In this completely original graphic novel take on a 'choose-your-own-adventure,' a boy stumbles upon the lab of a mad scientist who asks him to choose between testing a mind-reading device, a time machine, and a doomsday machine. Using an ingenious system of tubes and tabs, readers can decide what to explore in this completely engrossing experiment in storytelling. Sometimes the page reads right to left, sometimes up and down, and sometimes jumps from beginning to end. It's sure to appeal to kids - and comics collectors - eager for an interactive, funny read.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Others have posted about what the book is about & how it works so I will post about my particular situation which might help you decide whether to choose this book.
My son who is 7 loves reading this book. He likes to try out all the different option and see how far he can navigate to the pages to the end of the book. I feel that this book is allowing my son to read & re-read and therefore practise his reading skills. There are only certain books that he loves reading and the graphics and the interative part of this books keeps my son engaged.
The writing is in proper case (lowercase & capitals for start of sentence etc) rather than all uppercase. I found that most comics books are all in uppercase & my son finds them very hard to read. This he can read.
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This book certainly helps him to read more.
My son who is 7 loves reading this book. He likes to try out all the different option and see how far he can navigate to the pages to the end of the book. I feel that this book is allowing my son to read & re-read and therefore practise his reading skills. There are only certain books that he loves reading and the graphics and the interative part of this books keeps my son engaged.
The writing is in proper case (lowercase & capitals for start of sentence etc) rather than all uppercase. I found that most comics books are all in uppercase & my son finds them very hard to read. This he can read.
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This book certainly helps him to read more.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Paul Robinson
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Other reviews have explained what this book is and how it works, and how physically it's different to other books - and it is physically very, very different - so I'll concentrate on the entertainment value.
It has been suggested there are 3,856 story possibilities, but only one of them (or at most a handful) will lead you to the end of the story. This is, I believe, a monumental error. Ultimately it makes what could have been a really interesting experiment in fiction, into a rather tiresome and repetitive bore.
It is extremely difficult to get through the first few stages of the story, and it's pretty much impossible to bookmark your path and be able to get back to a particular point you know to be key - the key points are normally many page turns behind you by the time you realise they were key.
The fact the author engaged the use of a super-computer and based his narrative on a flowchart doesn't surprise me: as a software developer I can see evidence of what is frustrating to so many people in software design here in a book! The author who is very close to the story and who knows the "right path", has made it nearly impossible for somebody to pick this up and be able to achieve their objective. I believe what we have here is the fiction comic version of a badly designed piece of software.
If you're prepared to persevere I am sure it's rewarding, but after an hour I had to put it down with the hope I'd come back and re-visit it when I had forgotten the early stages which I had had to revisit over and over again constantly. I am sure I'll come back to it as an adult fan of interesting fictional devices (and of comics), but I'm not sure I would be willing to just hand this over to a youngster and hope it would keep them engaged or entertained for more than half an hour.
It's technically brilliant in many ways, but it needs more paths through it to get to the end objective in an easier way.
It has been suggested there are 3,856 story possibilities, but only one of them (or at most a handful) will lead you to the end of the story. This is, I believe, a monumental error. Ultimately it makes what could have been a really interesting experiment in fiction, into a rather tiresome and repetitive bore.
It is extremely difficult to get through the first few stages of the story, and it's pretty much impossible to bookmark your path and be able to get back to a particular point you know to be key - the key points are normally many page turns behind you by the time you realise they were key.
The fact the author engaged the use of a super-computer and based his narrative on a flowchart doesn't surprise me: as a software developer I can see evidence of what is frustrating to so many people in software design here in a book! The author who is very close to the story and who knows the "right path", has made it nearly impossible for somebody to pick this up and be able to achieve their objective. I believe what we have here is the fiction comic version of a badly designed piece of software.
If you're prepared to persevere I am sure it's rewarding, but after an hour I had to put it down with the hope I'd come back and re-visit it when I had forgotten the early stages which I had had to revisit over and over again constantly. I am sure I'll come back to it as an adult fan of interesting fictional devices (and of comics), but I'm not sure I would be willing to just hand this over to a youngster and hope it would keep them engaged or entertained for more than half an hour.
It's technically brilliant in many ways, but it needs more paths through it to get to the end objective in an easier way.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By elmsyrup
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Vine™ Review
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As others have mentioned, this graphic novel follows a young boy's adventures with a set of inventions, and you get to choose what path he takes.
