Synopsis:
An all-new adventure revisiting Edward Scissorhands' two decades after the end of the fan-favorite movie! In a castle just outside a sleepy suburban town, a brilliant inventor created Edward Scissorhands... but left him tragically unfinished. Two generations of exile have left Edward digging through abandoned experiments, but once he wakes up a creature left buried, he discovers he isn't the only one missing a vital piece. As Edward tries to fix a grave mistake, he comes face-to-face with a teenage girl who was sure he was only myth... despite the stories her grandmother told her about the man she could never touch.
Review:
I got this ebook from Netgalley in return of an honest review.
When I saw this on Netgalley I had to take a moment to go back to the first time I watched Edward Scissorhands. It's one of my absolute favourite movies and I remember that time so clearly I almost cried when I had the honor of reading this amazing tribute set two generations after the end of the movie.
Edward is one of the most fantastic and fascinating characters I have ever encountered and I bet he's not easy to portray in an adaptation of this nature. However, both the writer and the illustrator did a stellar job at making him show through the barrier of words and image with no sound and motion. He was as real and sweet as we've always known him and I have to admit that he is probably the best part about this whole volume, although everything was very near perfect, in my humble opinion.
We are introduced to new characters and a new plot, including one of Edward's 'relatives' and each one of those elements came together so beautifully.
I have to acclaim the amazing artist who worked on 'Parts Unknown', because the drawings were absolutely beautiful and haunting and carried that same feel of the original movie.
The only thing that lowered my rating (just a tiny tiny bit) was the ending. Even though the story itself was extremely fast-paced and exciting, the ending felt just a little bit rushed and predictable, but, of course, that's not something I wasn't expecting already.
I am sure I will only fall even more in love with the characters and connect with the story with the next volumes.
I absolutely recommend this to anyone, not just fans of the movie. I believe anyone would love Edward, no matter if they have seen it or not, but I also think people who have will automatically feel the nostalgia factor and that will definitely increase the experience and enjoyment.
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