The illustrations in The Lost Path are beautiful, I found myself staring at the intricately detailed maps and spooky scenery and I would often flip back to pages to see if I’d missed anything. This is the type of book that will spark the imaginations of young readers as they pour over the illustrations and wonder about this strange world. Unfortunately the book lacks a strong plot; it lacks character development and a strong narrative, both are necessary for a book to make a lasting impression on readers. Luckily the illustrations more than make up for it because The Lost Path takes place in an extraordinary, rich world which is represented beautifully in the illustrations. As the three main characters blunder their way through a mysterious fantasy world their personalities are well represented and established, but I wanted to know more about the boys and how their lives reflected in their adventure.

3,5 Stars of pure beauty. The story is not perfect, but the illustrations are breath taking, beautifully made, and gave so much more to the narrative.

The Lost Path is a cute, fantastical graphic novel - it's funny, charming, easy to read, and the art is simply gorgeous.

The story is fascinating: three boys get lost in the woods during a treasure hunt and are trying to find their way home. Along the way, they meet a wide-range of magical creatures and eventually the queen of the forest, who seems to be in the middle of a coup.

As I read an ARC, a majority of the pages were in black and white with the occasional colour page - if it had been in full colour, I probably would have given the novel the full 5 stars, because the colour just really enhanced the story. It was truly magical with the coloured pages.

The lost boys were adorable, especially the youngest one. He really made me laugh as he acts like a little robot.

The story was confusing at times, but it gave me very Over the Garden Wall vibes so I acclimated quickly to the weird plot.

The art here is SUPERB the colours are AGHHHH they are just what I would expect them to be and I am a sucker for pastel like colours or whatever you call them.
I loved it and would definitely be checking the rest of the other graphic novels Amélie has published. I am obsessed with her art!!

The plot itself really did remind me of Over the Garden Wall, which is one of my all time fave cartoons, of course both The Lost Path and OTGW are totally different they just have similar vibes to them, mysterious and dark but yet whimsical and magical.

I did enjoy the story, however I felt it was lacking something and I am not sure what exactly. Therefore, at times I found myself confused on how we get to that certain point, or what happened and why it happened. I am trying not to spoil anything here...

But other than that it was refreshing, fast paced read that is suitable for all big and smol people :)

As I said great art and mesmerizing colours ^^

To be brutally honest, I didn't understand what was supposed to be happening. It was like watching the first half of a Miyazaki film but you never get to the part at the end where it all gets tied together. The art is very beautiful in a sort of surrealist way, though.

Oh my, I love Amélie Fléchais! She's a fantastic storyteller. Thank you NetGalley!

While I loved her story of Little Red Riding Wolf, this one wasn't as big of a hit. I adore how it started, with a very big fairy tale. My son didn't like that part. Then when the boys started, I thought he'd relate to them...he said it was boring. So 9 year old graphic novel reader just was not impressed.

I think it was a really sweet story, but it might not hit just right with the american market. Beautiful artwork, as always and totally worth the time. You really do have to see where it goes.

Beautifully illustrated with lots of detail. The story was good but seems a little unfinished.

Enchanted by Amélie Fléchais illustrations from the previous book, I had to get the ARC of «The Lost Path» as soon as I saw it pop up on NetGalley. And it was so much more enjoyable!

Illustrations as always on point. I loved the use of only a few colors and shades, making everything look very homogenous, without harsh transitions. Part of the book was in black and white, but I assume that those were temporary place holders and the final version will have gorgeous light browns and greens throughout.

What surprised me the most was that I actually enjoyed the story! It is much more age appropriate and just entertaining. I love a good treasure hunt and whimsical creatures! A little absurd at points, we were introduced to many different characters for such a short graphic novel.

My favourite one is definitely the fox in coat in search for his supersonic bicycle. Nothing can beat that!

Another beautiful book by Amélie Fléchais is finally translated to English, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. It starts as a haunting legend about a husband, a wife, a forest and a curse. We then jump to modern times, where three young boys (one of whom has a seriously overactive imagination) on a scavenger hunt get lost in the forest and engulfed into a war between the forest spirits and the forest's evil ruler. Very interesting, short and beautifully illustrated fairy-tale. Kind of reminds me of Over the Garden Wall and studio Ghibli.

I just did not like this anywhere near as much as The Little Red Wolf. I didn't feel like the world was very well explained. The story just kind of jumped all over the place and we met so many woodland creatures but there was never really any explanation for who most of them were or what their role was overall. Also I didn't really like how the art changed every few pages. I understand that it was supposed to represent the different character POVs and moods, but it was still incredibly distracting in my opinion and also led to much of the book to be just plain black and white illustrations. This COULD be because the book is an ARC but I don't think so because sometimes part of the page would be colored and the rest wouldn't be, so it seemed like a specific style choice.

Una foresta incantata. Un sentiero che si perde. Creature spaventose che si annidano fra gli alberi, nascondono fra le foglie, emergono dal terreno. E tre bambini in esplorazione che si perdono.

Nonostante abbia adorato gli altri volumi di Amélie Fléchais che ho letto, The lost path non mi è piaciuto, se non per le bellissime illustrazioni che accompagnano l’inquietante fiaba iniziale.

Le tavole sono interessanti, ma la storia è confusa e poco incisiva, e l’assenza di colore toglie buona parte del fascino ai disegni dell’autrice.

Temo che il fumetto non sia il suo medium di elezione, contrariamente al libro illustrato.

