Review for The Return of Zita the Spacegirl
Wow, wow, wow, and more wow! What a fantastic volume this was, even better than all the others before it. And then that ending! <3
I will first talk about the stuff that is spoiler-free, after that I will review the rest in spoiler tags, as that is needed. I don’t want to spoil the epic stuff in this book. So, be warned, read the spoilers at your own risk! They are big spoilers, but I need to review the book, and thus some things will have to be spoiler tagged.
First up, Zita. Ah, I loved her in the first and second books, but in this book we see a Zita who will never give up, who will fight, who won’t give up hope even when everything seems so hopeless. She is strong, determined, even more so then in the previous books.
I felt sorry for her, sorry that she got captured (since this happened in the second book I won’t spoiler tag it), sorry that she had to go through all that, and happy for her when certain events happened. But also sad. I can imagine that it must have hurt for her.
It was wonderful to see everyone again. Zita is loved by many, and everyone is up to helping her now that she needs help. It was kind of weird that various people split up, I guess a lot more time passed between this and the previous book then I think it did.
The illustrations are good/great, though at times it looks a bit weird or things are just a bit off. For instance when we see stuff in the distance, or Zita is running and it is a big picture, then she often looks more like some blobs flung together than human. Which is a shame, I would have preferred it if she looks human in all panels. I still love the colours though, they are pretty colourful, even during scenes that are sad or are bad, the colours are still vivid.
Now for all the spoiler stuff! Don’t read this unless you really, really read this book!!!!!!!
The whole “betrayal” stuff? With how Joseph was, I thought it was actually true. He really betrayed her! But then it turned out it was all a ruse.
I really liked that Zita’s star (the one she got from Strong Strong) broke in pieces and made sure that everyone she ever came in contact with was notified, and so everyone could come to help Zita. Even if she didn’t know that this was happening. 🙂
The whole stuff that happened in the dungeon and mines was really interesting and it gave the story extra dimension. And once again, Zita is touching people’s hearts. Making them love her and making them try to help her out.
The ending? I loved it! I guess, we aren’t done with Zita. I guess, Ben Hatke will be writing another story someday, at least I am hoping this, it would be a shame if he didn’t after making this ending.
Poor Zita though, trying for a year to get Shippy to come to her, with no success. 🙁 I hope she will be reunited with her friends soon again.
All in all, I would highly recommend this book. While I rated all of the books 5 stars, I would say this one is more a 5++ stars.
