I really appreciate the prose in fairy-tale style and the versatility of the author's ability at illustrating. Sadly, I injoyed the illustrations more than the story itself, I thoroughly enjoyed the first part, but when the style and theme changed, I felt confused and I also felt that it clashed with the previous part.
The premise sounded great and the illustrations are lovely, but I was expecting something different, more similar to the first part, which was much more akin to fairy tales.

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.

This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher.

I have to say, up front, that I was disappointed in this story, which is depressing because back in August of 2017, I reviewed this author's The Little Red Wolf and loved it. This was a different kettle of comic though, because I'm not even sure what happened in it, despite reading it all the way through.

It felt unfinished for one thing, and on top of that it was disjointed and confusing. I had a hard time following it, which was fine, because it seemed to be going nowhere anyway. The story is supposed to be of these three kids who remain nameless, and who get lost in the forest and encounter strange and magical creatures, but while I found nothing magical in the story, I'm sorry to say I found a lot of strange, and not in a good way. I ended-up being glad these kids were lost and hoping they were never found, thereby decreasing the surplus boredom - as Ebenezer Scrooge might have wished!

The weirdest thing about the graphic novel was that it started out in full color - and quite well done as it happened, but then inexplicably switched to black and white line drawings. I thought at first that maybe this was to indicate that it was nighttime, but it wasn't! Later the color came back - again for no apparent reason, and then went away once more.

Was there a reason for this? Who can say? It was a gray area, but I could see no purpose in it! There was at least one image which had a splash of color, like the artist had begun to color it, but hadn't finished. The only conclusion I could draw by then was that this was unfinished because it was an advance review copy. Alternately if the author/artist was trying to say something with the absence/return of color, it was lost on me, as was the bulk of this non-story.

I was truly disappointed in it, and I cannot recommend this at all.

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.