Elijah

What an amazing writer! So many twists and turns it definetly kept the story moving. The idea of the Templar Knights and the secrets they kept has been written of a lot in books. This author put a new idea into things and kept the topic fresh and new feeling with the word choices and scene settings.

It was enjoyable, and I'll read more volumes. I particularly love the plot. And the art is fantastic! It is great to be back at Riverdale and to share that with my 7year old with updated details she can relate to.

However, I had a really hard time with the reading of the dream scenes. Honestly, i got so bothered by them I started skipping panels.
Maybe it was because this was presented in a volume, it I felt annoyed at times of having to deal with another of Jughead's dreams rather than continuing with the story. They felt forced and like the reader was dropped into them.
I understand the point they are trying to maintain with Jughead's imagination, and laziness leading to a lot of eccentric dreaming. I think however, that a reoccurring slightly altered dream, or a dream that he only gets pieces of each time could have accomplished this idea and maintained more continuity in the story line.

I love a quick read graphic and this was no different. Though I read this and the first slower than most. It is such a great telling into the real story of the Holocaust and the atrocities people had to survive.
I recommend this book for adults and youth alike. I'm going to read it with my 9-year-old and we are going to talk about the historical nature of the story and how these images and stories reflect real life events.

Burying our history and the damaging and dangerous things that happened will only lead us to repeat them. We must remember, see, discuss, and learn about them so we can avoid that.