This book employed stunning illustrations and i thought this was one of the stand out features of it. I liked the way the story was told and the layout that was employed however i felt that there were moments when the story had drifted as it was being told. I would have liked it more it this was different but i did like how the characters were used and how the story that interacted with them.

The first few pages are so good. Stunning. I must say. Love the fairytales atmosphere in it. But then, the more I read, the more I confused.
I found myself asking “wait, what just happened?” a few times. Because I just don’t get it.
In some part, I got lost because a sudden theme changing. Like fairytales to cyborg to fairytales again, which I don’t think it’s match :)

However, the illustration is stunning! I love it made me feel. So atmospheric!

Review to come in March.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

I just had to have this one as I loved the author's first book: The Little Red Wolf. Sadly, in the end I can tell that this wasn't my kind of book, and that I also wish I hadn't requested it. :(

The story starts off pretty well, about a forest, a cursed forest. About a couple who live there, about how the woman saw what the forest really was and tried to run, only to.... But then the story of the kids start, and well... I lost my interest there.

Not only because of the absurd, weird, WTF did just happen story, but also because the characters just annoyed me to no end. Especially the little brother who brought them all in this poopy mess because of how he acted and what he did. This is not the first time I have seen this trope (I would call it that) happen, and I would rather see it disappear entirely. Or maybe at least have the brother show remorse, instead of just blatantly go through with life like he didn't just do a crappy thing. :|

It also doesn't help that the art is switching between black/white and colour all the time. Pick one, but seeing it switch over all the time didn't help for me. I am sure it serves some greater meaning and it was meant for something, but I didn't see anything.

As I said earlier, the story was just over the top weird. Sometimes absurd or weirdness works, but in this one I just was scratching my head and wondering if it would get any weirder (hint: Yes it does).

The ending was pretty decent, I am happy for the guys.

The art style (either black/white or colour) was pretty decent, sure, it was also a bit weird (it reminded me of Ghibli at times).

But yeah, all in all, I had expectations and hopes and I didn't see them get fulfilled. :(

Alice in Wonderland meets Where the Wild Things Are, not only was this story enchanting and intriguing, the artwork was absolutely gorgeous! I really hope the author/artist do more!

The Lost path is graphic illustrated novel about three boys who travels through the magical forest with the help of map to find the treasure and get lost at the end. Book was very imaginative with beautiful arts and illustrations.

I loved that cover. Art and pictures. They were so beautiful and definitely unique. I haven’t seen such gorgeous illustrations in any picture book. I like the alternate black and white and coloring art separating the third youngest boy’s imaginations and it was good because if it wasn’t in colors I would get confused with what it has to do with story. But there were colored pictures in the beginning as well so not all colored illustrations were imagination that might be confusing. It was creepy with weird forest creatures and spirits which made book intriguing. I wanted to see what was going on in the book and how it was going to end.

Characters were okay. Boy with the map kept boasting throughout the book about how good he was in this or that activities and with the map but he managed to get lost with his friends in this weird forest that kind of showed not to be boastful or it might have terrible consequences.

Book had a great potential but here ends all the good things.

why not 5 stars-
I had some problems with the story:

First it was very confusing. I felt like few things were not explained properly. I got what the hat was and that weird creature was its protector and all. But that plot by other forest creatures and then war between forest spirits was confusing. What happened in the house was also weird and I had to reread those parts. It felt not developed properly, I couldn’t find a connection between all this.

It’s not at all like Little Red Wolf in which there was lesson and learning and so greatly explained story with twist. Here I couldn’t get any lesson from the story except that I have said above about boasting. Characters didn’t develop and some pictures were confusing. Transition from black and white to color picture was so sudden.

If it will be rewritten with proper narration, I don’t care how long it will be but if it’s done then I’m in for this story otherwise I it’s not that good and it didn’t live up to my expectations.

Overall, it was just okay. Definitely awesome illustration, loved the art and it will look beautiful in paper, no doubt for that, but major drawback was story.

The artwork was beautiful in this graphic novel. The story however, started off very strong but quickly became disjointed. As the story fell apart it was hard to stay focused and finish. The plot had a very interesting premise and I feel that it could have been executed better and more cohesively.

Three young boys are out in the woods searching for a treasure. Little do they know this is not an ordinary forest and they are about to embark on a great adventure...

A couple of months ago I read Little Red Wolf by Amélie Fléchais and absolutely loved it. It contained stunning artwork and a great, cohesive story. So when I saw The Lost Path pop up on Netgalley, I just had to read it.
The artwork in this graphic novel is still great. Every frame contains loads of detailed stills, and especially the colored pages where gorgeous. Sadly, a lot of pages were black and white and with the amount of detail in the artwork it was at times difficult to determine what was actually happening. I hope that this is just for the galley and the actual release will contain only colored artwork.
The story was a fun one: kids getting lost in a forest with a bit of a dark, spooky backstory. I love that there is a dark, sinister undertone in the story. The narrative however contained some gaps, making the story at times a bit incomprehensible. The overall picture was clear, but there were a couple of things that could do with a bit more explanation.

I would still 100% decorate my entire house with artwork by Amélie Fléchais but The Lost Path fell a little short for me. Still enjoyable and a fun read, but not nearly as good as Little Red Wolf.

I really enjoyed The Little Red Wolf, but sadly this one wasn't as amazing. The art and the coloring are so pretty, Amelie Flechais is offically my favorite illustrator there, but the story just felt weak. It was allover the place and disconnected from each other, and the ending really doesn't explain much. While I love the twisted and dark setting, there was no explanation given and it makes the overall book doesn't work for me.