Will they be able to stand up to the challenge of becoming the new keepers of the Amulet, that has imposing powers, entrusted to them by their great grandfather, Silas, whom they finally meet living in Alledia? Will they be able to keep up with the secrets that are slowly unraveling in front of them? Will they be able to live up to the expectations set to them tagging them as heroes meant to rescue the world? Will they be able to rescue their mother? When family is all that’s left to them, is that enough to keep them surviving? The book talks about growing up, dealing with loss and the value of families.įirst, let’s talk about the artwork which I’m a bit torn about. The book then follows the kids’ adventures as they try to get used to the new world they stumbled upon. They followed the monsters and found themselves in a dark magical parallel world, Alledia, filled with rugged terrains, talking robots, unusual animals and a monster stalking them who is after the amulet that the kids found at their new house. A strange noise coming from the basement woke up the three in the middle of the night, and when Karen decided to investigate she was taken by a tentacled beast, called an Arachnopod. The night of their first day, an unusual thing happened. Two years after the father’s death, now financially struggling and wanting to start anew, the kids and their mother, Karen, decided to move to an ancestral house in a town called Norlen that was originally owned by their mother’s grandfather, Silas, who’s gone missing and everybody assumed to have already died. The book follows the story of Emily and her brother Navin, who at an early age lost their father because of a car accident. It gave an in-depth background which made me more understand the characters’ personalities. That style worked for me as it made me even more connected to the characters more. The book starts on a serious note by way of a tragedy but as the story progressed the tone lightened. I must say that’s it’s a good start for the series. The first graphic novel that I finished was Amulet, Book One: The Stonekeeper. 😀 Lumberjanes, Amulet and especially Saga are always on the recommended list of my most trusted Booktubers and so far I’m enjoying all all three. If you’ll ask me how I chose those graphic novels, well, blame Booktube.

Allen (Illustrator) and Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi so expect my reviews for each the next coming days.

Vaughan (Writer), Fiona Staples (Artist), Lumberjanes by y Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Brooke A. I managed to finish all the first volumes of Saga by Brian K. And I’m on a roll! 😀 I actually started three different graphic novels. So I’m back into reading graphic novels! 🙂 Apart from The Walking Dead graphic novels last year, where I managed to only read until Volume 4 (which contains issues 19-24), it’s only until now that I got myself into reading graphic novels again.

Kazu kibuishi amulet the stonekeeper