Cheshire Crossing
Ratings23
Average rating3.6
I went into this with VERY low expectations based on the top reviews, and was pleasantly surprised. Maybe it's because I read the referenced books a long time ago and didn't catch the idiosyncrasies, but I enjoyed it.
Loved it! I literally laughed out loud a couple of times reading it. That was unfortunate, as I was at work. Ha!
I got this because I'm a huge fan of Sarah Andersen from Sarah Scribbles. The sneak peak she posted was enough to get my attention, and while it's not the first time these three characters have been put together, I was definitely willing for something easy and light.
However, it wasn't until after I bought it that I realized it was written by Andy Weir of The Martian fame. Now, The Martian was cute, but I think once people started reading Weir's second book Artemis they learned that his talents really only stemmed for writing one kind of character. And when you can only write one kind of character (a sassy smartass), then it gets a bit old when that's the entire cast of characters.
The art style is cute, but it doesn't save the halted pacing of the comic. There are some good ideas but it's clunky and the dialogue is sometimes almost painful as the characters make thinly veiled pop culture references. If this was a webcomic, I think it would do well enough, but I'm not going to continue reading the series.
Creative, nostalgic, and hilarious! Loved the art and the mash-up of some fantastical classics.
I was not expecting to like this. I love these characters; they are my childhood heroines.
However, somewhere along the way, I changed my expectations and I thought of this as expensive/mainstream fanfic, which made it more bearable. There were things I thought were well done (Alice being immune to the poppies in Oz, Dorthy's silver slippers), and there were things I disliked (what about Wendy's brothers? Alice's sister?).
Some of the characters were handled well and good moments of humor.