The Lost Path is filled with beautiful art but is light on actual story. I think most kids will end up getting 'lost' in the artwork but not absorb or follow the plot. While not a detraction to the book, I don't know if this will end up becoming a worthy investment for a youth collection.

In this graphic novel, you will discover a fantasy that is unlike most fantasies I’ve seen in this kind of tale. I love the illustrations using color on some pages. It is mostly black and white illustrations which I think is to give a clue that it is different. The characters are different in body shape and ego. I did enjoy the storyline but forgot that they were suppose to be coming from a camp — actually I never got the idea they were at a camp. I just thought that there was a group of boys divided up looking for treasure. I never saw anyone other boys or grown-ups until the end of the tale. I did see wonderful fantastical creatures. I liked the story but think it needs some re-writing.

A mostly incoherent story about 3 boys (girls? kids? Katamari Damacy? Couldn't really tell from the art) lost in the woods. The story was hard to follow and frequently switched both art styles and between color and black and white. The black and white panels were especially difficult to make out the detail of what was happening in the story. This one gets 2 raspberries from me.

I'm so disappointed in this book. I absolutely loved Amélie Fléchais's Little Red Wolf – it was a new spin on the Little Red Riding Hood tale (and believe me, as a massive fairytale nerd I thought I'd read every possible version of the story), and the artwork was stunning on every single page.

But this is... just a bit of a mess. The artwork isn't appealing to me, and the apparently random switching between colour and black-and-white doesn't make any narrative sense (note that I read a digital ARC, so perhaps in the final version all the illustrations will be colour, although it doesn't say that).

The story has three young boys with no apparent personality characteristics lost in a forest, meeting monsters that appear and disappear for no reason, dancing hedgehogs (?), some spiders, and some sort of wood-goddess. These things all sound like things I would like, but the lack of sense in the plot and the unappealing visuals just didn't work for me.

I will still pick up Amélie Fléchais's next book because of how much I loved her take on Little Red Riding Hood, but I really wouldn't recommend this one.

I loved Amélie’s book The Little Red Wolf, so I was excited to read this one.

This is a quirky story with fairytale elements. It’s great that the main characters are boys, because most fairytales have girls as the main characters, so boys are reluctant to read them.

There were some strange monsters in the story that seemed to be part of the forest. I loved how the drawings showed the creatures slowly emerging from the ground through a series of images. One of the boys wore a robot helmet throughout the story, which reminded me of when kids have to carry around or wear one thing constantly for a period. At times, the story would switch to his perspective and he saw the world made of robots. I liked that unique twist in the story.

I really enjoyed this story. It’s a short read that would be great for kids!

This is amazing. There are multiple art styles. Colorful parts are magical. Black and white parts are creepy in a good way. The book cover is also beautiful.

What a beautiful book. The illustrations are amazing.
The three characters go on an adventure in the woods and run into a lot of different creatures. It felt dreamlike as some one the scenes jump around and were crazy but that added a charm to the book. I wish the author would have incorporated more of the first part of the story through out the book as I expected but it was still a pleasant and beautiful read. .

I would give this book ALL the stars for the artwork---I could sit and stare at these illustrations all day long. They're both creepy and whimsical, with an incredible amount of detail. I kept finding little surprises. I especially loved the color illustrations, which were gorgeous!

As far as the story went, I did find it a little bit confusing in a couple parts, but I still enjoyed it overall. The kids were entertaining (if a tad annoying at times) with their arguments---reminded me of sibling rivalry. Not a lot of character growth or anything, but I didn't get the idea that that was the point with this story. I found it comparable to the character development in a single manga (not a full series). It was cute, and that was enough for me with the enjoyment I got from the artwork.

***Disclosure: I received this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. No other compensation was given and all opinions are my own.***

I loved the story. The cover of the book is really beautiful and attracted my attention immediately. I am absolutely in awe of the artwork by Amélie Fléchais'. Every page was more amazing than the last. I received this book for an honest review from Net Galley. Thank you for the privilege of allowing me to read this book.

Fairly unorganized and incoherent I wasn't following the connection between the introductory story, the story of the boys walking around the camp looking for something in the woods, and what magical creatures they found there.

Aside from some beautiful illustrations (I'm reading the ARC so I didn't see all in full color), the artwork wasn't enough to save the drab storyline.

The illustrations and variety in drawing style are awesome, however the plot cannot keep up with the wonderful look. Some scenes felt too random and out of context with the rest of the story. IMHO they were too loosely connected. The pictures only barely made up for it.

