Graphic Novel Review – Space Boy Vol 3 by Stephen McCranie (3.5/5 stars)

Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Graphic Novel/Science Fiction
Length: 240 pages
Publisher: Dark Horse Books
Release Date: March 12, 2019
ISBN-13: 978-1506708423
Stand Alone or Series: 3rd volume in the Space Boy series
Source: Borrowed from Library
Rating: 3.5/5 stars

“To Amy, everyone has a flavor. Her Agriculture Club mate Tamra is like banana, while another Club mate, Shafer, is like milk chocolate; two flavors that Amy thinks are in sync.

Coming closer to fully adapting to her new life on Earth, Amy settles in to a solid group of friends at her school. Also, after a meeting with the mysterious Oliver, she decides to reach out to an old friend, which makes the transition all that much easier.”

This was another decent installment in the Space Boy series by McCranie. Both my son (12 yr old) and I thought this was pretty slow but still well done. My son commented “When are we going to be done with this lame school stuff and get to the cool space stuff again?”…my thoughts exactly.

Amy is continuing to adjust to life on Earth. The mystery around Oliver is still very slowly being unraveled. I did like that Amy finally decides to reach out to her old friends from her life in deep space.

This is still a well drawn and fun read. However, the story was a bit stagnant in this volume. Things are just moving a bit too slow and there was a bit too much day-to-day life in this volume.

Overall this was a decent volume in the Space Boy series but also the slowest so far. I am going to read volume 4 and if it continues to have the slow pacing seen in vol 3, I will probably stop reading this series. My son is mostly done with this series I think, he said, “Let me know if the 4th book is actually interesting”.