I'm a big fan of the Hildafolk series and this is perhaps my least favorite. Not sure why. Hilda and her mom are fighting about Hilda's adventures. Her mom wants her to not go on crazy adventures. Hilda won't take no for an answer. Things are pretty conflicty and then they wind up on an adventure together. And it's pretty intense having Hilda and her mom in danger together. Dealing with relationship stuff and danger. This one's a cliff-hanger and the end is kind of creepy. I don't know. Just not...

Re-read 9 July 2020Ah, so the two parter starts with Hilda lying to her mother about her whereabouts. Because her adventuring had been curtailed, she had been increasingly lying about her mother by saying that she was either out with David or Frida, both of whom are from the Sparrows. (I wished that Luke Pearson had expanded more on their friendship and adventures, the same way that the TV series had. Can't have everything, I guess :) )Hilda breaking more and more of her mum's rules led to her g...

I was convinced Ben Hatke was my most favorite kids graphic novelist... but he and Luke Pearson are going to have to brawl for the title at this point or it will have to just be a tie. I absolutely adore Hilda, the art, the humor, the magical characters, the mum,, the adventure, the story, the dialogue, the color scheme, the variety of frame style, orientation and shape, the busting out of frames, just... everything.

It was cute and I enjoyed the art a lot but the something was lacking in the plot for me. Maybe because I did not start with the first in the series. I saw there was a show on Netflix so I will give it a go :)

Oh, this one was adorable! A whole bunch of characters from previous books make appearances which is a lot of fun. This time, Hilda's mum gets dragged along on her adventure. They get lost inside troll mountain and are chased by a big two-headed troll. Both Mum and Hilda get scared at different points and comfort the other. Unlike the other books in the series, this one ends with a twist and a "to be continued". I can't wait for the next book!

Hilda gets in trouble for not being honest with her mom about her exploits. They get in a tiff over it, and eventually that leads to them both getting lost in a strange cavern full of trolls both mean and kind. Can they find their way out together?Although the mother daughter tiff thing is quite normal, I didn't really like it. Up until this book the two have had a really good relationship. It's sad to see it get a little rocky. The ending of this is a cliffhanger with a really weird twist. So w...

Oh no, the next book isn't scheduled until September 2019.As always, this series delights. Beautiful art with an enchanting story. This one ends on a cliffhanger and I can't wait to see how it ends.

The hardback of this was the most pleasurable reading experience. The colour theme, the thicc paper, the cosy drawings and the plot that is slightly different to the Netflix show made this worth reading even though I've seen the show.

A dark, dramatic, clever and tearful instalment - and the comic series will only become darker, cleverer and more touching.Now we come to the storyline that the first season of the Netflix series didn't adapt. It's all about the feared stone trolls in the mountains. It's about how they live and behave in their society; how their varied relationships with one another work (it's dysfunctional, disorganised, and mostly hostile); and what their lore and history is.And at the heart of this adventure,...

These books are always fantastic - and now there's going to be a Netflix series? I'm a little nervous for the voice-acting...

Oh man, this one is my favorite yet. Because the mum is involved, and I like city-themed stories, and because of THAT PLOT TWIST. WHAT A CLIFFHANGER.

Reread 2018: there’s a lot more drama between Hilda and her mother in this compared to the Netflix series. Also, her friends are included much more, not only in the plots, but Hilda’s own world-view and adventure-sense.

It got better near the end, but I didn't think this was anywhere near as cute as the previous books in the series.

Cracking take with Hilda’s mum being dragged, literally, into the middle of the adventure with some angry trolls, some less angry trolls and a by now familiar cast of Hilda’s oddball friends and mythical creatures. Hilda is awesome and the mother daughter dynamic is recognizably fraught and loving. So much fun with a cliffhanger ending!

This is the absolute cutest and I need to read all of the rest immediately.

I am loving the way the mother-daughter relationship is developing, and I can't wait to read the next one!

3.5 stars - there were lots of things I liked about this installation of Hilda, and a few things I didn't like so much.I liked that she went on an adventure with her mom, but I didn't like the attitude Hilda seemed to have the entire time - and I get it, I'm coming at this angle as a mom, but I felt a little like it took away from the whimsical feel the other books had.I liked that it ended with a cliffhanger - but I don't like that I have to wait so long to find out what happens! ;DAlso - I LOV...

I was worried about reading this latest installment of the, rightly-acclaimed, Hilda series. The four that had come before had set a high benchmark with their pacy, multi-layered mythic narrative and easy humour. There was something touching in Hilda's natural connection to the landscape and the fey folk and although I was really sad to see her and her mother leave that liminal space between the wilderness and the city of Trolberg in Hilda and the Bird Parade, I was happy that the connection to

Mom got to come and it was so good!!

The Hilda books just keep getting better! Hilda's character is great, we love her free thinking, independent personality, the way she is kind and helps tiny creatures, her outdoors-y-ness, her blue hair and stick legs and the way she does what she thinks is right without caring what others think.In this episode she has an adventure with her mum and deer/fox pet inside a mountain of trolls. There is lots of excitement and action and some references to Greek mythology. The end has a very interesti...