'It was [...] overall pretty traumatic...But...Such is the life of the adventurer.'
'Hilda and the Troll' - a sweet, humble, rustic, woodsy, and charming little countryside fantasy book. It's a good start to the comic series, and a must-read if you're a fan of the Netflix series as well.
It's a contemporary fairy tale, about an avid, intrepid little blue-haired girl and her adventures and the extraordinary creatures she meets. Hilda is just what a child left to her own devices by her pretty chill and loving mum would be like.
'Hilda and the Troll' reminds me of the best of nineties Nickelodeon cartoons. It's not so simplistic, as the artwork reveals more raw details than perhaps first meets the eye. (Though I'm still wondering if Hilda always had Twig as a pet, or if she literally met him at the start when she set up a tent in the rain.)
If you read one, you've got to read them all. I will be continuing this series, as I will the animated TV adaptation, which tells the comic's events only a little differently and in a different order.
Final Score: 3.5/5
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