I hope there is a second volume as the authors left some questions open.
sarechafin's review
5.0
I enjoyed the story of Poe and his search to find his purpose but I loved the art. It's stunning. I can't wait for my son (9) to read it.
calistareads's review
4.0
Fantastic opening volume to this story. I like the characters and there is enough mystery to keep me wanting more, but it made sense. I still don't really understand what was happening with the villain and the feathers at the end. The rest of the story worked.
Feathers is a boy who has feathers like a boy. He lives up in the towers of a city hidden by his pop. He doesn't know who his real parents are. A girl runs away from the prosperous part of the city and meets feathers. She helps him get find his way into the world. The orphans of the maze of the poor city are filled with kids called mice. Feathers is trying to help them and they think he is a scary ghost.
I thought the art was fantastic. Someone else made the comparison and it's true, this is a weird take on the Hunchback of Notre Dame, which I loved as a kid. I want to know more and I hope this volume continues. It is refreshing to find a story that is new and different and well done.
Feathers is a boy who has feathers like a boy. He lives up in the towers of a city hidden by his pop. He doesn't know who his real parents are. A girl runs away from the prosperous part of the city and meets feathers. She helps him get find his way into the world. The orphans of the maze of the poor city are filled with kids called mice. Feathers is trying to help them and they think he is a scary ghost.
I thought the art was fantastic. Someone else made the comparison and it's true, this is a weird take on the Hunchback of Notre Dame, which I loved as a kid. I want to know more and I hope this volume continues. It is refreshing to find a story that is new and different and well done.
samanthabryant's review
4.0
What an intriguing set of characters and interesting setting! Feathers takes place in a world where there is "the city" and "the maze." The city is clean and white and perfect, sterile even. The maze is rough and tumble, in want, and falling apart. Of course, the worlds must collide.
Poe is a boy with feathers, who lives hidden away with his adoptive father in the maze. Bianca is the bored daughter of a wealthy city family, who craves adventure. When the two become friends, they are both changed, and their assumptions upturned.
We also have a bad guy who is a kind of Pied Piper, a group of street kids called Mice that feel very Dickensian, Poe's adoptive father who has secrets as well, and two mysterious narrators who appear only as voices in text boxes at the story's outset and close.
While I felt the volume ended rather abruptly, even given probably intentions for a sequel, it was still quite a creative and entertaining story that explores moral issues without becoming directly pedantic (as too many works aimed at young readers do).
Poe is a boy with feathers, who lives hidden away with his adoptive father in the maze. Bianca is the bored daughter of a wealthy city family, who craves adventure. When the two become friends, they are both changed, and their assumptions upturned.
We also have a bad guy who is a kind of Pied Piper, a group of street kids called Mice that feel very Dickensian, Poe's adoptive father who has secrets as well, and two mysterious narrators who appear only as voices in text boxes at the story's outset and close.
While I felt the volume ended rather abruptly, even given probably intentions for a sequel, it was still quite a creative and entertaining story that explores moral issues without becoming directly pedantic (as too many works aimed at young readers do).