The Adventures of John Blake: Mystery of the Ghost Ship Hardcover – 1 Jun. 2017

Amazing

My son really enjoyed this book.

Really good graphic novel.Good story line and attractive drawings.

None of the key elements of the story bear much relation to Pullman's usual originality. In fact, they often seem to be no more than the rather tired, over used cliches of too much modern fiction: time travel (and what will happen to me if my grandfather doesn't live to have children), the wicked giant corporation looking for world dominance, the plucky kids sorting it all out, even the top agent working for a female boss at the Admiralty - though at least he's Blake, not Bond. The artwork's fine, but overall it's really not much more than a gentle, non-threatening, introduction to the usually more complex world of graphic novels.

Enjoyed the book. Nice story. Interesting plot. Well drawn. Lost a star not because of the book but because I am to old so found it a bit young for my taste. Again it is a childs comic so perhaps it should rate higher. I have handed it on to my son who is younger and we shall get his verdict.

Ok but not brilliant

Good quality book and good transaction

My girlfriend gave me this graphic novel because we’re both pretty big fans of Philip Pullman, and so I was hoping I’d like it going into it. For some reason, though, the first twenty pages didn’t really engage me, and I was starting to worry I was going to have to give it a bad review.But then it got good and it hooked me, and it maintained that standard until the end. It probably helped that it had a fricken time travelling pirate ship in it, but Pullman also knows how to tell a good story and even when I haven’t loved his stuff, I’ve still been able to appreciate it. All in all, I’m glad that I read it, and I think that there might be others in the series too.