Member Reviews
Based upon the premise and cover, this sounded like a fun and light reading for an evening. Unfortunately, for me it was not.
Half of it is related to diet and exercising, the other half to various every day topics. Most are repetitive and I didn’t like much the drawings either.
The gifs on his site are a bit funnier and from my PoV, the author should have developed it further instead of publishing a book.
Cute!! For the sloth in all of us - the one we need to smack & not feed. Haha.
Wish there was more.
Super cute book, the illustrations are adorable and it's easy to identify with Slothilda and her laziness, her desire to be healthy and failing miserably. The book consists of images/comics, so it's a quick&light read.
The only negative thing I found was that sometimes situations are kinda repetitive. But overall, I recommend it
Celebrating the inner sloth in all of us!
Slothilda is an everywoman: She’s addicted to her phone, laptop, and the internet. She naps hard and snacks harder. She loves carbs and is an A+ procrastinator. Her beautifully curvaceous behind is a mirror image of that of her dog, Peanut. (A corgi, natch!) And, oh yeah: Slothilda is a sloth. (fwiw I think she more closely resembles a hamster, but it’s all good.)
With sections on fitness, food, work, money, home, lifestyle, and fur baby, Dante Fabiero pays homage to his inner sloth, and celebrates the sloth that lives in all of us. (I have to assume, if only for my own self-esteem.) Slothilda is a heroine that’s both super-adorable and relatable AF.
I mean, I wasn’t exactly shocked to discover how closely my diet and work habits parallel those of a sloth, but some of the strips are weirdly specific. (Hours spent hunting for a valid online coupon code to save a measly coupla bucks, hello!)
My only complaint is this: In the ARC, the captions appear as text separate from the illustrations, giving the comics an odd and disjointed feeling. I’m sure this will be corrected in the final version.
Oh, and Peanut should totes be renamed Cheddar. That is the only acceptable name for a corgi.
Slothilda: Living the Sloth Life by Dante Fabiero was a quick, fun read. I first found Slothilda when I was writing a piece on introverts, and I wanted some GIFs to supplement. Slothilda came up, and I instantly feel in love. This is an expansion of those Slothilda moments. Slothilda wants to be better, but she also wants to just relax, love what she loves (Carbs! Naps! Staying Home!) This was simply a book that made me smile. It wasn't deep, but it was relatable. Every once in awhile, I like to check out one of these simple reads for a little shot of happiness. Thanks to NetGalley for providing me that opportunity via Slothilda.
This book had me giggling through most of it. There is something absolutely delightful and cathartic about seeing the daily struggles of trying to live your best life acted out by a sloth. The struggle is real and adorable in Slothilda, and I'll definitely be re-reading this whenever the going gets tough.
Super cute children book. The art is adorable and so are all the characters! Could for sure be longer with more content.
This is a cute, short collection of comic drawings about the everyday struggles of a sloth named Slothilda. She wears big glasses and a pink bow, and she means well but cannot quite manage to exercise, eat healthy, or get away from the couch. She has a happy and perky pet dog named Peanut.
There's minimal text; you can easily page through and get the idea of how Slothilda manages various topics like work, food, pets, devices, and so forth.
The humor in this is pretty basic, and it doesn't have much of a point to make, but the drawings are absolutely adorable.
Slothilda is a quirky and wonderful set of drawings. It’s very easy to understand and very relatable.
Thank you NetGalley and Skyhorse Publishing for this DRC.
This was so freaking AWESOME!
"Patience is a virtue. Unless I'm hungry, then patience can kiss my ass."
The description says Slothilda could be your spirit animal...and in my case I believe that to be true.
"I'm gonna stop procrastinating....Right after this nap."
The pictures are really well done and the charisma leaps off the pages. Certainly something I would encourage everyone to get a giggle from.
"Self-control? I'm only familiar with instant regret."
Thank you, NetGalley for the preview of this graphic novel.
Slothilda by Dante Fabiero is a very relatable book. The illustrations were extremely cute and the book was such a fast read.
