Joe the Barbarian

Book cover for Joe the Barbarian

It was okay. I enjoyed the hypoglycemia and hypogenea parallels and how features from Joe's house translated over into his magical land. And Jack was super cool.
I didn't think the artwork was as great as many, and was confused about all the "skriiii"ing and "squeee"ing - I thought something more was going to come of those similarities. The supporting cast was completely forgettable (and nigh useless), with the Mom's dialogue and behaviour being probably flattest of all.