Reviews

The Road to Inconceivable by Nick Bell, Mike Ploog, J.M. DeMatteis

dominerdy's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

alexandr1ne's review

5.0

Truthfully, this is probably 4 stars, but I just can’t be objective about something this nostalgic. And if a childhood favourite holds up even somewhat well under the light of 2022 scrutiny (cough, Roald Dahl and JK Rowling, cough cough!!!), that’s enough for me. As a kid, I remember being utterly entranced by this story, with its vivid characters and its total weirdness, and all of that holds up. I got chills ‘reading’ (it’s one of the only double-page spreads in the whole graphic novel that’s almost entirely wordless, and all the more powerful for it) the scene where Matt disappears. CHILLS. And the baffling, hybrid Aussie and USAmerican narration, that has the Jamesons supposedly living in Brooklyn but referring to Kate being in Year 8 (rather than in the eighth grade) and using the metric system. Or maybe that was just this edition, and it was changed for an Australian audience? Who knows! I love it!

ABADAZAD: The Road to Inconceivable is such a gem. And now I get to move on to the second instalment, which I didn’t even know existed, and just so happened to find for four bucks in a bookstore today?! Life is weird. But also cool sometimes.

rosenectur's review

4.0

This was Crossgen Comics attempt at entering the graphic novel field, but I think it all got mixed up with Disney when they bought the company during their bankruptcy. As a fan of Crossgen I'm always on the look out of titles I don't own yet and was happy to pick this up at a thrift store. The story is  mix of Peter Pan's Neverland and Alice's Wonderland with a lot of other things thrown into the mix. I enjoyed it a lot and couldn't wait to read the second one. Unfortunately I have not found the third title yet and planned forth title never ended up being published.

vicente_almeida's review

3.0

I was feeling nostalgic looking at abadazad in my shelf, so I picked it up. I liked it very much as I did the first time. Now to the next one

library_brandy's review

2.0

(Review is with book 2: The Dream Thief.)

bookwormyami's review

5.0

I love this book! I love the formatting, the story, the characters, just everything! This book is full of magic and it'sa fast read. To me it's a combination of The Wizard Of Oz and Alice In Wonderland but yet, it's still it's own story. I can't wait to read the other books in and continue on this adventure with Kate.

dragonworshipcult's review

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5