Some of the concepts presented in this book are quite interesting: entropy, causality, whether you can prevent the future from happening. I think the way the ideas are explained is clear enough for a reasonably bright 8 year old without patronising them, and will give them some food for thought.
The production is high quality, with quirky, well-drawn pictures, bright colours and sturdy glossy pages. The author has clearly taken a lot of time and care over it. It will withstand sticky hands and multiple readings. The layout, with tabs and tubes leading to different pages, is original and involving, though we found it hard to follow the paths at times- best to keep your finger running along the line.
The book is well-executed, but at the same time it's very difficult to get past the first few outcomes. Because every decision involves a new page it is difficult to retrace your steps, so if you want to try to get to some of the intriguing pages you flick past, you have to keep going back to the beginning again and again. And even then, different decisions seem to come up with the same result. It almost seems the author is having a bit of a private joke with himself, making some of the outcomes almost impossible to get to. For many children, they will get bored and frustrated before they have exhausted much more than a fraction of the story possibilities. That's a shame, because this is a really nice idea which has got a lot of potential.
Some of the concepts presented in this book are quite interesting: entropy, causality, whether you can prevent the future from happening. I think the way the ideas are explained is clear enough for a reasonably bright 8 year old without patronising them, and will give them some food for thought.
The production is high quality, with quirky, well-drawn pictures, bright colours and sturdy glossy pages. The author has clearly taken a lot of time and care over it. It will withstand sticky hands and multiple readings. The layout, with tabs and tubes leading to different pages, is original and involving, though we found it hard to follow the paths at times- best to keep your finger running along the line.
The book is well-executed, but at the same time it's very difficult to get past the first few outcomes. Because every decision involves a new page it is difficult to retrace your steps, so if you want to try to get to some of the intriguing pages you flick past, you have to keep going back to the beginning again and again. And even then, different decisions seem to come up with the same result. It almost seems the author is having a bit of a private joke with himself, making some of the outcomes almost impossible to get to. For many children, they will get bored and frustrated before they have exhausted much more than a fraction of the story possibilities. That's a shame, because this is a really nice idea which has got a lot of potential.
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Great for our dyslexic son
I bought this for our son who is struggling to read more interesting books as his reading is behind for his age (10 years). The book has been a big success. Read more
Published 4 months ago by readerwith kids
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Great fun, and surprisingly complex
When I was a wee tot I used to love choose your own adventures and comics. A wave of nostalgic glee washed over me when Meanwhile fell into my grubby little mits. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr. Paul S. Bird
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Bring a notepad and pen with you
First things first the book works as advertised: on most panels you are given a choice of options and a coloured line that leads to somewhere else in the book. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Ieuan Lewis
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More Please........
It has taken some time for my daughter to really enjoy this one. It is essentially a hypertext comic, with a number of links to different possible story paths depending on the... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mr. Nadim Bakhshov
4.0 out of 5 stars
Liked it, but wanted to like it more
I liked this book, but wanted to like it more as the concept is great but the practise is perhaps merely quite good. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2011 by B. Yeoh
4.0 out of 5 stars
A maze in book form
The entertainment value of the comic strip is fairly limited, so the book is more a a challenging puzzle than a story book. Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2010 by Prof TBun
4.0 out of 5 stars
A great idea....
A great idea, a book with 3856 different permutations and, apparently, only one that is successful. A fantasttic idea that my daughter absorbed herself in whole-heartedly, however,... Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2010 by A. Betts
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good format, contents not suited for all..
As an adult, my first impression of this book was pretty good. I was a fan of the old type 'choose your own adventure' books, and the various paths to follow look rather... Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2010 by Michelle Moore
4.0 out of 5 stars
Darkly Funny Read
"Choose Your Own Adventure" books are always fun and this comic book version is no different. You begin by choosing between flavours of ice cream and end up in life or death... Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2010 by Mr. T. Brandon
3.0 out of 5 stars
3,856 endings, but lots of repetition getting there!
Actually this book is great fun. For a while.
I've never seen anything quite like it, and the creator should be applauded for the massive effort that must have gone... Read more
I've never seen anything quite like it, and the creator should be applauded for the massive effort that must have gone... Read more
Published on 10 Aug 2010 by J. Scott
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