Fog Island

It was okay, there just wasn't much to it.

The art wasn't quite to my taste, but I can see how it might grab others. It was imaginative and was at its best when focused on settings and environments, but I really didn't like the characters faces at all. A lot of it seemed rough in a “not quite finished” way.

The story was very brief - absolute bare bones - and not very interesting. There were no real stakes at all. Fog Island is built up to be such a dangerous forsaken place, but in this build up is squandered because it ends up being just like “okay, cool story bro... “. As quickly as we get there, we've left already. It felt like it was a few pages and plot points short. I just can't see children being terribly invested in this book.

If it weren't for the acknowledgement at the beginning or the Irish word for boat, I'd have had no idea it was an Irish story.

It's not bad, just forgettable. I can't really recommend it when there are so many other amazing picture books out there.