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kcrouth's review against another edition
5.0
Loved it, especially seeing images which Jordan "blessed" for the novel! Excellent!
foofers1622's review
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
kaimeij's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this graphic novel adaptation of New Spring ... at least up until the final chapters when the artwork jarringly changed. The first chapters were very well drawn; I really got into the story, and saw an exciting glimpse of what a film or TV adaptation of The Wheel of Time could look like. Too bad about those final chapters. The bonus material, especially a sample of Robert Jordan's email instructions to the production team, is fascinating; he really knew his world down to the smallest detail.
lectorliber04's review against another edition
4.0
I found the emails between Jordan and the production team and the illustrators very interesting. Being able to see how they visualised the characters: their physical appearance and what they wore; was fascinating. Of course reading a graphic novel after reading the book was a lot of fun.
ppetropoulakis's review
3.0
I have not read any of the Wheel of Time books. New Spring is an introductory graphic novel to the world of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time. We follow Moiraine Damodred, a young Aes Sedai and her companions in the search for the Dragon reborn, a mythical person that will champion the forces of good. An interesting primer to the series. The art could be better at times but overall the artist provided a good representation of the story.
isabellarobinson7's review against another edition
5.0
Rating: 5 stars
Ok, let's begin with some preliminary stuff so then I can just rave about the illustrations. I loved this graphic novel. Maybe more than all the other ones. Maybe that's because RJ was alive and actively involved in the development of this volume, but I just think New Spring simply translates better than The Eye of the World because of its length. There were a few things I was kind of irritated by (like Siuan does not have a fringe) but mostly I was completely blown away. I will note that the illustrator changed in the sixth issue from Mike S. Miller to Harvey Tolibao, and while Tolibao did a good job, a vastly prefer Miller's take on the characters, so most of the images I will show will be from the first five issues.
My notes for this book were as follows:
- Aiel War looks dope
- Malkeri in samurai-like helmets are also dope
- that picture of the shadow spawn at the end of 1 is so dope
And my review will be structured as such (in that I'll just show "dope" things then move on).
Aiel War pictures
Let's start with the Aiel War pictures (which sleep deprived Isabella has dubbed "dope". I never use that word, I must have been really tired):
Like, are you kidding?! Look at that!! It's awesome!!!!! And I have two more (That was actually page one, and the next are pages two and three, so you can imagine how excited I was):
Woah!
WOAH!!!! I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!
This is the Malkeri during the war with their helmets which I praised in my notes:
This is such a phenomenal (looking up synonyms of "awesome" because have used it too many times already) representation of the Malkeri, and I think it fits them perfectly. It makes me even more excited for the Lan casting in the show and seeing all the other people in Malkier.
Scenery
Look at this Tar Valon:
Isn't that freaking AWESOME!
And this is the White Tower with Dragonmount in behind:
Chef's kiss perfection!
And this is an Alindear Gate:
My breath was taken away a long time ago, now I think my lungs are sucked dry!!! Ok, might as well get all the scenery pictures out of the way. Actually, let's head up these sections, hang on... Ok done (you've been reading them the whole time, but I just added them using ~editing magic~ Now, back to scenery)
This is of the ter'angreal that they go through to take the Aes Sedai test, and I love it!:
Channelling
This is when Elaida is making Moiraine practice for her Aes Sedai test:
This is Moiraine with Siuan practicing, but the main thing I want to draw your attention to is in fact not dope, and that is Siuan's fringe:
Nope. Do not like that. I remember how excited I was after finishing The Eye of the World comics at seeing Siuan, but now I'm just pissed. Anyway, back to normal stuff.
This scene is of Moiraine's dream about Rand/the Dragon and the illustration is just stunning:
This is Moiraine channelling during the test (with clothes on, fortunately):
Oh, man I could put every picture of the test here, but I'll just choose two. Look how amazing!:
Other random cool stuff
This is the original Amyrlin at the beginning of New Spring called Tamra Ospenya (the one who's Keeper had the Foretelling about the Dragon) and I just think she looks amazing in this panel (right after the aforementioned Foretelling):
And to round out my notes (and this review), this is the, ahem, "picture of the shadowspawn at the end of 1 [that is] is so dope":
The Trollocs! The Myrddraal! The sheer magnificence!!!!!!
