Book Review: ‘Spirou & Fantasio in Moscow’ by Tome
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Nov.27, 2020, under Books
Spirou & Fantasio in Moscow by Tome
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is an entry that has some fantastic artwork, but the execution of the story was poorly thought out. Not helping is a far too complicated tale for the limits of the usual length of these tales.
Too much gets confusing with two problems.
1) The inclusion of actual Russian and then a playful use of fonts that turn certain letters backwards to present the feel of Russian. Some of the Russian is translated. Some of it has an asterisk to see a footnote at bottom. The inconsistency makes the story hard to read and know where to look at any one point.
2) The illustrations are handled in a more erratic style that makes understanding what’s going on. That and distinguishing characters.
The two problems together create a story hard to get through.
Then the ending is unsatisfying.
Bottom line: I don’t recommend this book. 4 out of ten points.
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