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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
I adored this book. The author does so many things well but in this book her creativity comes in. She creates a whole new world with a language. The romance is slow and quiet but more of the focus than other books in this series. Nya and Johan grab you from the first. Loved it.
Una familia es asesinada en plena noche, el pequeño logra escapar refugiandose en el cementerio, donde es aceptado por los fantasmas que lo habitan y es ahora el protegido de un caballero de la noche...
I've read The Graveyard Book before but wanted to give the graphic novel a try. It was well worth it, I really enjoyed this version. It really did bring the story to life.
I wouldn't recommend it for children. The clue is in the title and is quite graphic in places that make it unsuitable for sensitive or younger children.
I wouldn't recommend it for children. The clue is in the title and is quite graphic in places that make it unsuitable for sensitive or younger children.
First challenge for the Biannual Bibliothon is done! Not quite sure how I feel about this one, but it was interesting!
There was a graveyard, but where were the books?!?!
Que saudades eu tinha dos habitantes desta história! E quão mais funcionais este seres são como família que muitas das famílias "normais" que vemos por este mundo fora.
Uma noite, uma família é assassinada, sem qualquer motivo aparente, e o único elemento que sobrevive é um bebé que se escapa pela porta aberta e acaba por ser adoptado pelos habitantes de um cemitério. Sendo o único habitante vivo entre uma família de não vivos, a vida de Nobody Owens está cheia de peripécias e conhecimentos que geralmente estão vedados a crianças tão pequenas.
É um prazer voltar a esta história, desta vez com apoio visual, embora o cemitério não esteja representado como eu o imaginei, até porque pelas descrições que o autor faz do cemitério, acabei por o conseguir identificar (ou pelo menos um dos cemitérios usados como inspiração e cuja essência acaba por estar na história).
Não são histórias macabras, nem sequer são assustadoras, porque mesmo que as situações o pudessem ser, a forma como o Bod (diminutivo de Nobody) lida com as coisas assustadoras, é simplesmente brilhante e isso acaba por se transmitir a quem está a ler. Uma espécie de coragem instantânea!
Uma noite, uma família é assassinada, sem qualquer motivo aparente, e o único elemento que sobrevive é um bebé que se escapa pela porta aberta e acaba por ser adoptado pelos habitantes de um cemitério. Sendo o único habitante vivo entre uma família de não vivos, a vida de Nobody Owens está cheia de peripécias e conhecimentos que geralmente estão vedados a crianças tão pequenas.
É um prazer voltar a esta história, desta vez com apoio visual, embora o cemitério não esteja representado como eu o imaginei, até porque pelas descrições que o autor faz do cemitério, acabei por o conseguir identificar (ou pelo menos um dos cemitérios usados como inspiração e cuja essência acaba por estar na história).
Não são histórias macabras, nem sequer são assustadoras, porque mesmo que as situações o pudessem ser, a forma como o Bod (diminutivo de Nobody) lida com as coisas assustadoras, é simplesmente brilhante e isso acaba por se transmitir a quem está a ler. Uma espécie de coragem instantânea!
http://bibliophibian.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-crossed-nicole-galland.html
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I went in not having a clue what this was about and I loved it! The illustrations were awesome and I loved the story. I now have to get the next volume!
Imagine Rudyard Kipling's "Jungle Book"... but replace the animals with ghosts, ghouls, werewolves and other such supernatural creatures.
Such is the concept of "The Graveyard Book," Neil Gaiman's exquisitely-written, darkly-witty fantasy which cleverly turns Kipling's classic story into a coming-of-age tale in a graveyard. And the first half of the graphic novel adaptation does the book plenty of justice -- "The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Volume 1" has haunting, realistic artwork that loses none of the book's imaginative imagery or supernatural beauty.
A man named Jack kills an innocent family at night -- except for a baby boy, who toddles out to the graveyard, and is scooped up by the ghosts who dwell there. With the approval of the Lady on the Grey, the Owens' ghosts adopt the boy, whom they name Nobody (or "Bod" for short), and the mysterious not-dead-or-alive (pretty clearly a vampire) Silas is appointed his guardian and teacher.
Bod slowly grows up, but has little idea of how the world works,. Since he has the right of the graveyard, his upbringing is hardly ordinary -- he's a boy who is taught history by the people who were actually there, ventures into dark places ruled by the Indigo Man and the mysterious Sleer; makes a friend from outside the cemetery, a young girl named Scarlett; falls in with a gang of ghouls who drag him into a terrible underworld; awaits the ghosts dancing the Macabray, and has little idea that someone is still targeting him.
