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kaylecorey's review against another edition
5.0
Gorgeous. Every fan of Gaiman should give it a read. Perfectly adapted and beautifully illustrated!
nickleby_shepherd's review against another edition
2.0
I remembering really really enjoying the prose years ago,
but idk I did not enjoy much of this adaptation.
Really did not like the art for some reason. The choice to use Richard Mayhew as the narrator, though explained in the introduction, was annoying; probably because Mayhew was annoying. And because of the pacing, and the art, the gravity of certain events felt lessened. Nothing felt organic.
but idk I did not enjoy much of this adaptation.
Really did not like the art for some reason. The choice to use Richard Mayhew as the narrator, though explained in the introduction, was annoying; probably because Mayhew was annoying. And because of the pacing, and the art, the gravity of certain events felt lessened. Nothing felt organic.
plusrich's review against another edition
3.0
The story was intriguing but felt sparse in this format.
I'll eventually read the novel and see if that feels more full-bodied.
The art style didn't work for me.
I'll eventually read the novel and see if that feels more full-bodied.
The art style didn't work for me.
3dmelg's review against another edition
I did not finish - or even really start - reading this, which is a shame. It looks beautifully drawn, although the characters seemed really '80s and did not 'match' the images in my head. I got the audiobook to go thru at the same time, and the graphic novel is reimagined enough that I couldn't follow along in the same way. I still think this graphic novel looks like a brillant adaptation, and I hope to come back to it someday.
caitcoy's review against another edition
2.0
Neverwhere is in my top five favorite stories ever so I was excited to read the graphic novel version of it. Now that I have, I have to admit I'm a little disappointed. It's not bad exactly, but it skips over parts of the story for no reason that I could understand and the artistic choices with the characters are really strange. And the characters...let's just say someone made some really weird choices there. In the show and in the book Door is this young waif-like girl but in the graphic novel she's made out to be this badass with weird make-up and a skimpy outfit. The change is so strange and unnecessary that I just don't get it. And De Carabas is damn near a crime. Instead of being dark skinned, he is made out to be some weird caricature of a black shadow with no visible facial features besides his eyes and lips. It's really, really weird. Overall, the story's not bad and it was fun to see a different interpretation of the story but I really wish they hadn't made some of the artistic choices that they did.
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The angel Islington comes off as cartoonishly villainous instead of actually intimidating and his story is smoothed over and strange explanations are made concerning the journey to get to him. Why they decided to make Richard and Door's first visit one not on the physical plane is something I just didn't get at all.rebeccacider's review against another edition
3.0
Gooh art, good story. Generally a fun read.
It was difficult to say how good of an adaptation of the Neverwhere novel this was, since it's been years since I read it. So, unfairly, I kept comparing it to the miniseries, which was to some extent disappointing, because I love the miniseries actors so much. However, the charms of the comic rendition grew as I read on. Still, I don't know how much it ultimately added to the world of Neverwhere. There were definitely things it did much better than the miniseries, like the Beast of London, but to some extent I'd just as soon reread the book and use my imagination.
Near the end, though, there were a few themes/concepts that I don't remember from the novel, and which were quite clever, so that was cool.
As far as the art went, generally I really liked it, but did they really have to give Door comic book babe proportions and absurdly skimpy clothing? Otherwise she was very true to the original, but her look just did not seem to fit her character.
Now there's renewed talk of a Neverwhere film, which will bring the number of Neverwhere versions up to four.... I'm excited, but can anyone replace the BBC Marquis de Carabas? Unlikely....
It was difficult to say how good of an adaptation of the Neverwhere novel this was, since it's been years since I read it. So, unfairly, I kept comparing it to the miniseries, which was to some extent disappointing, because I love the miniseries actors so much. However, the charms of the comic rendition grew as I read on. Still, I don't know how much it ultimately added to the world of Neverwhere. There were definitely things it did much better than the miniseries, like the Beast of London, but to some extent I'd just as soon reread the book and use my imagination.
Near the end, though, there were a few themes/concepts that I don't remember from the novel, and which were quite clever, so that was cool.
As far as the art went, generally I really liked it, but did they really have to give Door comic book babe proportions and absurdly skimpy clothing? Otherwise she was very true to the original, but her look just did not seem to fit her character.
Now there's renewed talk of a Neverwhere film, which will bring the number of Neverwhere versions up to four.... I'm excited, but can anyone replace the BBC Marquis de Carabas? Unlikely....
veldhoenv's review against another edition
5.0
An absolutely beautiful graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's book Neverwhere.
mariethelibrarian's review against another edition
3.0
I found it really confusing at first and a bit hard to get into, but I must say I liked the ending. And I was really tired when I read the first chapters so I missed some things, but like I said it all came together and I liked the ending. I really want to read the novel now.
theravenkingx's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 ⭐⭐⭐
Great illustrations. Plot was alright. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Great illustrations. Plot was alright. Nothing out of the ordinary.
orang3_w0rld21's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
NOTE: I read the comic version of the story first, not the novel!
I was heavily confused throughout this book. As I read, there were some things that could’ve been expanded on. It was either some events had no punch to them, when it was supposed to; or, it wasn’t explained more and I was just confused. The twist at the end didn’t pack to much of a punch as I thought it would.
The Marquis’s character design gave me black face 😭. I wanted to know more about himself and why he looked that it.
The flow of the story also felt weird. There were times where the story felt like it had a jump cut that was unexplained.
Upon reading other reviews, the novel is much better and captured more of Gaiman's descriptions and writing. So, I'll give the novel a chance. Gaiman never disappoints me; I just think the comic version kinda did the story some injustice.