The Princess Bride: A Storybook to Colorby Sheena McNeilReviews may contain information that could be considered 'spoilers'. Readers should proceed at their own risk. Publisher
Credits Grade: 5 I don't particularly care for the art style for the characters. Yes, they look like the characters, but the nose, lip, and eye styles don't appeal to me and look too big. Some of the shapes are overly flat and lacking in detail or even variety in edge thickness. I'm not overly familiar with coloring books for older audiences, but I've seen more interesting and detailed black and white (and colorable) art in Highlights "Find the Hidden Object" pages.The coloring book walks through the movie version of the story (leaving out the same scenes from the book), and obviously used screen stills as reference. It also glosses over or skips certain scenes from the movie entirely, filling the void with themed pattern pages. However, the best part is all the artsy pages with repetitive and interesting patterns inspired by the movie (like swords or ROUSs). The water depictions are gorgeous, though the eels are too cartoonish and almost gentle rather than scary. I was really excited about the potential of this coloring book, but after seeing a PDF review copy, I'm no longer interested in obtaining a hard copy to actually color. I'm also annoyed that I don't see any credit to the artist(s). Written: December 23, 2016
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