The world of Neil Gaiman is never a safe place -- it's always painted in shadows and shades of grey, and something horrible may be lurking around the corner. And the world of "The Graveyard Book" is no exception to this -- it's filled with strange supernatural creatures, hellish red cities with decayed moons overhead, and midnight parades where ghosts dance with the living. The world of the graveyard is an intriguing one -- moonlight, crumbly headstones, a little stone church, and a creepy barrow where the Sleer lurk.
Bod himself is a lovable kid, who slowly explores first the world of the graveyard and then the world of the living -- a kid who is both ruthless and sweet, strange and oddly down-to-earth. The mysterious Silas serves as a kindly but stern mentor, who pretty clearly loves young Bod like a father despite the fact that they are not of a kind, and the ghosts have their own quirky, slightly humorous qualities that make them entertainingly "ordinary"
And this adaptation does a magnificent job bringing the first half of the story to life -- each part of the story has a different illustrator, but they maintain a fairly consistent tone and look. They tend to be dominated by blues and deep greens (except for the fuschia and grey of Ghulheim, or the delicate earth tones of the living world), and be drawn in a fairly realistic style. There are a few snags ("The Hounds of God" has a bit too much facial expression in the first half) but overall it's very lovely.
And most importantly, the art effectively brings Gaiman's magic to life -- you feel the homelike quality of the graveyard, despite its perils, as well as the slimy claustrophobia of the barrow, the cannibalized, spiky realm of Ghulheim where batlike night gaunts fly, and the power that Silas holds as he sweeps around in his flowing cloak. And some clever measures are taken to communicate how things sound or feel (the Sleer's dialogue is entirely communicated through creeping grey-brown clouds that whirl around Bod).
"The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Volume 1" effectively brings to life the magic, darkness and beauty of Neil Gaiman's little graveyard world -- and the story of Nobody Owens isn't yet over...
Such is the concept of "The Graveyard Book," Neil Gaiman's exquisitely-written, darkly-witty fantasy which cleverly turns Kipling's classic story into a coming-of-age tale in a graveyard. And the first half of the graphic novel adaptation does the book plenty of justice -- "The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Volume 1" has haunting, realistic artwork that loses none of the book's imaginative imagery or supernatural beauty.
A man named Jack kills an innocent family at night -- except for a baby boy, who toddles out to the graveyard, and is scooped up by the ghosts who dwell there. With the approval of the Lady on the Grey, the Owens' ghosts adopt the boy, whom they name Nobody (or "Bod" for short), and the mysterious not-dead-or-alive (pretty clearly a vampire) Silas is appointed his guardian and teacher.
Bod slowly grows up, but has little idea of how the world works,. Since he has the right of the graveyard, his upbringing is hardly ordinary -- he's a boy who is taught history by the people who were actually there, ventures into dark places ruled by the Indigo Man and the mysterious Sleer; makes a friend from outside the cemetery, a young girl named Scarlett; falls in with a gang of ghouls who drag him into a terrible underworld; awaits the ghosts dancing the Macabray, and has little idea that someone is still targeting him.
The world of Neil Gaiman is never a safe place -- it's always painted in shadows and shades of grey, and something horrible may be lurking around the corner. And the world of "The Graveyard Book" is no exception to this -- it's filled with strange supernatural creatures, hellish red cities with decayed moons overhead, and midnight parades where ghosts dance with the living. The world of the graveyard is an intriguing one -- moonlight, crumbly headstones, a little stone church, and a creepy barrow where the Sleer lurk.
Bod himself is a lovable kid, who slowly explores first the world of the graveyard and then the world of the living -- a kid who is both ruthless and sweet, strange and oddly down-to-earth. The mysterious Silas serves as a kindly but stern mentor, who pretty clearly loves young Bod like a father despite the fact that they are not of a kind, and the ghosts have their own quirky, slightly humorous qualities that make them entertainingly "ordinary"
And this adaptation does a magnificent job bringing the first half of the story to life -- each part of the story has a different illustrator, but they maintain a fairly consistent tone and look. They tend to be dominated by blues and deep greens (except for the fuschia and grey of Ghulheim, or the delicate earth tones of the living world), and be drawn in a fairly realistic style. There are a few snags ("The Hounds of God" has a bit too much facial expression in the first half) but overall it's very lovely.
And most importantly, the art effectively brings Gaiman's magic to life -- you feel the homelike quality of the graveyard, despite its perils, as well as the slimy claustrophobia of the barrow, the cannibalized, spiky realm of Ghulheim where batlike night gaunts fly, and the power that Silas holds as he sweeps around in his flowing cloak. And some clever measures are taken to communicate how things sound or feel (the Sleer's dialogue is entirely communicated through creeping grey-brown clouds that whirl around Bod).
"The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Volume 1" effectively brings to life the magic, darkness and beauty of Neil Gaiman's little graveyard world -- and the story of Nobody Owens isn't yet over...