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Girl Genius, Vol. 10: Agatha Heterodyne And The Guardian Muse (2011)

by Phil Foglio(Favorite Author)

4.45 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1890856533 (ISBN13: 9781890856533)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Studio Foglio

series

Girl Genius

review 1: The 10th volume of GG is a mixed bag. The spark/minion cross-talk is brilliant, laugh-out-loud goodness, and the onion-peeling of the plot (and the castle) is fascinating -- but there's a lot of ... well, internal repetition here: personality transfers, Agatha/Lucrezia conflicts, last-gasp-gamble medical procedures, people dying (or maybe not), all of it down in the ever-changing-but-still-the-same bowels of Castle Heterodyne. A bit more setting change-up would be helpful, and the too-brief glances of what's going on with the Baron and the Seneschal and the Jaegers (including a delightful vignette at the end) provide much-needed contrast.Still, the least-best GG is still worth four stars. Not recommended for anyone who hasn't read every single volume to date. But it's ... moreworth it doing so. Really. (And, yes, these are all online for free -- but reading them in book form is both more convenient and less prone to missing a few days.)
review 2: I get to read the graphic novel collections of this series thanks to a friend who loans them to me. I find they are a great light read for when I'm waiting around for computers to do things that eat up chunks of time but need someone to be watching for error messages...Anyway, the series in general is fun, fanciful and has a cast of thousands.... a nifty steampunk world of mad scientists, wanna be world rulers and fantastic machines, with lots of action and inside jokes. The Foglio's have always done great work and this is probably their greatest achievement.You do need to put away your critical thinking, accept a certain amount of extreme coincidence and be willing to suspend some disbelief to enjoy them, but they are worth those choices. less

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