Ok, I really need to shut up now. I just love coming back to my graphic novel reviews and seeing all the cool pictures.
Ok, let's begin with some preliminary stuff so then I can just rave about the illustrations. I loved this graphic novel. Maybe more than all the other ones. Maybe that's because RJ was alive and actively involved in the development of this volume, but I just think New Spring simply translates better than The Eye of the World because of its length. There were a few things I was kind of irritated by (like Siuan does not have a fringe) but mostly I was completely blown away. I will note that the illustrator changed in the sixth issue from Mike S. Miller to Harvey Tolibao, and while Tolibao did a good job, a vastly prefer Miller's take on the characters, so most of the images I will show will be from the first five issues.
My notes for this book were as follows:
- Aiel War looks dope
- Malkeri in samurai-like helmets are also dope
- that picture of the shadow spawn at the end of 1 is so dope
And my review will be structured as such (in that I'll just show "dope" things then move on).
Aiel War pictures
Let's start with the Aiel War pictures (which sleep deprived Isabella has dubbed "dope". I never use that word, I must have been really tired):
Like, are you kidding?! Look at that!! It's awesome!!!!! And I have two more (That was actually page one, and the next are pages two and three, so you can imagine how excited I was):
Woah!
WOAH!!!! I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!
This is the Malkeri during the war with their helmets which I praised in my notes:
This is such a phenomenal (looking up synonyms of "awesome" because have used it too many times already) representation of the Malkeri, and I think it fits them perfectly. It makes me even more excited for the Lan casting in the show and seeing all the other people in Malkier.
Scenery
Look at this Tar Valon:
Isn't that freaking AWESOME!
And this is the White Tower with Dragonmount in behind:
Chef's kiss perfection!
And this is an Alindear Gate:
My breath was taken away a long time ago, now I think my lungs are sucked dry!!! Ok, might as well get all the scenery pictures out of the way. Actually, let's head up these sections, hang on... Ok done (you've been reading them the whole time, but I just added them using ~editing magic~ Now, back to scenery)
This is of the ter'angreal that they go through to take the Aes Sedai test, and I love it!:
Channelling
This is when Elaida is making Moiraine practice for her Aes Sedai test:
This is Moiraine with Siuan practicing, but the main thing I want to draw your attention to is in fact not dope, and that is Siuan's fringe:
Nope. Do not like that. I remember how excited I was after finishing The Eye of the World comics at seeing Siuan, but now I'm just pissed. Anyway, back to normal stuff.
This scene is of Moiraine's dream about Rand/the Dragon and the illustration is just stunning:
This is Moiraine channelling during the test (with clothes on, fortunately):
Oh, man I could put every picture of the test here, but I'll just choose two. Look how amazing!:
Other random cool stuff
This is the original Amyrlin at the beginning of New Spring called Tamra Ospenya (the one who's Keeper had the Foretelling about the Dragon) and I just think she looks amazing in this panel (right after the aforementioned Foretelling):
And to round out my notes (and this review), this is the, ahem, "picture of the shadowspawn at the end of 1 [that is] is so dope":
The Trollocs! The Myrddraal! The sheer magnificence!!!!!!
Ok, I really need to shut up now. I just love coming back to my graphic novel reviews and seeing all the cool pictures.
hapabbg's review against another edition
1.0
Utterly incomprehensible story beats and page lay out, ugly art style, all the female characters were indistinguishable, very weird cultural appropriation.
nerfherder86's review against another edition
4.0
Nice graphic novel that tells a prequel story. I have not read any of the Robert Jordan novels yet, only watched the show on Prime. So this helped clear up a few things for me. Good art too.
sabre7's review against another edition
3.0
Nice to see some visualization of the characters, but it leaves so much out from the novel it's difficult to believe that anyone who doesn't follow the series will understand things.