Review: Asterix and the Laurel Wreath

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Asterix and the Laurel Wreath Asterix and the Laurel Wreath by René Goscinny
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Vitalstatistix & Impedima visit Lutetia with the dynamic duo, to meet her brother Homeopathix. The in laws don't exactly see eye to eye, so when one thing leads to another, the Gaul chief makes a bet that he would prepare a special dish to Homeopathix with no other than Caesar's coveted Laurel wreath. So, who else but our boys, to go to Rome, sneak into Caesar's palace and steal the Wreath. As one would expect, all manner of hijinks happen.

Nothing much to write about this chapter. It's quite entertaining, with Asterix & Obelix deciding to infiltrate the palace; by selling themselves off as slaves. Things get even more hairy, when they find themselves in court, and Asterix pours out the most eloquent and heart wrenching composition of an argument….in favor of why they should throw the Gauls to the animals. Trust me, all of this does have a convoluted, albeit logical reasoning behind it. One which you'd have to read to know.

As goes my observation on Asterix stories, the episodes which have a straightforward narrative are the ones which have the most puns/page ratio. The offering for this time includes:

○ Homeopathix
○ Tapioca
○ Kumakros
○ Fibula
○ Tibia
○ Osseus Humerus
○ Goldendelicius
○ Locus Classicus
○ Titus Nisiprius
○ Habeascorpus

It was a fun romp, letting us explore more of Rome proper, with a somewhat anticlimatix-esque ending. Giving it a 4 out of 5

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