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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
I loved this graphic novel! Seeing Bod grow up in a graveyard was interesting. The adventures he got into were funny. I also liked that there was a different illustrator for each chapter. Will definitely recommend and will be looking for volume two.
Great story
Great story and great graphics. I read it on my Kindle app and I really appreciated being able to zoom into each panel and scroll through the book that way. I'm normally easily distracted so this was the best way for me to read a graphic novel and not get lost trying to take in the whole page at once.
Great story and great graphics. I read it on my Kindle app and I really appreciated being able to zoom into each panel and scroll through the book that way. I'm normally easily distracted so this was the best way for me to read a graphic novel and not get lost trying to take in the whole page at once.
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
The artwork is stunning and I love the change of illustrator for each chapter! However, I fell like the storyline was a bit chunked and did not flow as well as in the novel… I definitely prefer the original novel’s storytelling but the artwork here is splendid and adds an eerie and mysterious vibe to the story.
This was a great adaptation of the graveyard book. The pictures were well done and it followed the books plot perfectly.
This is a stunning novel, one of the most intriguing premise that is, fortunately, beautifully laid out by Wecker. Some readers label it as historical romance, but friendship is certainly the more overt theme throughout the novel. The "nature" of a character as a theme is also appealing and intricately unfolded over the course of the story. This is also an ultimate love letter to New York, with its microcosm of immigrants and their lives back in the days.
(Random: The exposition style reminds me a lot of Middlesex, and the relationships between characters reminds me of One Hundred Years of Solitude.)
(Random: The exposition style reminds me a lot of Middlesex, and the relationships between characters reminds me of One Hundred Years of Solitude.)
this book was really good. the beginning is literally a picture of a bloody knife, which freaked me out. the rest is not that creepy though. someone, please clarify, was the guy, who locked him in there who wanted to buy the snakestone, poisoning the other guy or was it just some sleeping stuff, because that really confused me. what also really confused me was the part where Mrs. lepuscau turned into a wolf, since i was not reading carefully. the part where she licked him was pretty gross.
3.5 stars
I read the novel version of this several years ago and I'm enjoying it more this time around. I think the more Neil Gaiman books I read, the more I recognize how truly brilliant he is. I'm starting to see how he casually and naturally weaves themes and motifs and archetypes from mythology and folklore into his stories in ways you can miss if you're not paying attention. His stories are so much deeper than I originally gave them credit for. (This is a retelling of The Jungle Book - which you can also miss if you're not paying attention.)
I'm not in love with the art style - it's a little comic-bookish for my taste - but I'm enjoying the story in this format. I imagined it a lot different when I originally read it so it's interesting to see other interpretations.
I read the novel version of this several years ago and I'm enjoying it more this time around. I think the more Neil Gaiman books I read, the more I recognize how truly brilliant he is. I'm starting to see how he casually and naturally weaves themes and motifs and archetypes from mythology and folklore into his stories in ways you can miss if you're not paying attention. His stories are so much deeper than I originally gave them credit for. (This is a retelling of The Jungle Book - which you can also miss if you're not paying attention.)
I'm not in love with the art style - it's a little comic-bookish for my taste - but I'm enjoying the story in this format. I imagined it a lot different when I originally read it so it's interesting to see other interpretations.
This is a book I remember reading in middle school. I'm glad I decided to re-read it, in preparation for reading the sequel. What I really like about it is that it has interesting characters and character development (both Makenna and Tobin struggle to come to terms with the world in shades of grey). The goblins are my favourite, and I would have liked to see more of them. I wish that the book covered more of the five years that Makenna spent with the goblins, and how she started out as their general, but it did work out well the way Bell wrote it.