Minecraft: Wither Without You

Minecraft: Wither Without You #1

by Kristen Gudsnuk

The newest addition to the Dark Horse line of graphic novels set in the world of the gaming phenomenon, Minecraft!Cahira and Orion are twin monster hunters under the tutelage of Senan the Thorough. After an intense battle with an enchanted wither, their mentor is eaten and the twins are now alone! The two hunters go on a mission to get their mentor back, and meet an unlikely ally along the way!Stumbling into her underground home, Cahira and Orion meet Atria--a girl cursed as a monster lure! The twins convince Atria to join their rescue mission to use her monster-attracting abilities to find the enchanted wither . . . and Atria wants to learn how to protect herself against the mobs of monsters coming for her!Jump into the Overworld with the first adventure of a three-volume series!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Fantasy, Childrens, Video Games, Middle Grade, Adventure

88 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 22, 2020

Reviews

[Prabhjot Kaur · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cahira and Orion are twin monster hunters and their mentor is Senan who adopted them when they were seven years old. When they get attacked by the wither, Senan is sort of abducted by the wither and the twins start to follow the trail with the help of Senan's pet. They come across a lot of monsters near a village and kill them. They find out that the monsters were outside a girl's house named Atria. Atria tells them that she is cursed and she attracts the monsters.

Cahira and Orion ask Atria to come with them as it will be easy to find wither with her curse. They end up at the wither's nest and save Senan and Atria finds something strange about her curse.

This was a quick and funny read. I didn't expect much but I really enjoyed this.

4 stars

[Christian G · Rating 5 out of 5]

its cool and funny and also kinda sad too. (spoiler) i mean imagine having a curse that lures mobs to you! kinda sad

[Zac · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am definitely not the target demographic for this, and it felt like that when I was reading.

[Historic Hummingbird · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book because it is MINECRAFT!!

[Janie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun graphic novel! I read this with a 4th grade student I was tutoring, and he was engaged and interested as we read it all in one sitting. Great art, too!

[Stefu Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly fun little story. I don’t know all the Minecraft lingo, but my 8-year-old was in heaven.

[Emma Nynja · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the characters and their design. I found Cahira extremely relatable and I’m a huge fan of Minecraft.

[Jenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very cute and high energy. I never realized Minecraft wasn't only building and also had a questing/fighting component! Fun, humorous, and easy to follow, even for a Minecraft noob like me.

Grabbed this graphic novel on a whim because of the artist and it didn't disappoint.

[Norah Bahns-Mintz · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a pretty good book. I dol like Graphic Novels so that is a plus. I don't really like the color coordination. That is just my opion so don't be mad at me. It is just not what I'm used to. Lets just say it is different. That is why my final rating is three stars.

[Brantley Towns · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is not good... The characters are nothing like Minecraft characters, the plot is not good, and the story over all sucks. The art is good actually the art is amazing! Whoever did the art good job. The story is their friend gets eaten by a wither and they have to save him its boring.

[Jana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Komiksový štýl vhodný hlavne pre malé decká, ktoré ešte bojujú s písmenkami. Samozrejme, dobrým komiksom nepohrdnú ani staršie ročníky. A pokiaľ niekto pozná Minecraft, je pre neho tento komiks dobrý.

[raccoon reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wish our library had more of these! A pretty good series!

[Olivia McGuigan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I compliment the time and effort it took to make this but the story was kinda mid, sorry shawty

[Theo · Rating 5 out of 5]

i play minecraft and i got a stack of iorn blocks in minecraft

[Nicola · Rating 3 out of 5]

Miss 9 enjoyed this Minecraft comic and plans to read the sequel.

[Vivan V · Rating 5 out of 5]

My mom was so surprised to see me reading this book. 😁😁😁😁😁

[Gervens-Hylaire Dessalines · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the book!

I loved the first book of Wither Without You! It's the best Minecraft graphic novel I've ever read in my life!

[The_J · Rating 2 out of 5]

A touch garbled and feckless.

[Theo P · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s the best book ever! Action, Minecraft, easy to read, and full of adventure! Five stars!

[James Wadey · Rating 5 out of 5]

very nice story.

[Kimberly McCollum · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this at the request of my son. It was fine, but not my kind of thing.

[Jordan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny, cute and a lot of fun, and full of great jokes and details pertaining to Minecraft mechanics and gameplay. Though even with no knowledge of Minecraft, the story works on its own! There is even a nice message about conquering your fears and getting our of your house, perhaps unwise to suggest to the diehard Minecraft fans but may as well try! Just kidding, folks.

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aug 13 2021 Review:
This was a joy to read! The art was great, and I was glad to see a comic that was written and drawn by one person! I really truly enjoyed the read, with all its comedy, action, and minecraftyness. One thing is I kinda found some of the tricks used a bit lazy. Like when two characters angrily stared at eachother the artist wrote in “eye contact standoff” to elaborate what was going on. I guess when the proofreaders were reading and didn’t understand, the artist decided to do that to make the scene clear, but I would’ve preferred if it were done more by drawing not by words.

July 17 2025 Review:
Reread, because I DIDNT REALIZE a volume 2 and 3 is out!
I’m keeping and rereading this one though, because the omnibus does not contain the BTS section at the end which I like.

[aubrey ☆ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok, I LOVE Minecraft and I LOVE graphic novels. This was the perfect combination. For the first book of the series of 3, it was pretty good! Atria's definitely my favorite, mob lure curse and all. It has a great ending that leads into the next book. I most definitely recommend the entire series.

[Gracie · Rating 3 out of 5]

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