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334 reviews for:
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel
Cassandra Jean, Ransom Riggs
3.97 AVERAGE
334 reviews for:
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel
Cassandra Jean, Ransom Riggs
3.97 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
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:
No
As I've stated in previous reviews, I've been trying to get into graphic novels for a while and I decided to pick this one up because I thought it would be interesting as I had already read the novel version of this story. I thought it would be a good basis for seeing how I enjoyed graphic novels. Then there's the fact that I loved this story and just really wanted to enjoy it again, albeit in a different form. Then there's the beautiful art...but we'll get to that later.
This graphic novel faithfully followed the original book and it took me a fraction of the time to read it. The pictures tell the novel well and I was able to follow the different panels quite easily.
Then there's the art. It was beautiful. The art was what drew me in and the art was what made this a great pleasure to read. The action packed scenes are even beautiful! It thought it was interesting that Cassandra Jean decided to make the part of the story that took place outside the loop in black and white while the story that took place in the loop was in color. It added a nice touch and helped so the reader wouldn't get confused as whether you were inside or outside the loop or not. It also had a bit of symbolism, but I'll just leave that for the reader to find out. It was very Wizard of Oz-esque.
The only thing I had an issue with was a bit from the novel transferring to the graphic novel. Jacob's grandfather was supposed to have served in World War II and he was Polish. I can't remember if the book explicitly states if he was in the Allied forces or with the Axis powers, but he was Polish so I thought it was safe to assume he was in the Allied forces. There was also a lot of anti-Nazi feels in the books. So when I saw Jacob's grandfather wearing a Nazi arm band, I was a bit confused. Anyway, that's my only issue with it, and it was so minor that I'm questioning my knowledge of the original book. To stop having my midlife crisis at a teenage year, I back to admiring the wonderful art.
This graphic novel faithfully followed the original book and it took me a fraction of the time to read it. The pictures tell the novel well and I was able to follow the different panels quite easily.
Then there's the art. It was beautiful. The art was what drew me in and the art was what made this a great pleasure to read. The action packed scenes are even beautiful! It thought it was interesting that Cassandra Jean decided to make the part of the story that took place outside the loop in black and white while the story that took place in the loop was in color. It added a nice touch and helped so the reader wouldn't get confused as whether you were inside or outside the loop or not. It also had a bit of symbolism, but I'll just leave that for the reader to find out. It was very Wizard of Oz-esque.
The only thing I had an issue with was a bit from the novel transferring to the graphic novel. Jacob's grandfather was supposed to have served in World War II and he was Polish. I can't remember if the book explicitly states if he was in the Allied forces or with the Axis powers, but he was Polish so I thought it was safe to assume he was in the Allied forces. There was also a lot of anti-Nazi feels in the books. So when I saw Jacob's grandfather wearing a Nazi arm band, I was a bit confused. Anyway, that's my only issue with it, and it was so minor that I'm questioning my knowledge of the original book. To stop having my midlife crisis at a teenage year, I back to admiring the wonderful art.
Weirdly, this actually felt like it worked better as a graphic novel than it did as a novel. The artwork is gorgeous -- manga-inspired without being overly derivative of manga, with a great use of color to denote time and place. It turns out that boiling the story down to its basic elements worked beautifully.
I haven't read the actual novel but the graphic novel is beautiful. Great story and fantastic art.
Such an amazing adaptation of the original story! Can't wait to grab a copy of Hollow City as well!
This was an interesting story. A friend of mine lent me her copy of the graphic novel. I have not read the novel before, but I wish I had as I feel like I missed a few important pieces of the story. The art style was interesting, I feel it really went with the story well.
Cassandra Jean's art is AMAZING. I love how it alternated from black and white to color. I wanted to read this graphic novel because I've heard so much about Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children but I wasn't sure it was a book for me. After reading this, though, I definitely want to read the book! I really enjoyed the story.