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nightshade_novels's review
3.0
This is one of my favourite books in the Darren Shan series, so it was great to see how Arai has adapted it into a manga.
I really liked the little family scene with Evra’s family at the Cirque du Freak. The bit with Truska was also really sweet. The moment when Darren finally caves to his feelings of loss for Lartin was really moving and brought a tear to my eye.
It was interesting to see how Arai interpreted the other/future world. The leopard that he drew was huge and very viscous looking, which even though that is how it is described in the novel, I always imagine it as looking just like an ordinary leopard but bigger. I liked the dragons and the temple creature was brilliantly grotesque. The ‘Kulashkas’ were weird but good, whereas Spits was just horrid. I really liked the way that Kurda was presented in this manga. I think that he looked much nicer than in the previous volumes. He seems really kind and somehow weary.
I noticed that there is a least one extra clue in the manga as to Harkat’s identity before it is revealed. On the front cover of the volume Arai has added three scars to Harkat’s face which is a vampeneze symbol of which Kurda was the only vampire to have.
This was a good adaption of the novel and receives three stars.
I really liked the little family scene with Evra’s family at the Cirque du Freak. The bit with Truska was also really sweet. The moment when Darren finally caves to his feelings of loss for Lartin was really moving and brought a tear to my eye.
It was interesting to see how Arai interpreted the other/future world. The leopard that he drew was huge and very viscous looking, which even though that is how it is described in the novel, I always imagine it as looking just like an ordinary leopard but bigger. I liked the dragons and the temple creature was brilliantly grotesque. The ‘Kulashkas’ were weird but good, whereas Spits was just horrid. I really liked the way that Kurda was presented in this manga. I think that he looked much nicer than in the previous volumes. He seems really kind and somehow weary.
I noticed that there is a least one extra clue in the manga as to Harkat’s identity before it is revealed. On the front cover of the volume Arai has added three scars to Harkat’s face which is a vampeneze symbol of which Kurda was the only vampire to have.
This was a good adaption of the novel and receives three stars.
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