Wild Cats, around the globe with Suki and Finch (Volume #1)

author: Muhammad Tauhidul Iqbal Sampad
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2015
rating: 1
read at: 2015/05/10
date added: 2015/05/10
shelves: graphic-novels, children-s
review:
'Wild Cats, around the globe with Suki and Finch: Volume 1' is the beginning of a new kids series. It features real photos and CGI characters on top of them. I had some issues with it.

Suki and Finch are excited. They are hired by an apparently anonymous organization and sent out into the wilds of Canada. Alone. They meet a Canadian lynx named Tip and a falcon named Screech that help them along the way. They run into cranky grown ups, friendly relatives, ecological devastation and other surprises.

The format of the book is a bit strange with the characters dialogue happening on the right side of the page like a text conversation. Most of the left side is the animated characters on top of photos. This doesn't look too bad, for the most part, but I got tired of them breaking the fourth wall to remind readers that they were not real. I had problems with 2 kids being sent into the wilderness with no supervision. They approach wild animals as if they are domesticated, and I find this careless in a book for children. The characters break into a cabin in the woods to spend the night, and the concept of "squatting" is defined. This seems like something rather dangerous to be teaching children. The somewhat heavy ecological issues seems to really clash with the presence of talking animals and other fantasy elements. I like the concept of the book, but the execution left me scratching my head.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Bark and Howl Press Ltd, IBPA Members' Titles and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.


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