A review by taicantfly
The Adventures of Tintin: Breaking Free by Hergé

adventurous hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This was fun to read in one sitting - a Tintin that resembles the original in name and appearance only is reimagined as a young working class lad organising for better workplace conditions in a strike that becomes a full blown worker's revolution. Look, I'm a communist, I have no quarrel with the events depicted or the hopeful tone of the story, but the pacing made the escalation from wildcat strike phenomenon to worker's revolution really sudden, the characters served zero purpose in their own right, the dialogue is just too unsubtle in its communication - and I understand that the point of this is that it's lighthearted, distributable, recognisable agitprop, and that not everything has to be the richest work of art on God's green earth, but it just felt a little lacking. I would still recommend this gladly, partly because it's so fast to get through!