This book therefore skyrockets to my top five (least favorites), with strong designs on the #1 slot. Just about every joke, theme or plot device we see in this book was covered far better in other books. Virtually none of that led to any real moments of humor, just like the experience of travelling to the Goths' home country proved to be completely without real interest. The plot involves the hunt to recover a villager taken captive (Getafix in this case), with some pretty standard hijinks thrown in, such as language & identity mixups, as well as outsiders experiencing a taste of the potion (some Goths in this case). Goths isn't 'bad' in the same way, but oh boy. The one with the aliens and the one with the trouble-making woman come to mind. Now, I happen to find some of the later Uderzo books to be borderline weird or annoying. I re-read Asterix and the Goths today, and remembered this thread. Obélix is basically just secondary character in that book instead of being a main character alongside Astérix, for example.
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I also think the first ever Astérix book aged poorly, but it's not a bad book per se and it's also the very first one and Goscinny and Uderzo still weren't sure what the series would be like. I know the 3 following books were written by different people, so maybe they're good, but I'm still on the fence about whether I wanna read them or not. And honestly, it's where I called it quits on Astérix.
I guess the idea of an advanced alien civilisation visiting Astérix's village could turn out to be an interesting experiment, but this book was AWFUL. Maybe it's one of those ideas that sounded better on paper than in practice. Who the hell thought that ALIENS, Superman looking robots, and an alien looking version of Mickey Mouse would fit in an Astérix comic book?! Well, Uderzo, apparently thought that. The lowest of the lowest points in Astérix's history. Whenever I re-read Astérix's books, I tend to skip over this one.Īstérix and the Falling Sky: Oh God. And I could already tell that the writing had significantly dropped in quality.
The Great Divide: The first ever Uderzo-written book.
And I personally couldn't stand Astérix's and Obélix's mums.Īstérix and Son: The latter part of the book with he Romans setting fire to Astérix's village and then Julius Caesar and Cleopatra making surprise entrances to save the day was pretty cool, but other than that I wasn't a fan of this book.
I didn't think it was that bad, but I can't say I was a big fan of it. Meh.Īstérix and the Actress: I was 10-11 years old when this book came out and was excited to get this book for my birthday or Christmas(don't remember which one, I'm sorry).
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Only reason why the fight took place was because the Druid had loss his memory and no longer new how to prepare the magic potion. Also, I haven't read the last 3 Astérix books or Astérix and the Secret Weapon yet nor am I gonna include books such as Astérix and the Class act and Astérix and Obélix's Birthday, so keep that in mind as you read my top 5 least favourite Astérix books:Īstérix and the Big Fight: Not a bad book at all, but my least favourite of the Goscinny- written books.
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Especially after Goscinny passed away and Uderzo took full control of the series. As a big fan of Astérix myself, I'm the very first one to admit that the series has had some bad books that really stand out.