Customer Reviews

Tintin (Pocket Essentials)

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If you like TinTin you`ll love this book. It goes into detail about every TinTin story and even gives some background on Herge himself. I really enjoyed learning some of the trivia about the stories. Very interesting.

This book is very handy as a quick guide to the history of Tintin if you don't want to wade through a big volume. However, I do find that its reviews of some of the Tintin books are a bit harsh. For example, the guide's review of The Shooting Star dwells far more on its oversights and controversial politics than whether it is a good story. Someone who knows nothing of The Shooting Star's history (such as a kid) would be more likely to rate the book based on how entertaining it is, and they would be more likely to consider the villain Bohlwinkel your typical ugly comic book baddie than Jewish.

But then, reviews are always a matter of opinion. The reviews themselves do show the evolution and development of Tintin, and how Tintin himself reflects political, social and ethnic attitudes of his time. If you want a quick, handy reference guide to Tintin, this is it.

I loved this overview of Tintin's adventures. Having read each book ten to twenty times, it was nice to revisit them again in a new way. The author does a great job of putting each book in both a series and historical context and includes many interesting facts about their creation. My only complaint is that some reviews are too harsh, but I guess you can't give every Tintin 5/5. Lots of fun.

it's all there, it's like taking a guided tour throughout the Tintin universe; highly recommended.

I bought this book for 3 grandsons (10, 12, 14) and thought they'd enjoy it as much as they have enjoyed all the TinTin comic reads. They gave it a quick look, then went right back to reading their TinTin books--with very little interest in the content of this book that does discuss the writing and characters of each TinTin book. I guess they were not interested on how it developed, just that it did develop. They read the TinTin books over and over--Maybe when they're older, this book will mean more to them, but not right now!