Hello Again!So far I have been really good about my posting goals which also fall in line with Blogtober (which I had never heard about until I saw someone's Twitter post and then research began and now I am thinking let's do this?!, but we will see). I intend to make a separate post about Blogtober in my bookish updates section later this week so if you are interested definitely check that out! In the meantime, I am here to talk about The Woods a graphic novel series I picked up after hearing a...

The need to read this series just became even more real!I loved how the first volume built a lot to build off of in future books but what this book does is back up and explore who these characters are. I perceive this book being the one that sets the tone for the rest or at least the majority of the series. It explains who these students are and why they act the way they do. Creating, I'm sure future growth and room to learn more about themselves.The balance of real time story telling and flashb...

This volume is a tighter focus on the 6 explorers who left the school. Each issue focuses on one or two characters with a Lost-style flashback to a year ago at the school play. Lots of fantastical, dangerous creatures abound as we slowly learn more about the Woods and what's going on with Adrian. Looking forward to volume 3.

We get backstories for several of the main characters, right up to the moment the main storyline starts at the beginning of volume one. Nicely done. I am fond of Calder‘s story, although the other parts are well done as well.Friend drama, love, coming out, alien possession, Shakespeare, kissing in dire circumstances, ravenous monsters, feelings, vikings... I like the monsters and the artwork is starting to grow on me.

This was where The Woods started to really grab me. The first volume was fine, and I was interested in the plot enough to check out the second book from the library, but this second volume made me love the characters and fear for them. Particularly Calder's backstory with his no-good brother and the Adrian / Isaac / Ben kinda-triangle. I ended the book with chills, both times I've read it. This series could have been written as a straight-up horror adventure, but Tynion does such a great job sho...

This second part developed the story even more and I think is going well. Looking forward to the third installment.

3.5 stars. Not as good as the first one but still enjoyable. I liked how much more of the characters we got to know. We got to see a bunch of the year prior and how various characters interacted with each other then as well as what was going on in the present. I still want to know more about the Woods and what brought them to this alien moon.

Not feeling it. I loved the premise of this series, that students and staff from Bay Point Preparatory High School in suburban Milwaukee, WI vanish without a trace. They end up together and it's kind of teen horror and sci fi meets Lord of the Flies. This second volume stops to give us backstories, and dragons, and we see the school before the fateful events. It's opening night of the school play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. It sounds good, right? It has not taken off for me, really. Feels flat.

This volume includes more background on some of the characters. Some felt very cliché, such as the gay romance. When you have a cast of teen characters, this seems like it's almost a given plot line.This book strikes me as more sci-fi than horror. It's a little too all-over-the-place for me. Debating whether to go on with this series.

Picking up where their story left off in The Arrow, the six runaways from a Milwaukee high school suddenly transported to an uncharted moon continue their stumble through the Woods, the stretch of danger-riddled forest surrounding them.Three of them, Ben, Isaac and Sanami, have been captured by strange, human men and held prisoner.Meaning it's up to Karen, Calder and Adrian (whose bond with the Arrow, a harbinger of death and mayhem, has taken hold) to save their friends."We're going to catch ou...

This was so much better than the first volume! I loved the flashbacks we got. It gave the characters more depth. Excited to see where this story goes in the next volume!

THIS SERIES IS EVERYTHING!!!!

I'm not going to write separate reviews for the first and second volume, I'll give my opinion on them together. So, besides some small things I did not like (that are my personal problem), this was amazing. I want to continue with reading and I want to know what's going to happen next but my bank account says "no way in like the next three months" *crying like a child*. The series started out really good and got better with every issue. Characters are written really good, every one of them is un...

Bullet Review:This was a great second volume with some twists and turns. We learn about some of the key characters and I really like the interesting direction of the story. Also, the art continues to be incredible.

LOVED IT. I'm enjoying this graphic novel series so much, I love the characters and the friendships (and relationships?) It's very clear in this volume that they have made the effort to make this a very diverse book, we have a mixture of different races, we have LGBTQ+ characters and an even amount of male and female characters too. Things like this are what gives me a higher respect for books so thank you for that James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas! The story of this volume takes the crazines...

I liked this and thought it was good, but I also thought the first one was better. It was more focused on the event and it grabbed you more. This was about character development and it does this with flashbacks. I understand the importance of this, but I still thought the 1st volume had more potential. We still know little about the Woods, but we do know more than we did now. There is plenty more to exploreWe also know more about crushes and the people. Weird things are happening and I suspect t...

3.75/5I definitely enjoyed this volume of the Woods a lot more than the first. I really enjoyed getting a deeper look into this new world they have found themselves in. As well as that, I also liked seeing into the characters past (well past year) and getting to know the characters on a more deeper level and understanding more about them. Despite that, I still did feel that disconnect from the characters like I did in the first volume. Overall, I enjoyed where the plot took us in this book and a...

Eh.Another 'okay' volume. Truth be told I liked the first arc better than this one. I get what's going on, the first volume throws us into the world and story as well as establishing the random, loose, key pieces. This second volume is pretty much geared towards fleshing out all the characters. There are lots of flashback scenes to give us some history on why people are the way they are. Alongside the flashbacks, the main storyline inches forward and hints at bigger themes ahead.It's just...eh.

Want to see me talk about books? Check out my Youtube Channel: BexnbookxThe Woods, Volume 2: The Swarm is a entertaining graphic novel series. With monsters, mystery, and science fiction, it definitely is unique and keeps me thoroughly captivated!On October 16th 2013, 437 students, 52 teachers, and 24 additional staff from Bay Point Prep High School in suburban Milwaukee, vanished without a trace. Light years away, the 513 people stolen from Earth are deposited in the middle of an ancient, primo...

I only read this because I read the first one and this one was also available at the library, and I had 40 or so minutes to spare. These books are such quick read. But alas, they are YA. And adults (at least in theory) shouldn’t really be reading about high school drama and certainly shouldn’t be finding it interesting, outside of some extreme cases of mental regression.High school drama aside, the planet these kids end up on and the creatures (humans and otherwise) are fun and it’s a quick and