mehsi's review against another edition
5.0
Received an ARC from the publisher at Netgalley.
Finally this wonderful, epic game gets a comic book! I loved, no adored the game, it was a really brilliant idea to have plants fight zombies!
So in this book we meet Nate and Patrice (who also happens to be Crazy Dave's (yes THE Crazy Dave) niece), in the beginning everything is fine, until they look out of their tree house window and see ZOMBIES!
They soon hurry to Dave, because, well even though he is clearly crazy, he is also brilliant and knows how to stop the zombies! Patrice is the only one who can understand his garbled nonsense speak so she acts as translator.
It was really wonderful to see the plants again (they were soooooo cute in this form, especially the sunflowers), and to go: "Oh, look! There is the zombie with that traffic cone!" Or "Oh, look! There is the zombie who likes to dive!" My boyfriend also liked to watch with me when I pointed them out. :)
I loved the plot and how it worked out, not always do games make good comics because of how they are made, and I was a bit worried about this one. But after reading this I can say it is more than just garden fighting, no we travel through the whole town, we have to search for the plants, for new things! The characters are great, I really liked them and how they acted towards each other.
The illustrations are really fantastic and beautifully made, I was really pulled into the story.
I will be sure to buy this book, so that my boyfriend can read it too, since he had so much fun watching me point out zombies and plants. :)
Thanks for allowing me to read this comic!
Finally this wonderful, epic game gets a comic book! I loved, no adored the game, it was a really brilliant idea to have plants fight zombies!
So in this book we meet Nate and Patrice (who also happens to be Crazy Dave's (yes THE Crazy Dave) niece), in the beginning everything is fine, until they look out of their tree house window and see ZOMBIES!
They soon hurry to Dave, because, well even though he is clearly crazy, he is also brilliant and knows how to stop the zombies! Patrice is the only one who can understand his garbled nonsense speak so she acts as translator.
It was really wonderful to see the plants again (they were soooooo cute in this form, especially the sunflowers), and to go: "Oh, look! There is the zombie with that traffic cone!" Or "Oh, look! There is the zombie who likes to dive!" My boyfriend also liked to watch with me when I pointed them out. :)
I loved the plot and how it worked out, not always do games make good comics because of how they are made, and I was a bit worried about this one. But after reading this I can say it is more than just garden fighting, no we travel through the whole town, we have to search for the plants, for new things! The characters are great, I really liked them and how they acted towards each other.
The illustrations are really fantastic and beautifully made, I was really pulled into the story.
I will be sure to buy this book, so that my boyfriend can read it too, since he had so much fun watching me point out zombies and plants. :)
Thanks for allowing me to read this comic!
silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Nostalgic for when I used to play the game, and funny and silly enough that it made me laugh out loud a few times. Not really interesting enough that I feel the need to continue the series though.
strawberryteeth's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
gabbyreadswithtea's review against another edition
3.0
Rating: 2.5
Certainly differs from the video game. Took me longer to read than expected for a graphic novel of this size but it was a lot of silly fun and I’m sure readers of the intended age group would have a blast!
Certainly differs from the video game. Took me longer to read than expected for a graphic novel of this size but it was a lot of silly fun and I’m sure readers of the intended age group would have a blast!
gabbyreadswithtea's review against another edition
4.0
Rating: 3.5
Based on one of my all-time favourite video games, this comic was a ton of fun! Full of colour and awesome graphics, the story line, characters and artwork, I enjoyed my reading experience immensely. Gave me the urge to play through this game yet again (maybe my third? Fourth time?). I plan to get the next volume of this series from my library ASAP.
Based on one of my all-time favourite video games, this comic was a ton of fun! Full of colour and awesome graphics, the story line, characters and artwork, I enjoyed my reading experience immensely. Gave me the urge to play through this game yet again (maybe my third? Fourth time?). I plan to get the next volume of this series from my library ASAP.
gabbyreadswithtea's review against another edition
2.0
I have always been so obsessed with this game but I just can’t get behind these comics.