I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.
I vaguely can remember that I saw this character before seeing her book on Netgalley. Maybe Twitter? I will have to do some research later.
Meet Slothilda, a sloth who is very much like us humans. She is trying all sorts of things to improve herself, but also being lazy as hell. :P I know that Slothilda is my spirit animal. I am a very active person, but something I just want to curl up and be lazy. Just do nothing. Nothing at all. Maybe sleep.
Oh, oh, oh, that foam roller! That is me with something else. I bought an exercise/yoga mat last year with the full intention to use it, but I actually used it a few times, and then, forgot about it. Teehee. Thanks for reminding me, Slothilda.
Fully supporting her using the gym ball for self-defense! Also, doughnuts are a very valid options! Then again, maybe that is because I am highly allergic to nuts/peanuts, you got to eat something with nuts, and why not go for doughnuts? Right?
I just loved the illustrations, I do wonder how the book will look in real life, as with my ecopy it looks a bit weird to just have one image that, for most, only takes half of the page.
The book is split up in various parts. Like Home, Food, Money for example, with illustrations going with each topic. I didn’t have a favourite topic (I liked them all), though I have to say that the Fur Baby got realllllll close. Too much cuteness! *eyes turn to hearts*
Slothilda’s life was so much fun to see. At times I recognized things from myself or my fiancé in it. Oh, and can I say that I just adore the corgi! I love corgis!
The art was just the cutest. I was awwing at almost all of the illustrations, OK, maybe all of them, and I was wondering if it could get even more adorable (hint, yes).
All in all, a terrific-fun-adorable-cute-fluffy-slothy-lazy-can-we-go-to-sleep-already-or-eat-book, which I would recommend!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
This was a quick, fun read. Slothilda is adorable and funny. So many things were also just very relatable.
More like 3.5 stars. I love sloths and I love graphic novels so this was a cute mix of the two. I loved the art in it and she totally captures my everyday life.
I've never seen Slothilda comics before. Slothilda was cute and so adorable. It was fun to read. I think everyone is a bit Slothilda sometimes.
Thanks to Skyhorse Publishing for the ARC!
This book is absolutely adorable! I had a smile on my face from cover to cover. We can all relate to Slothilda in so many ways. Love it!
This was a great idea and parts of it were funny but overall I found it boring and I lost interest half way through.
*thank you to Netgalley and Skyhorse Publishing for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*
2 stars.
This was just OK. I was expecting something to actually make me laugh and unfortunately, while some pages did make me smile, they didnt make me laugh. I really liked the illustrations though. They were simple but quite cute and well done. Plus I'm sure alot of people could relate to how a sloth actually spends there day. Actually I think we all have sloth type days now and then. So while I can appreciate the work involved, it just wasnt right for me.
This is a really cute collection of cartoons based around our best intentions vs our inner sloth. The character is adorable though it maybe looks a little more bird-like than sloth-like. Either way, the cartoons will bring a smile or a chuckle.
Thank you to Dante Fabiero, Skyhorse Publishing and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book. All comments are my own, unbiased opinion.
I fear too many of us can identify with this book.
It is a mirror to our inner slothness; putting off things until tomorrow that could be achieved / completed today. The trouble with tomorrow is that it is always a day away.
This is a comic reflection on habits, sayings and fashion that often drives one to find the latest diet, health fad or annual gym membership that only involves attending once or twice. The usefulness of gym equipment if not using it for its intended purpose.
I loved the cartoons; the character of Slothilda is a delight and her logic is beyond challenging at times. I smiled with the words. "I made my bed, now I must lie in it!"
Also "My Superpower is ...... ...Power Napping."
Not everyone's sense of humour but something for everyone and the cartoons are really cool.
This one nearly made me laugh out loud LOL!
"I don't wanna hydrate
I wanna carbohydrate."
The book is made to amuse not shame.
Sometimes through humour we can learn truths, where telling, would fall on deaf ears.