Review to come February 2021 on blog/goodreads.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review. 

I have to be honest and say when I saw this book that I wasn't interested in it. I thought it would be a picture book with nice sharks. Not in the mood for that. But then I saw it was a comic, and I was curious. My plan was to read it the next day, but instead I immediately downloaded and started reading it. My hubby who was next to me got curious about what I was reading when I kept showing him pages and so we ending up reading and laughing. We both had a lot of fun.

This book is about animals in the sea (oh and a human who at times pops up on the surface). Mostly we see a shark going through the daily things. Going to work with a fish tie and he becomes the best of friends with him (yes really). Not sure if it is the same shark, but we also see a shark with a little shark, celebrating birthdays and trying to build things (though I would recommend real hammers not hammersharks). But we also meet other animals, from fish who have those little lights in front of them switch from normal lights to Christmas mode, or the narwhal who wants to make a selfie and lets a friend hang a camera on his nose/horn. There is plenty to see and plenty to laugh. 

But next to laughing, this book is filled to the brim with positivity, that one should persevere despite the outcome not looking positive, happy message, everyone is helping the others, there are inspirational quotes (I would truly call them that). It gave me a big fluffy feeling and I was definitely in the need for that. With COVID (not sure how bad the situation is when this review goes live in Februrary, but in the end of November things are going up and down and there is still plenty of worry about things) raging around for the past 8/9 months I could definitely use a fluffy and happy blanket of positivity and humour. 

The illustrations are fun as well, I love the style and I love how the animals were drawn. 

All in all, if you need something funny and inspirational be sure to check out this wonderful and fun book! Recommended!

This is a cute book about a whale and his friends. Each page has a cartoon that is anywhere from one to four panels, that has something funny to say about the nature of friendship, such as wanting to be the first to wish someone happy birthday, so doing it at midnight. Or not wanting to wake them up when they fall asleep on you, so letting them stay on you while you swim away.

There is no actual story here, other than that all the denizens of the deep are friends and get alone.

Nothing wrong with that. The jokes are cute. The drawings are cute. The sentiment is real. There is just no real story there.

But, kids will probably love looking at the cute drawings.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

A cute little comic book following the adventures of a little shark. Not exactly the kind of book I usually read but this one was wonderful. The drawings are simple but expressive. The panels vary from sweet, to silly, to laugh-out-loud funny. Quite a few had me going "awww". More than a few of the illustrations had me saying "I want that on a shirt!" It's a great mood-brightening read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I will be following the artist on social media so I can have more of his brand of sweet and funny comics.
I received a copy from the publisher via Netgalley for an honest review and I am so glad I did!!

"This is a book about kindness, relationships and love"

I read it in just one sitting. Such a beautiful reading! And such an important message. The thing that first draw me to this book was of course the beautiful illustrations of the cover, I just cannot resist a cute graphic novel. As for the contents of the book, it is perfect for children (and even adults like myself since I enjoyed it so much) who love the sea, since they will learn about beautiful creatures in the nicest way. It is also great for them to learn valuable lessons; friendship, caring and sharing; and they are genuinely funny. The vibe of it was very similar to The Little World of Liz Climo, since both of them are composed of cute (little) animals sharing valuable life lessons.

A sweet and hilarious book! Filled with underwater creature shenanigans and friendship, This was so cute and a perfect read! Great for kids and adults, for anyone who just wants to laugh and smile! The artwork was adorable and I loved reading this book so much!

<i>arc provided by the publisher via netgalley in exchange for an honest review</i>

This was so heart warming! The illustrations were colorful and adorable, the characters were all sorts of hilarious, relatable and silly and overall, the messages in this book were wonderful and important.

This book is all about love and kindness and finding the positives in life. I think this is a great way to get these messages across in a way that any age can find inspiration from this graphic novel! This delivers these positive notes in an easy to digest and fun way. I didn’t want it to end!

This would make an excellent gift!

5/5 ⭐️

A narwhal using its tusk as a selfie-stick, a different sea creature using an electric eel to charge its phone, a baby shark having angler fish 'lamps' and not real candles on his cake – this is a very weird, but very amusingly weird, look at friendship, perseverance and suchlike. So at one point it's gunning towards showing us positivity, the steadfast friend who always has your back and how families might just be the most wonderful thing out, the next it's showing an octopus not sitting comfortably until surrounded by arm rests, or a youth being told to reach for the stars and nabbing lots of innocent starfish. As my examples might imply, it kind of worked more for me with the absurdist humour than with the self-help leanings, but for books like this that aim for such meaty topics of discussion and so often fail, this was a great success, offering many proper laughs. I mean, who knew a hammerhead could also be called a card shark? A strong four stars.