tomatocultivator's review
4.0
A slow start, but proceeded with great heart. I remember really loving the first volume when I stumbled on it, and then sat on this one for years after finding it used. The character has grown along with me, and I'm glad I pulled it off the shelf.
matthue's review
5.0
This is one of the books I want to remember literally EVERY TIME someone asks me for a book recommendation. Yes, it's the second book in a series, but you don't need to read the first one. I was reminded to write a review by this review --
http://t.co/zB0AHGfnve
-- which has a great description of the exact moment that Johnny Hiro stops being just a really fun book and starts wrapping its fist around your heart:
"It was a small moment, but it stopped me. With just two panels of wholly non-dramatic storytelling, Chao 180’d the filter through which I viewed Johnny Hiro. From that moment onward, I was seeing through all the humour (and there’s a lot of that) that forms the book’s skin and into the meat that lay beneath. I was charmed. I was on board."
Pick it up. Pick it up now. Please.
http://t.co/zB0AHGfnve
-- which has a great description of the exact moment that Johnny Hiro stops being just a really fun book and starts wrapping its fist around your heart:
"It was a small moment, but it stopped me. With just two panels of wholly non-dramatic storytelling, Chao 180’d the filter through which I viewed Johnny Hiro. From that moment onward, I was seeing through all the humour (and there’s a lot of that) that forms the book’s skin and into the meat that lay beneath. I was charmed. I was on board."
Pick it up. Pick it up now. Please.
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