Here's a book you must have. Especially if you like comics or fantasy stories. I heard about this book from James Gurney and immediately picked up a copy. I wasn't dissapointed. The story zooms along at the perfect pace, the art work is that rare and special thing where it works both as a panel telling a story and it also works as an individual image. The colours are great, evoking different moods. And the dipiction of landscape is wonderful. A short explanation of the world is: The Mouse Guard are an elite and old group of specially trained mice that help protect the other mice from predators and other threats. The plot in this story is great, but I don't want to give it away. I highly recommend this book.
11 Comments on Book Review : Mouse Guard By David Petersen, last added: 3/17/2008
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It's a great book! I can't say enough good things about it.
Wow, nice! Thanks for the review--this is some beautifully illustrated work--love the style.
Great illustrations and the story sounds cool. What age group do you think it is geared toward? Five year olds?
I like that you added this to your blog.
Thanks Frank!
I think I'l do the occasional book review, I read a lot and have few people to share great books with.
It's a bit mature, there's some violence in it and some scary parts. I'd say maybe 11 or 12 and up. I'm not great at giving stories a rating.
Thanks, good to know.
I like the book review idea, or writing about other artists. I have been thinking of writing about some other artists on my blog.
A book review for the five -six year old range would be appreciated.
Hey Eric! Thanks for popping in over at my blog. I have a hard time keeping up other people's blogs, so every time I stop by yours I have ...a "proclivity" of posts to read. It's fun, and your art is great.
I have to say, I was disappointed with Mouse Guard. It was wonderful to look through. Beautifully drawn, but for me it didn't work quite so well as a comic -dialogue and story didn't grab me, and though the pictures were fantastic there was little "acting" with the characters. It would have worked better as a heavily-illustrated short novel.
Ok this is the part where I say...
... Shoot, why do I live so far away from amazing bookstores where I can find all these great works and where the mail system is so awful that things take for ever, that is if they ever arrive?.. and.. well I better stop complaining now.
I'll put in on my long list of great books to buy when I do travel. Thanks Eric.. I love this new "segment" of yours :o)
Thanks Frank, I'll be doing this about twice a month I think.
Hey Ben, glad to know you're still out there.Thanks for the words on Mouse Guard, it's great to have someone elses opinion.
Thanks Alicia! On the plus side you get to live in Venezuala! Slow books but you get to be in a beautiful country.
WOW This mouse is absolutly beautiful!!!!!
Great pictures!!!!!! I like it pretty mutch!!!
Thanks Olgi!
Thanks for this book review. I vaguely remember seeing this cover somewhere, but the inside pics you shared have totally sold me, and I put it on my Amazon wishlist. I read some reviews that said the story is not the best, but honestly, I'll be paying much more attention to the illustrations.
It really is a great book, Angela.