Adventuregame Comics: Leviathan (Book 1)
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- Create Date：2022-09-27 06:52:46
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Jason Shiga
- ISBN：1419757792
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Summary
Make choices to defeat a mysterious sea monster in the first of a new series of innovative， interactive graphic novels from the award-winning creator of MeanwhileAdventuregame Comics is a new series of interactive graphic novels in the vein of Jason Shiga's hit graphic novel Meanwhile。 Readers follow the story from panel to panel using tubes that connect them， and sometimes the path will split， giving readers the chance to choose how the story unfolds。
Leviathan is set in a medieval coastal village， where residents live in fear of a giant sea creature。 Your goal as a reader is simple: defeat the Leviathan！ As you wander through the open world， the town's backstory is revealed。 You can attempt to visit the library to try and learn why the Leviathan destroyed it years ago。 You can stop by the castle to discover the town was once riddled with crime and theft—and how that’s stopped as the Leviathan will wreak havoc on the town for the smallest misdeeds。 If you’re lucky， you may find your way to the old wizard who may possess the one thing that could keep the Leviathan at bay。 But not everything is as it appears in this village。 Can you discover the secrets and stop the Leviathan before it’s too late？
Leviathan is set in a medieval coastal village， where residents live in fear of a giant sea creature。 Your goal as a reader is simple: defeat the Leviathan！ As you wander through the open world， the town's backstory is revealed。 You can attempt to visit the library to try and learn why the Leviathan destroyed it years ago。 You can stop by the castle to discover the town was once riddled with crime and theft—and how that’s stopped as the Leviathan will wreak havoc on the town for the smallest misdeeds。 If you’re lucky， you may find your way to the old wizard who may possess the one thing that could keep the Leviathan at bay。 But not everything is as it appears in this village。 Can you discover the secrets and stop the Leviathan before it’s too late？
Reviews
Josh
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Leviathan is a quick adventure into a light fantasy world that has a uniquely pointed message。You get a quest， explore， and try to stop the bad guy by gathering a magic wand。 If that sounds like a game plot， well the comparisons don't end there。 When you leave locations you have a classic role playing game top down view which allows you to choose where to go next， where you can solve math and logic puzzles。 But there is more to the world than it first seems。Reviewing this from the lens of the in Leviathan is a quick adventure into a light fantasy world that has a uniquely pointed message。You get a quest， explore， and try to stop the bad guy by gathering a magic wand。 If that sounds like a game plot， well the comparisons don't end there。 When you leave locations you have a classic role playing game top down view which allows you to choose where to go next， where you can solve math and logic puzzles。 But there is more to the world than it first seems。Reviewing this from the lens of the intended audience of grades 3 - 7， I think it would be fun and empowering。 While the message may be a bit heavy for the lower grades， I believe it would start important conversations。Where this differs from many other of Shiga's past work， and many in the interactive comics space， is the format。 Not only the use of tubes， but the fill in the blank page numbers， and the day/night state cycle puzzle。 Elements like this have been seen before （Virtual Reality Gamebooks for example）， but are still relatively unknown to most。 The implementation of both here have a direct purpose， which when it all comes together is delightful。Jason Shiga's interactive comics are often so highly focused on format that they lose momentum in their storytelling。 While this book adds new mechanics， it also avoids plot for greater meaning。 The tale of the protagonist is not more than the single sentence paragraph above。 What makes this memorable is that the inspiration （Hobbes' Leviathan） mixed with the intended audience of grades 3 - 7。 It is saying something big to someone tiny， in a way that I think could stick。The only downside is that this book has is that the choices are to move or talk throughout。 As the interactive comics genre has expanded by leaps and bounds in the past five years， it feels oddly stiff and lacking whimsy of his earlier titles。 There is less choice here， less plot here， less character， than compared to any other series， especially ones for kids。 While I understand why （this is 116 pages！） the end result is an on-rails experience that only gets off rails to solve one of four puzzles。 It is lovely， but there is no replayability once read。 That may be a challenge compared to other children's titles which have found clever ways to use the visual nature of these interactive comic books to make reengaging in these stories to make fresh choices or explore new areas even more fun。This is the first book in a series and this is a bold， engaging start。 Here's hoping the mention of Sugarcane Island within brings this series the same luck as the previous series who used that as their original first title: Choose Your Own Adventure。 I'm excited to see where this series goes next！ 。。。more
Luke Steere
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Leviathan is a strange allegory delivered in a strange way。 Shiga's comic book / choose-your-own format makes the story a game。 Beginning as a character in the town of Cloud Harbor on Cobalt Island， you go on a D&D-style adventure through the panels， which are connected by "tubes，" sometimes turning hundreds of pages forward and back to get to the next piece of action。 Instead of a simple two-choice fork at the end of each scenario， Shiga has set up something like a bike wheel， with different sp Leviathan is a strange allegory delivered in a strange way。 Shiga's comic book / choose-your-own format makes the story a game。 Beginning as a character in the town of Cloud Harbor on Cobalt Island， you go on a D&D-style adventure through the panels， which are connected by "tubes，" sometimes turning hundreds of pages forward and back to get to the next piece of action。 Instead of a simple two-choice fork at the end of each scenario， Shiga has set up something like a bike wheel， with different spokes that run past each other on various pages。 At its best， Leviathan is a compelling fantasy allegory of the mythical leviathan， a moral leveler for the society that punishes ne'er-do-wells at sea， and the wizard Kanoxx， who is using a spell to protect the town。 Though， perhaps protect is not the right word， as nothing is as it seems。 The story’s tone is ominous and it matches that the bluish-gray overcast feel to the coloring and the diminutive， worried-looking characters。 There is an HP Lovecraft feel to the ending。 The work required to get to the ending can be a bit too much。 At its weakest， the format gives you a page with three possibilities， each of which leads to a page that looks too similar。 This happens especially in the map of town or swimming in open water sequence， and the choices all blend together if you're not paying close attention。 I found myself unable to break out of a few loops。 。。。more
John
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another unfortunate case of something not being made for an e-reader//maybe I'll circle back some day another unfortunate case of something not being made for an e-reader//maybe I'll circle back some day 。。。more
Morgan
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A fun and humorous choose your own path adventure in graphic format。 Older elementary and middle school readers will fall in love with the endless possibilities of Jason Shiga's Leviathan。 And I do mean endless。 On first read， I wound up in an infinite cycle of swimming aimlessly。 It took me lots of page flipping to figure out I was stuck swimming and washing ashore forever！ A fun and humorous choose your own path adventure in graphic format。 Older elementary and middle school readers will fall in love with the endless possibilities of Jason Shiga's Leviathan。 And I do mean endless。 On first read， I wound up in an infinite cycle of swimming aimlessly。 It took me lots of page flipping to figure out I was stuck swimming and washing ashore forever！ 。。。more
J。 Blair Hartman III
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real fun。 when they make the video game i cant wait to say， “i liked the book better”
Elle
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DNF - An interesting concept but not executed to its best potential。 My story path took me to the same dialogues/maps way too many times which created a tedious redundancy。 Also， multiple story paths on one page occasionally made it confusing as they were drawn so close together。
Andréa
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