This book is beautifully crafted but I found the story line a little hard to follow at times. The weirdness is part of the appeal but it's almost a little bit too weird. The characters aren't properly fleshed out and events start but we never see what happens or any kind of conclusion before the story moves on. I'm not sure if this book is still unfinished and that is why there was black and white illustrations interspersed with the coloured ones but I did not enjoy the black and white sections and found the detail somewhat lacking leaving me confused about what was going on in some places. The idea behind this book is a good one but the execution delivers a confusing, incoherent story with no characters well enough established to care about. It was not an unpleasant read but certainly not a favourite. I look forward to seeing more from the author in the future.

I thought the illustration in this book were wonderful. I loved the altered perspective and how the dark backgrounds really lifted the image off the page. I also didn't get the full book with lots of blank pages which made the story impossible to follow. However I can say that I disliked the speech bubbles and what dialogue I could read was clumsy and disjointed. Maybe this is because it was a translation from French? The font used was also hard and didn't fit with the beautiful pictues. I would have liked the story to have been separate from the pictures with maybe some key words added to the pictures in a more sympathetic font. It wasn't clear to me what age group this was aimed at?

Unfortunately I was unable to review this as several pages are blank. If this issue gets fixed please let me know so that I can read and review this as I am still interested in it.

First, I must say that the artwork in The Lost Path is absolutely beautiful. The story itself is a little strange, but it is certainly a plot that would capture a child's imagination. I also really loved that there was a reference to "Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions" because it's been years since I thought of that!