![]() ![]() The backgrounds are very similar to what you see in the show: a lot of pastels and sparkly stripes with shines on them, and little decorations all over the place, like stars, Cookie Cats, and Crying Breakfast Friends stickers. Usually, the single perspective is one of the best things about both the show and this book: Steven is a realistic child character whose perspectives are colored by his youth, and it’s just a wonderful thing to observe. Steven only passes the reins to another character once–letting Garnet explain Fusions since she’s basically the professor and poster child of all things Fusion–and other than that, it’s all presented in a great approximation of the child character’s voice. Of course, being that (like the show) it’s from Steven’s point of view, it’s far from an omniscient tell-all. ![]() Like its title promises, it’s a guidebook it’s not a storybook and doesn’t contain any adventures, it’s just an outline of the characters, primarily told in the voice of the protagonist, Steven Universe himself.Īnyone who likes the television show will probably like this book it’s primarily information we already know from watching the show, but it’s nice to have it all in one place, and there ARE bits of it that were essentially new information at the time or clarifications of things we haven’t really heard spelled out before. The book was released in October 2015, while Season 2 was still airing. This is a fantastic little tie-in, despite being dated as I post this in 2017. This is a review and discussion of the book Guide to the Crystal Gems!
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