Reviews - The Road: a Graphic Novel Adaptation

273 reviews for:

The Road: a Graphic Novel Adaptation

Manu Larcenet

4.26 AVERAGE

adalana's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

gub_gub_gub's review

3.75

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

rosa808's review

4.75

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

molly_dettmann's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark tense fast-paced

If you’ve read The Road then this does an excellent job of literally painting a picture of the dark apocalypse and inhumanity the book gets into. There are pages and pages where there is little text but instead bleak and gross depictions of what is described in the book and the boy and his papa try to make it south and survive cannibals and the harsh cold weather. I feel like you definitely still need to read the book to fully understand the story but the graphic adaption does a good job of visually depicting it.

tunacullen's review

4.5

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

eli_abroad's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The illustrator of this graphic novel did an incredible job of recreating the bleak landscape and desolation of McCarthy's post-apocalyptic world. Expectedly, the drama of the original work is curtailed by the format, but not to a detrimental degree as emotional impact still runs high. The images are so atmospheric that they evoked the same dread and suffocation I remember feeling when I first read the novel - to a point that I actually experienced tightening in my chest. I'm not sure if my strong reaction was to the graphic novel itself or if it was some sort of reverb - but in any case, this is a worthwhile interpretation, especially if you were moved by the original work.