The Book of Ga-Huel

Trollhunters #3

by Richard Ashley Hamilton

This all-new epic story based on the hit Netflix series Trollhunters—from the limitless imagination of acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and DreamWorks Animation—delves into the hidden world of Trolls and uncovers a mystery that has haunted Trollhunters for centuries!For centuries, Changlings have recorded the history of Trolls and Gumm-Gumms in The Book of Ga-Huel. This ancient tome is, literally, a living document with new entries mysteriously appearing—or disappearing—in it. When Trollhunter, Jim Lake, Jr., gains possession of the book, he and his friends are fascinated by what they discover. But when a new passage appears and it points to the death of a beloved friend, the team must race against time to uncover the invisible force predicting a future no one is willing to face. DreamWorks Trollhunters © 2018 DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy

161 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 26, 2018

Reviews

[Light · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I decided to go through with reading all of the Trollhunters books, I expected it to go downhill in quality for some reason, possibly based on the fact that series often do just that, whether it's books, anime, movies, or Netflix series. Lookin' at you, Voltron. Especially after the second book, I wasn't sure if the rest would be as good as the first.

I was very wrong.

While the second book detailed many things that went unexplained about Jim's two-week gap of time in the Darklands between season 1 and season 2 (like how he knows how to prepare nyarlagroth eggs, how he obtained chalk, and even what the talking fireball from season 1 was)--the story, I felt, was a little lacking, or just didn't feel quite feasible for the Trollhunters universe; I couldn't quite picture it as an actual episode. Everyone was in character, but something just didn't quite hit the mark, and I still can't place what it is.

Meanwhile, this installment shines. Not only can I hear all the characters' voices clearly in my head, the story follows a very episode-feasible storyline, and I'm actually finding myself sad that this wasn't produced into an actual episode. It explained a few things from season 2 that were bugging me, such as what the Book of Ga-Huel actually is and why it exists (one would hope so with such a titular focus), what happened to Unkar the Unfortunate (yes, finally!), and one other thing that is quite a large spoiler, though not unpredictable. Even so, I'll put it here:
Remember when Jim saw the name "Eloise Stemhower" in the Darklands? I couldn't recall why it sounded so familiar at the beginning of this book till I remembered near the end!

The conclusion I've come to? I need to finish these companion books, because they expound so much on a story I love dearly.

[D.T. Powell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this for research while writing my Trollhunters fanfic "One Petal at a Time." Great book and lots of helpful content in regard to what I wanted to know.

[Jim The · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazin

[Patrick Zanetta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Probably the best tie in so far, adds an interesting story that might easily be an episode of the series without drifting too much from the canon of it, interesting new characters and good plotline

[beatrice · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5