The art style is amazing, visually I was in awe. The story starts out colored and then falls into black and white and then random color panels/pages in between.
The story starts out intriguing, fairy tale like, a dark forest that holds secrets where bad things happened. Then we meet our 3 young MCs who are on a treasure hunt and take a wrong turn somewhere and end up in the dark forest where they have a crazy adventure.
Visually this story is amazing, it starts out strong, and then about half way through it just seems to fall apart. There are hints of a long history, of things in the forest and relationships between those there, but we know none of it. Then the ending just happens. It feels very abrupt and not a very strong conclusion. I’d recommend it as a fun light read for young readers but it’s not a strong recommend from me.

The illustrations were beautiful, weird, and super imaginative.

The storyline though was a bit hard for me to understand. With dialogue boxes left blank, and the mini paragraphs being full of spelling mistakes, I had a hard time understanding what was going on.

I am pretty sure that all of those would be fixed in the final, published copy. But for now, I will give it 3 stars.

I received an eARC in exchange with an honest review.

Amélie's art and illustrations are really gorgeous, magical, and so intricately created that I could stare and marvel at it the whole day. The illustrations vary in style and color from full-colored pages to black and white. The original characters are very interesting and have their own charm. However, the plot is where I'm really disappointed about. It is somewhat disorganized and seems rushed. Some scenes had weird transitions which had me confused at first, especially when the kid pretended to be a robot, but I guess that's how the author interprets the kid's imagination. I wish there was more elaboration to the story because it started with a very solid introduction, but as I read towards the end, everything becomes very disjointed and rushed and a little confusing.

Wow, this was interesting. As a reader who is visually impaired, I'm not normally one to read graphic novels, but when I saw this one available on NetGalley I decided to give it a try since I can zoom into the panels on my computer. I enjoyed the way the story started out, but then everything sort of went all over the place, both with the story and the art. Most of the panels were in black and white, but when we got colored pictures, they were beautiful. There was a different artistic style used when we were reading from the younger boy's imaginative perspective, but there didn't seem to be any reasoning for switching between black and white and color during the rest of the story. There were parts that were a little unclear, but some of it came together at the end. Overall, it was a very cute story.

Thank you NetGalley for sending me this e-arc in exchange for honest review

Art rating: 5 stars
Plot: 2 stars
Characters: 3 stars

It's hard for me to give an exact reason why I didn't like this as much I thought I would. Art is breathtakingly beautiful. I think I would enjoy it a lot more if it was written as illustrated story. Illustrations on cover and at the beginning are fantastical and it's obvious that author is very talented. Somehow this black and white sketches didn't fit the tone of the story for me and I think the full illustrations would be better for this fairy tale type of stories.
The creatures are very original but I fell like it all happened to fast and I didn't get to savor anything and quite frankly it left me confused.
As for characters I'm sad we didn't get to see more of their relationship cause almost whole book they were self absorbed and hardly communicating at all. The younger brother who thought he was a robot was my favorite and I would like to see some of his future adventures.

An interesting and fun read for children :) enjoyed reading this and getting to known the universe.

I received a copy of The Lost Path from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

The Lost Path is Amelie Flechais’ four graphic novel; the others include The Little Red Wolf, The Mountain Man, and The Warrior Shepherds (which I haven’t read, but I believe is another children’s story). All four stories have actually been translated from French, but you couldn’t tell it when reading. For those curious, The Lost Path is called Chemin perdu in French (and the cover actually fits this title better, I believe).
The Lost Path is about a cursed forest, forest spirits, and the adventure of a lifetime for three young boys. The forest has a dark history, and while we don’t know of the origin, we do get to learn a bit about some of the more recent influences the forest has faced.
Three boys end up inadvertently wondering into the cursed woods while heading out on a scavenger hunt – something typically considered to be a safe activity for children. What follows upon their entrance to the woods can only be considered magical – though not all magic is of the good variety.
The story was interesting, but what really stood out to me was the artwork. It was so unique, and the choices made for storytelling purposes were inspired. I don’t think I’ve seen a graphic novel that changed from full colored images to ink images for the sake of telling a story; but I believe that’s what happened here. It seemed to me that whenever the forest was making a move the artwork suddenly changed to a darker tone, using mostly inks and cross hatching to add in density and lines. Meanwhile the happier moments are full of color and have a lighter, fluffier appearance. It was wonderfully done, and I would very much like to see more of this style.

I really enjoyed Amélie Fléchais's Little Red Wolf and was excited to see this book translated as well. The artwork in this book is absolutely beautiful. The characters are so different and absolutely quirky. The scenery has such detail. But, I was confused throughout this whole book.



