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vigneswara_prabhu's review against another edition
4.0
Normans, who some plebeians call Norse men, a race of warriors who know no fear. Unfortunately that's a problem for them; 'For fear gives one wings' as they say; and the Normans want to know fear and thus fly on those wings. So,what do they do? They decide to go and invade the nearby land of the Gauls to find an 'expert' who will teach them to fear and fly. Unfortunately, this also happens to be when our favorite Gaul village is visited by 'Justforkix', the bratty petulant nephew to chief Vitalstatistix. Now the group has to deal with a band of warriors who are tougher than the Romans as well as fix up a youngster going through the rebellious phase. And as usual, chaos ensues.
The Normans live up to their fearsome reputations; They might be dumb as a doorknob, but when it comes to fighting, they are more than a match, at least in tenacity to the invincible gauls.
And boy do they have some hilarious pun filled names, a shower of them in fact.
Which is not including the other hurricane worth of puns n this chapter
Postaldistrix
Doublehelix
Justforkix
Timandahaf
Selfservix
Toocleverbyhaf
firsthaf
secondhaf
psychopaf
epitaf
cenotaf
transportcaf
chiffcaf
nescaf
autograf
But the real MC of the day is Cacophanix, the not so secret nuclear deterrent of the Gauls, everyone's least favorite bard. If there ever comes a time when the village loses the recipe of the magic potion of invincibility, fear not, Cacophanix can single handedly make everyone, Romans, Gauls, Normans, a bunch of poor farm animals, everyone, run away in mortal fear. The single most powerful entity, who, literally put the fear of the good lord into the previously fearless Norman. That is how good (terrible) he is; be warned.
Finally, remember kids, don't uproot innocent trees, if you don't want sweet little dogmatix to weep.
The Normans live up to their fearsome reputations; They might be dumb as a doorknob, but when it comes to fighting, they are more than a match, at least in tenacity to the invincible gauls.
And boy do they have some hilarious pun filled names, a shower of them in fact.
Which is not including the other hurricane worth of puns n this chapter
Postaldistrix
Doublehelix
Justforkix
Timandahaf
Selfservix
Toocleverbyhaf
firsthaf
secondhaf
psychopaf
epitaf
cenotaf
transportcaf
chiffcaf
nescaf
autograf
But the real MC of the day is Cacophanix, the not so secret nuclear deterrent of the Gauls, everyone's least favorite bard. If there ever comes a time when the village loses the recipe of the magic potion of invincibility, fear not, Cacophanix can single handedly make everyone, Romans, Gauls, Normans, a bunch of poor farm animals, everyone, run away in mortal fear. The single most powerful entity, who, literally put the fear of the good lord into the previously fearless Norman. That is how good (terrible) he is; be warned.
Finally, remember kids, don't uproot innocent trees, if you don't want sweet little dogmatix to weep.
aztlan's review against another edition
My German is simply not as good as I thought it was lol, this was too hard to read. I'll come back to this in the future!
ladyfie's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
jadejade's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Full disclosure, I grew up on this series so my opinion is necessarily biased.
I'm of the view that there is no such thing as a bad Asterix book ... but some volumes, like this one, are pretty good.
As a child, I often borrowed this one from the library, possibly because of the inclusion of teenaged character in a cast of adults. As an adult, I'm a little less likely to pick this one up for the same reason.
I'm of the view that there is no such thing as a bad Asterix book ... but some volumes, like this one, are pretty good.
As a child, I often borrowed this one from the library, possibly because of the inclusion of teenaged character in a cast of adults. As an adult, I'm a little less likely to pick this one up for the same reason.
talvihalla's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
isabellarozendaal's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
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? No
3.5
wyrmbergmalcolm's review against another edition
5.0
Possibly my absolute favourite of the series, this sees the Gauls teaching the meaning of fear to a bunch of fearless Normans while at the same time making a man of Vitalstatistix's townie nephew Justforkix (who's turn it is to get kidnapped). Very silly and with a surprise hero.
Other noteworthy aspects are that this is where we first learn that Dogmatix doesn't like trees being harmed and Fulliautomatix (who's featured in the series since the very beginning) finally looks like himself.
These books are full of bright, fun and delightful characters who go on various adventures and get to beat up a bunch of Roman soldiers. Accompanying the story and the characters is a plethora of clever puns and word play that the translators should get a medal for. There are always a few gags or phrases in Latin that may mean nothing to the non-Latin speakers (such as myself) but Google can lend a helping hand there.
Other noteworthy aspects are that this is where we first learn that Dogmatix doesn't like trees being harmed and Fulliautomatix (who's featured in the series since the very beginning) finally looks like himself.
These books are full of bright, fun and delightful characters who go on various adventures and get to beat up a bunch of Roman soldiers. Accompanying the story and the characters is a plethora of clever puns and word play that the translators should get a medal for. There are always a few gags or phrases in Latin that may mean nothing to the non-Latin speakers (such as myself) but Google can lend a helping hand there.
msaari's review against another edition
4.0
A good Asterix album from the golden age of Asterix. The plot is funny. The new Finnish edition looks nice, with sharp new colouring and clean texts.