4 stars
I am a huge Hilda fan. Loved the graphic novels, enjoy the Netflix adaptation. I cannot get enough of this little blue-haired girl and her big adventures.
This book roughly contains the first two graphic novels’ worth of content with some added scenes and descriptions. In the spirit of the graphic novels, the illustrations are printed in minimal color (yellow, brown, gray), which worked very well. The illustrations are lovely, closely resembling the style of the Netflix show. They pair well with the narration of the book.
Overall, the writing is fairly straightforward with some wonderful descriptions. At times, information and dialogue is added to compensate for the decrease in artwork from the original graphic novels. For the most part this worked well.
I did feel that some of the dialogue was awkward and a bit off at times. There were points that appeared to completely switch Hilda and her mother’s personalities and times when I felt for sure Hilda would not say such a thing. It is an interesting blend of the graphic-novel-Hilda and the Netflix-Hilda. There were a few times the narration got repetitive and it really felt like the author was trying to hit a certain word count. This did not detract much from the story though.
On the whole, I enjoyed this book and liked getting a different view of Hilda’s adventures. Will certainly be continuing this series, because as I said, I cannot get enough of Hilda.