I finished
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore, and I happily gave it four stars. Everything about it just worked, in my opinion.
The storyline, the artwork, the decisions that were made...just combined to create something very special.
The storyline follows as V works to free England from it's currupt government. There's also Evey, who V rescues from certain death at the hands of the police.
There are also multiple other storylines that flesh out this dark dystopian world.
While there is nudity, unlike some other graphic novels I've seen, it's not juvenile, was important to the story, or used to show something about a character, which I much appreciated as opposed to just being thrown in with no real purpose.
This did not even feel like reading a graphic novel. It felt like a wonderful mix of watching a great movie, and reading an engulfing book.
I am a bit biased though, as I've loved the film adaptation for years...even with that, it surpassed my hopes and expectations.
Very simply put: I have no words to convay how much I love this book.
kio wrote:I have to admit that line about Beauty and the Beast makes me want to go pick it up
hsimone wrote:I like that excerpt, Gravy about Beauty and the Beast! Legends in Exile sounds like a very interesting read! I'll have to look into it.
It's definitely one I'm going to continue with
I'm a sucker for urban fantasy, and the ongoing storyline seems promising.
I loved the whole Beauty and Beast thing, it was just so hilarious, and a clever way to introduce the world. There's also a bit with one of the three little pigs, and bacon, and the big bad wolf...I was laughing so much
What graphic novel did you give up on @"hsimone"?
kio wrote:What elements have you noticed that are unique to graphic novels/manga? Why do you think the chapter book counterpart versions aren't quite as popular (for those that start out as graphic novels/manga)?
I only recently realized that there were adaptations from graphic novels to chapter books. I tend to prefer to experience things in their original form, so I'm not one who's likely to read the adaptations...with minor exceptions.
As for what I noticed, I think a major difference is that it's easy to overlook the artwork in a graphic novel, and it's also easy for the author to use the artwork for so many things. That being said, with the few I've read so far I've been slightly disappointed by the lack of using the artwork to do this, especially because I just finished V for Vendetta, so I know for a fact that it works.