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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
***Received the e-ARC copy via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I want to thank the publisher and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review the graphic novel.***
The story is in Alice’s perspective of the first book in the Magician series. We see a little more of what she was thinking and see things in her mindset when she goes to school and afterward graduating with her friends.
The characters are based on the book not the TV show. They do not look like the shows characters especially Penny. It was nice to see the story being told by Alice’s perspective.
I really enjoy reading this graphic novel, it was slow at first but it did pick up pace the rest of the story. The artwork and storyboards were really good. They match what the story was telling and showing Alice’s thoughts on each page.
After reading this, I am going to add The Magicians to my TBR in the near future.
The story is in Alice’s perspective of the first book in the Magician series. We see a little more of what she was thinking and see things in her mindset when she goes to school and afterward graduating with her friends.
The characters are based on the book not the TV show. They do not look like the shows characters especially Penny. It was nice to see the story being told by Alice’s perspective.
I really enjoy reading this graphic novel, it was slow at first but it did pick up pace the rest of the story. The artwork and storyboards were really good. They match what the story was telling and showing Alice’s thoughts on each page.
After reading this, I am going to add The Magicians to my TBR in the near future.
The art was bleh, the story was basically identical to the first book, but couldn't stand on its own. Why was this made other than to capitalize on the success of a show that doesn't follow these plot lines anyway? It's literally a word for word repeat of the novel, but with some characters vanished. (Which, honestly, probably should have happened in the editing room of the novels!)
Definitely worth working through, but not stellar. Artwork is appreciable, but the story is the same as its source book, albeit from Alice’s viewpoint rather than Quentin’s.
It felt so good to be back in this world/these worlds! It was interesting to see everything from Alice's POV! I hope they continue with this story, as it would be fascinating ti see what Alice was up to during book 2 and her POV of book 3.
Think of it as an adaption. It's more faithful than the TV series, but it definitely changes things a bit besides being Alice's perspective.
This doesn’t add anything to the story. I was disappointed and expected more from it.
adventurous
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
"Now that's ent-ertainment!"
Alice travels through the wilderness, knowing exactly where she wants to go but only able to guess how, making her way to Brakebills, a university for magicians.
This graphic novel is the story The Magicians by Lev Grossman - but told by Alice instead of Quentin. I love the Magicians Trilogy, and have read them multiple times, also watched the first three seasons of the tv series.
Since this is the story of the first of the three books, you don't have to any kind of knowledge before delving in, just an interest in magical schools or wizards in training.
I found it interesting that this graphic novels follows the descriptions of the book instead of the actors that portrayed the characters in television, which mostly means that Janet has been left with her name that starts with a J - in the book series it got confusing with so many names starting with J, but as two of them mostly play into Quentin's experiences, they don't feature at all or only in a minor part in the graphic novel.
Also, Penny got to keep his green mohawk and got plugs and ridiculous large piercings to match, and he's white. Everyone at Brakebills is so, so white. Doesn't feel right.
The drawings. Each chapter ends in a black panel with speech bubbles, which is a nice way of allowing your readers to picture something as they like to. We are shown that spells include signs done with your hands, but instead of going the Naruto-way of showing every single hand position, we get a time-freeze of one sign to get that they're doing something and then have to imagine the rest to allow the story to flow.
I had fun with this one despite knowing what will happen. Quentin is such an ass. I never realised that while reading from his PoV.
If they should do another graphic novel about Alice's shenanigans as a Niffin, I'd like to read it very much. As it is now, I'd recommend this one to people who already love the story or maybe are curious about the plot. It works both ways.
I recieved this book in exchange for an honest review.
For fans of Lev Grossman's The Magicians there a lot here. It tells the story of the first book from Alice's perspective. People not familiar with the novel, or at least the SyFy series based on Grossman's books won't get a lot out of this, but it's definitely a fun read for those who are. While the plot doesn't diverge hugely from the original, it is interesting to see Alice's point of view. We get to know a bit more about her thoughts, and her mindset when entering Brakebills. The art is simple yet effective, and while some of the dialogue did feel a little clunky, overall the structure and writing were interesting and effective.