“Monster Me Vol. 1: No Fair” By iPOP! Labs Review

This 3-issue edition includes All Phone & Games, Body Chemistry and Newmon. Join in on the adventure as Newmon and his fellow classmates experience cyberbullying, learn about nutrition and tackle bullying together. Includes a teacher’s guide.

I need to admit that I liked this book better than the previous comic books I’ve read in this series. But of course I will explain everything I liked and didn’t liked about this comic book in this review. So lets get into this review. 

I gotta say that this comic book finally makes the world of this comic book and the whole series slightly intriguing while also having a lot of potential. Even thou it falls short on some aspects like the previous comic books I’ve read in this series. 

This comic book has a fun backdrop for the story, and it a way it offers us a mix of the ordinary and the fantastical which a lot of younger readers will probably like a lot. 

The big thing which this comic book does better than the previous comic book I’ve read from this series is that it finally makes the concept of this series of blending blending everyday life with monster-infused adventures was actually engaging and interesting in this comic book.

The characters are finally getting some form of actually having personalities, which of course didn’t happen in the previous comic books I’ve read in this series. The fact that the characters are starting to have some form of having personalities gives us a solid foundation of how this series can improve in the future. 

But there are moments in this comic book where the come characters feel pretty under-explored, which of course makes this comic book feel like it lacks depth and backstory to some of the characters. Which again affects how the readers can connect with those under-explored characters in this comic book. 

The plot in this comic book is pretty straightforward. At the same time as if offers us a light and enjoyable read, even thou it lacks some aspect which would make this comic book interesting. 

The pacing remains steady for the most part in this comic book. But there are times where the pacing changes slightly but it was still noticeable, at least for me it was.

There are also moments in this comic book, where the comic book lacks tension and excitement which would really make me engaged in the plot throughout the entire comic book, and not just some parts of this comic book. 

At the same time the plot in this comic book has some predictable moments and moments which are pretty similar to moments from other comic books in this series. Which of course affects the whole “unique plot” aspect of this comic book. 

The narrative in this comic book could have been better, because it is very simple and it doesn’t offer us a lot of good descriptions and dialogues. The descriptions and dialogs feel almost the same as in the previous books in this comic book series. Which is that the descriptions and dialogs feels like being one step away from feeling like it was written by ChatGPT

The artwork of this comic is the same as in the previous comic book in this series. Which of course means, that the artwork is very simplistic and it lacks a lot of details. 

The writing style in this comic book is very simple and easy to follow. Which of course is very suitable for the target audience of this comic book and the whole comic book series which is around 5 to 9 year old.  

I Give This Book 3 / 5

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