i'm sorry but if you turn my teenage favorite books into graphic novels i am going to read themi'm sorry but if you turn my teenage favorite books into graphic novels i am going to read them...more
i wanted to read this because it just seemed so goddamn cool. and then it WAS so goddamn cool.
the art of this was incredibly beautiful, AND the story i wanted to read this because it just seemed so goddamn cool. and then it WAS so goddamn cool.
the art of this was incredibly beautiful, AND the story was so cool. that combination deserves the graphic novel achievement award.
i wish there were more time to spend on the romance so it'd be less insta-love-y, but that's often the tradeoff you take with mythology / fairytales anyway.
and i'll take it!
bottom line: all the highs and lows of mythology and graphic novels. but mostly the highs.
i really, really, really, REALLY did not need this book's hamfisted discussion of abortion, featuring a murderous wolf abortionist and the ghost of a i really, really, really, REALLY did not need this book's hamfisted discussion of abortion, featuring a murderous wolf abortionist and the ghost of a fetus' future.
in fact i must ask...who is this for.
also they forgot a couple pretty crucial plot points here, it seems.
namely that these guys were supposed to be killed by a wolf.
this was silly and goofy and weird, and some parts of it were unrealistic to the point of being endlessly annoying — this coming fromhad me at ghosts.
this was silly and goofy and weird, and some parts of it were unrealistic to the point of being endlessly annoying — this coming from a girl who believes in ghosts and thinks it's hyperlifelike that laundromats would be like water parks for them — but i loved the ghost drawings and the town drawing and this was halloween-y.
why does cartoon food look so much better than real food???
that constitutes the majority of my thoughts on this.
that, and the fact that i have a love why does cartoon food look so much better than real food???
that constitutes the majority of my thoughts on this.
that, and the fact that i have a love / hate relationship with the word "supper."
this was cute and fine and i liked the art and i would like a bowl of cartoon mac and cheese, even if this book did put too much on its plate and also put blue cheese in the included and aforementioned mac and cheese recipe...
two significant crimes.
we forgive. kind of.
and probably forget about this book entirely.
bottom line: fine!
(2.5 / thanks to the publisher for the e-arc)...more
the saga continues...get it? because i'm continuing my binge read of this series? called saga?
i'm wasted on you people.
this was not my favorite one ththe saga continues...get it? because i'm continuing my binge read of this series? called saga?
i'm wasted on you people.
this was not my favorite one thus far...riddled with time jumps...pretty convoluted...lots of sweeping generalizations via narrator and time spent in the prison industrial complex...
but there is a small and perfect creature called "ghus" so it's not all Ls.
bottom line: i'm saying it again. THE SAGA CONTINUES....more
when will i stop accidentally buying graphic novel adaptations!
i intended to buy a copy of Kindred, a great book, and mistakenly bought this, a versiowhen will i stop accidentally buying graphic novel adaptations!
i intended to buy a copy of Kindred, a great book, and mistakenly bought this, a version of it that was not for me. this art style isn't my cup of tea, and this medium isn't really for this story. what was an excellent novel is an emotionally and thematically inconsistent and shallow-feeling graphic novel.
but then again, an accidental review is probably not the best one to trust.
warning: all of you are about to witness history. i am about to string a sentence together made up of words that have nary found themselves near each warning: all of you are about to witness history. i am about to string a sentence together made up of words that have nary found themselves near each other ever.
this book, which was once a Normal Book, is now a Graphic Novel, with fewer words and more pictures and generally less content, and we are all the better for it.
but i still actually just don't like this story.
pretty art, though.
bottom line: medically needed a graphic novel and this checked that box!
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