It may be that the story just did not make it through the translation process, but I was unsure what exactly was happening for pretty much the whole book. I liked the different perspectives added, but was confused by the robots.



I give this graphic novel a 3/5. The artwork is absolutely gorgeous. The story reminded me of Over the Garden Wall. It's quirky and it confused me.

This book is beautifully illustrated, but unfortunately I couldn't really figure out what was going on plot-wise. The illustrations really are amazing, but it felt like maybe something got lost in translation, or maybe it wasn't really plot heavy in the first place.

Beautiful illustrations with cute, simple story of three boys getting lost in an enchanted forest. I can see my 6 year old grandson enjoying this (probably as much as I did)!

I was so looking forward to reading this graphic novel. Unfortunately, I couldn't read this graphic novel as there were pages missing. Downloaded many time but still the same thing happened. But from the pages that I was able to read, I could say that the illustrations were very beautiful and captivating. Hopefully I would be able to enjoy the story in the future.

2.5 stars

I suppose Stranger Things ruins you for lesser things.

Lost Paths should work so well in theory. The artwork is stunning but quirky and features some beautiful creatures and an interesting bit of self-made mythology.

My problem is the poor way in which the children are portrayed and handled in this graphic novel. There is nothing which them, but not really much right either. They are all bossy and egotistical without the saving grace that a normal child would have. They have
1) No charm or personality and
2) No interpersonal relationships with each other other than shouting and "I told you so".

To be a graphic medium must be rated on both its art and content. In this case, the art saves the day. Lost Paths has some beautiful character and creature design.

I urge the authors to keep making this series. There is real potential here. Focus on developing the characters a bit more and making the plot less muddled and you'd have a great read.

Can't review it if I am unable to read it. If you have a better formatted file that I can download and read, I'd try again. Now most pages are black.

I was drawn in by the artwork in the beginning, the past, but when it switched to the future it lost me. It's a very abrupt switch from one to the other and the second part seems to childish that I don't want to read it any further.

In a mysterious forest that lures in lost travelers and is far, far away from the world of man, a young couple follows strange smoke clouds that lead them deeper and deeper into the forest. This place seems haunted with it’s roots enclosing things, evil shadows dancing and eyes watching. The woods are inflicting their prey, both await a different fate as they seem to go mad and devoid from what the forest takes from them.

Three young boys set out with a map in hand to find a treasure in the same forest. Questioning their path with it’s tall and changing landscapes, they keep on going. Deeper and deeper they go and the woods seem to swallow and cave them in.

Through imaginations and play they keep on distracting themselves and move on good natured till they start to run into mythical creatures.

And this is where their adventure takes a scary and dark enchanted turn for the worse. They are lost and need help. Will they be able to sever from the magical forest and get away?

***

This graphic fairy tale like novel has some gorgeous intricate drawings in it. It is visually so enticing, you want to stare at it and look closely not to miss anything. It is gorgeous. At times in color, other times in black and white.

The plot leaves a lot of room to interpret your own ideas for the reasons of why and what is happening in it. To me that is usually a little too abstract and I struggle with that. Therefore, it wasn’t up to par as the art was for me. But I am glad I read it, because just for that it was worth it.

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I really love the art in this book - but the story failed to draw me in. Children of a younger age and their families will probably love it at story time though.

I am new to reading graphic novels and find that it is the art that really draws me in. This had a really beautiful art style that I enjoyed very much.

Three little boys follow a treasure hunt, misread their map, and get lost in the darkest part of the forest. They meet odd creatures, see strange sights, and try to avoid the dark powers of the forest. It's pretty grim and violent at times. The plot lacks cohesion, and I had to read the ending twice to try to understand just what had happened.
The illustrations are sometimes lovely, sometimes bland. Some of the pages are in color, others are in black and white.
I was not impressed with the story. It jumped all over the place with no real explanations of what was actually happening or why.
I liked the whimsical characters at first, but quickly got bored with them as they repeated the same things again and again.

Overall, I was not happy with this book. Poorly constructed plot, disappointing illustrations, no character development.

Disclaimer: I received an ecopy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for a free and honest review. All the opinions stated here are my own true thoughts, and are not influenced by anyone.

I'm afraid to say that this graphic novel didn't live up to the high expectations I had after reading the author/illustrators 'The Little Red Wolf'

The illustrations flipped back and forth between Flechais' beautiful and distinctive watercolour style and black and white manga style, of which I'm not a fan. It might be a bit unfashionable to not like black and white illustration but hey, I like what I like.

The story itself wasn't all that fun, especially after the cute and enjoyable story of The Little Red Wolf. This is a story of 3 little boys lost in the woods, who meet all manner of bizarre animals and forest critters - this felt more like an exercise in illustration rather than storytelling.