I enjoyed this book but it wasn't the same as The Little Red Wolf. I loved how bazaar the concept was and the art was as beautiful as always. I don't know if it was intentional or not but some of the pages didn't have colour which made it difficult for me to see the detail

This lovely children book was given to me by Netgalley as an ARC. Thank you to them and the publisher.
It was such a nice read and I totally love the drawings and the story. The story reminded me sometimes of Alice in Wonderland, especially the part have they followed the owl into the rabbit hole and found this fantastic world. At first, I was a little confused when the little brother was spacing out into his own robotic world. But after the first one, u get used to it and I think it's really a break with the fantastic mystic stuff they got themselves in.
I was really sad when it ended so soon. It could have gone one for a bit longer because I want to know more about the world they stumbled into by accident.

First let me thank Netgalley for the advanced reader copy. I really enjoyed this book and all the beautiful artistry. The story combined old legend tales with modern day and I just loved that. It was about three boys lost in the forest and their adventures. It was very interesting how the forest had it's own story to tell and the characters that were apart of it were very creative and unique. I would recommend this book to readers of all ages.

When I came across this graphic novel on NetGalley, I knew I had to read it. The cover art is stunning, and I was thrilled to see that the artwork throughout the graphic novel was just as beautiful. The story itself was a little grim, and the illustrations and colors reflected that. I'd love to see more from this author. Beautiful!

I have received a much appreciated digital copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

The description of this children's fantasy graphic novel had me hopeful. The cover image drew me in, but once inside this fantasy tale of three boys searching for the path that will lead them to treasure, I was ready to get out. The premise of The Lost Path is solid, however, there were too many bunny trails weaved in for me to see the journey through. Possibly that is the point; the entire story takes so many paths, you end up completely lost with no direction to follow.

This was disappointing.

The art starts out being gorgeous, with full, vivid colours. Then it turns black and white, which I was not expecting. Then, for a couple of pages, the story returns to colour...and then to B&W again. The transitions were jarring, and while the coloured art is breathtakingly beautiful, I wasn't a fan of the B&W art.

Then there is the story, which I found very confusing. Fantastical creatures appear out of nowhere and without much purpose except for the sake of being fantastical. And there's not much of an overall plot. It's a traipse through an abstract art garden. Often pretty, but without much substance.

From page one I really, really wanted to like this book. I loved the idea of it begin a modern fairy tale with a playful but (sometimes) dark tone, and absolutely gorgeous artwork. Yet by the end of the book I was left disappointed. The full-color artwork is absolutely beautiful, but I was distracted by so many black and white spreads that were less appealing. They also didn't seemed to gesture towards a symbolic meaning when they switched from B&W to color. The story itself was a little difficult to follow and the three young characters seemed to lack agency; they mostly just went along for a bizarre ride without fully participating in the events of the story. I don't know if my students will truly connect emotionally with this story.

ARC provided by Diamond Book Distributors through Netgalley

I've wanted to get my hands on this book since I read Amélie Fléchais' Le Petit Loup Rouge so when I saw it on Netgalley I did not hesitate!
Sadly, it was very disappointing...
I'm not the first reviewer (and I doubt I'll be the last) to mention how the manga influences made the reading of this book feel extremely uneven.
If there is one thing Fléchais excels at it's artwork, but how can you go from this:
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To this:
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That is not to say that the artwork is bad - the fully coloured pages are stunning, to say the least:
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But then it's incredibly jarring to go, in the same scene, from this:
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To this:
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And the plot was completely nonsensical. I was really hoping to see some of the <i>Over the Garden Wall</i> influences advertised in the summary, and while, visually, they were somewhat there, the plot was completely disconnected and confusing and might as well not have been there.
The boys get lost and stumble upon events about to lead into a war in the forest... and then they leave.
How disappointing...

Still the artwork, the one in colour anyway, is really pretty.
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Sometimes I like to browse the read now section on Netgalley. I like to give graphic novels a try and the cover of The Lost Path stood out with its intricate cover and own art style.

The art starts off very well with a clear own style and beautiful colored pages. But after a few pages this was turned to black and white with a sketched feeling with on occasion some color thrown in here and there. At first I thought that this was because it wasn’t finished but the book is out already and it became clear quickly that it was done at certain scenes where the author wanted to make an impact. And the full color pages were stunning and eye catching. But I did see quite some wonky lines in those as well so not as clean as it could be either. The sketchiness of the rest was a bit jarring compared to the colored bits.

The idea of the wood and our group of boys going in is interesting but in the end the story doesn’t really wrap itself up. There is talk of a battle but our boys get taken out of the woods before that happens and I felt like I was just dumped out of a story with now way to return to it to know the ending. It was not a good feeling.

While we don’t know the name of the boys until the very end they did grown on me. There is a clear bond between them and their sarcastic and childlike interactions were endearing at moments. I wouldn’t mind seeing them return to the woods again.