Reviews

Bountiful Garden #1 by Steenz, Ivy Noelle Weir

kailey_luminouslibro's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

A group of teenagers have been trained to terraform a distant planet, but their spaceship stalls and they are awakened out of cryostasis ten years too early. They explore a nearby planet looking for supplies, and a mysterious presence begins to make itself known.

This graphic novel was a little too scary for me. There is some gore and blood that was gross.

I liked the characters, but they didn't have a lot of depth. They mostly spend their time freaking out about all the things that are going wrong on their mission. They are cranky and mean to each other. These people are not friends. They have been assigned to this terraforming mission, but do not exactly work well together. I wish there had been a character arc of the teens learning to work together and forming closer relationships, but most of them die before that can happen.

The art style is good, but everything is so dark. It made it difficult to see what was going on in the panels. I wish the coloring were brighter, but the darkness definitely fits the mood of the story.

I liked the mystery of the weird planet they explore. They find some weird ruins with strange markings, and there is an arcane history to be uncovered. Everything they discover makes them more afraid.

This was not my style of story because I don't like scary stuff, but I think someone else would really enjoy this graphic novel.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review. All the opinions stated here are my own true thoughts, and are not influenced by anyone.

danibanani's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

3.0

mel_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

3.0

It’s the year 2200. A team of teenage scientists is sent on a mission to inhabit a new distant planet. They should wake up from cryostasis just before they land. But they wake up much earlier and discover that they don’t have enough food for the journey.

Bountiful Garden has an excellent story and concept, but it bothered me that all the characters were pretty much unlikeable. All of their childish quarrels annoyed me to the extent that I had difficulty keeping my focus on the story. I had one question: why would someone send immature teens on such a mission?

The art is very good. It creates the creepy atmosphere. A dark sci-fi/horror story. For fans of Alien and similar stories. This edition includes volumes 1-5.

Thanks to Mad Cave (Diamond Book Distributors) for the ARC and this opportunity! This is a voluntary review and all opinions are my own. 

larkken's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Body horror

Minor: Murder

yari's review

3.0

 this was a very interesting read, it's literally about five teens who are on a mission stranded in space, having nowhere to go, three of them land on a strange planet looking for something and very weird things start to happen in-between them and with the other two on the ship, it's very dark and mysterious, kind of scary at parts because we're literally in the unknown.

I really liked it and I'm curious for the next installment, i just wished we'd known more of the background of the characters, where they come from, why did they volunteer for this, how does everyone know all the crews always disappear around that area?

Overall it's an enjoyable read, you can literally read it in a sitting bc it's so engaging.


Thank you to netgalley for giving me a free arc in exchange for an honest review!